"i have been on many other anxiety/panic disorder medicines. tried zoloft, buspar, etc. been on xanax 1 mg 3x daily for about 10 yrs, but as my situations changed going to multiple panic attacks feeling as if appending doom due to attacks my doc has me on the 2 mg xanax 3 times a day with diazepam (valium) 10 mg 2x daily and vistaril in between doses to prolong the medicine. i have seen my life do a big turn around! and i use restoril a sleep aid to get me through the night because i would awake in the night with an attack. i understand these are benzodiazepines with the exception of the vistaril. it&#039;s hard to find a doctor willing to accommodate that but it does work. taken properly i have next to no attacks thanks to my understanding doctor. only thing that works."