"in 2001, i started feeling like i was having a heart attack twice a month.  i ended up in the er &amp; was admitted.  i happen to be one of the lucky females who suffers from hormonal anxiety.  i was given all the tests possible, stayed overnight &amp; discharged with my first script of the smallest dose of xanax.  i have used it only as needed since then and to this day it still helps me at the smallest dose once a day.   i have gone through some very serious rough patches in my life which had me taking this, at most, 1.5 pills maybe four days in a row.  it works so well that i can&#039;t ever imagine taking it more often than needed ~ why would you want to mess up something that works??  the key is taking it as prescribed, just like any medication."