"hello everybody.  i&#039;m only giving xanax a 1 out of 10 because it doesn&#039;t seem to have any effect on me.  i&#039;ve been getting it every month for a few years.  i started it back when, after taking paxil for a decade, it started to decrease its effectiveness and my anxiety and panic attacks were beginning to re-appear.  my psych switched me to effexor, and while we were figuring out the best dose in combination with buspar, i was desperate to have a fast-acting solution to the panic when i felt it coming on.  he gave me xanax, but it didn&#039;t help with the overwhelming anxiety unless i took a few of them, and even then the improvement was minimal to moderate.  when i found the magic dosage amount with the effexor my anxiety all but disappeared.."