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Xanax is probably the best drug ever created, IF TAKEN PROPERLY. I prefer mine with a 30 oz bloody mary and around 7 beers. This is god's honest truth. I have the .5's and the 1's. Usually I will cut a .5 in half but if I have a big golf tourney I will just take a 1 mg and wash it down with some Crown. Due to the possibility to become addicted to benzo's, there is a fear mongering that drug does not deserve. It isn't a scary drug. Almost impossible to OD on the thing. The problem comes when you start mixing benzo's with sleeping pills or other strong drugs. Alone, not a problem. With alcohol, not a problem. Unless you start taking 3 mg with heavy alcohol you'll be fine.

This whole thing sounds a lot like anxiety. While my father was dying, I had a fairly long period of time where I had a terrible time swallowing. Got to the point where I had issues eating any solid food at all. Still do, at times. It the silent killer that probably won't kill you and it's anxiety. A lot of people better than us have ended up in the ER with heart attack symptoms and the only problem was anxiety. Happened to me twice. I had the problem Druff is having. Again, due to anxiety. Would lay down and have to immediately get up because I couldn't breathe.

All this said, Druff knows what he has and it probably isn't anxiety. Maybe it is. I'd take a Xanax either way. I'd predict it helps more than he'd like to admit. Ativan is purely for faggots though. Take the Xanax.
Pooh is god.

I have Xanax for flying internationally and MAYBE will take one after a panic attack (have about 3-4 per year), but it's the one drug I've tried that I dont really like. It's better than not being able to sleep on 10+ hour flights though.

The handful of times I took it just for fun, I would find myself almost 'blacking out' while awake and not drinking etc., like I would just snap back to consciousness during a movie or whatever.

Tread lightly with that shit.
I agree that Xanax should only be taken when needed. ie, during times of stress or anxiety. Believe me I'm not waking up and having these things with coffee in the morning. I never take them just for shits and giggles. From reading what Druff is feeling it appears that he really does have LPR which symptoms may be causing him anxiety attacks. That's just my read. Normally a 46 year old guy wouldn't be suffering from a dibilitating condition that doesn't include a healthy amount of anxiety. Druff's eating, sleeping and exercise habits aren't those of a typical person imo. I mean two dinners a night. Who eats dinner then goes out to the mall and eats fucking hot dogs on a stick on a full stomach. That doesn't compute. Out of habit he says? Craziness.

His blood work numbers have to be something awful. Sodium must be at critical levels not to mention cholesterol. A lot of people who have had really good cholesterol their entire lives naturally have it increase to dangerous levels in mid to late 40's without the hot dogs on a stick and fried dough.

Obviously I wish the guy the best but just because he doesn't drink or smoke doesn't make it open season to just sit around and eat whatever and how much of it he pleases. I remember he used to brag that he can sleep for a couple hours, get up for a few hours then take a couple naps throughout the day and be perfectly fine. My ass. That shit catches up with you. When I was in my 20's I used to deliver pizzas and tend bar at night and go to school during the day so I had similar sleep habits as him and it sucked and took its toll eventually on my body and I was in my 20's. Going to bed at 5 and getting up at noon was not a good existence for me personally.