Take Your Pills: Xanax | Official Trailer | Netflix

A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.

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Take Your Pills: Xanax | Official Trailer | Netflix

[kirstyanne_]

I don’t know what it will take for people to wake up to the fact that the pharmaceutical industry does not give a f*ck about your health and well-being. Anxiety is an epidemic in itself because of how we are living but this is a truth people also don’t want to hear because it means taking personal responsibility. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder aged 13 that crippled me well into my early 30s. I was medicated, it hindered me more than it helped me and nearly killed me in the end, and the withdrawal was brutal. Anxiety is a symptom not a cause and it’s one of the main symptoms of nervous system disregulation. And yes diet, environment, relationships, screen time, exercise, gut health, sleep, breath, repressed emotions, trauma all play a part. Healing is possible, it’s a lifelong journey, it’s not found in a pill.

[smugandsmarmy]

I have a panic disorder and I couldn’t live without a Xanax. That said, I’ve only taken half of one on the last 12 months. Knowing it’s available is helpful in and of itself and I don’t feel the need to take them when I’m just anxious. Anything that powerful can be abused.

[Fiveweezy]

Used to take 8 bars a day. Forced to quit cold Turkey when my supplies ran out. Was the scariest time of my life when I thought I was going to die from a seizure. Was litterly hell. Been clean 18 months now though, life's good. There is light at the end of the tunnel, even if you can't see it. If anyone is struggling, please reach out to a friend or a loved one. Allow them to check in on you and support you through it all.

[samanthaproffitt]

I have severe anxiety...I have it had it since I was six (31 now). I was prescribed Xanax six years ago and took it as prescribed until COVID-19 happened. I worked in health-care and everyday was literal hell...it was so easy to take an additional pill because they were "my prescription". I became addicted... withdrawals were AWFUL. My body didn't know how to react to normal everyday stress. I was jumping at bugs flying by me. If I hadn't gone to rehab (twice) I would still be addicted to Xanax because it really is that good. Anxiety is part of my life and I have to use other tools (therapy, exercise, mediation) to cope.

[euhdifje]

As someone with severely debilitating anxiety, nothing else has helped. I've been going to the gym for 10 years, I eat clean, I've been to therapy, unfortunately not everyone can be cured simply with lifestyle changes.

[Tommy-cehg]

They failed to discuss the extreme nightmare of withdrawal from Benzos. The withdrawal can and will last for years and every part of the body is affected. For example months of migraines morph into chronic insomnia which then turns into Benzo belly nightmare and on and on. Expect at least 5 years of withdrawal for starters and you will constantly ask yourself if you should go back on it. Even after years of being off it you'll still wonder if you should go back on. Worse than any other withdrawal and the doctors will tell you that Benzo withdrawal only last 2 weeks! Pure hell...

[carrie]

They shouldn’t say addiction for those taking it as prescribed. You become physically dependent on it and can enter tolerance and withdrawal even while still taking these meds if it turns on you. It’s extremely dangerous and shouldn’t be prescribed long term. Even some short term users of benzodiazepines are severely debilitated and damaged for years if not permanently. Some take it for a long time and they’re fine with it. Others aren’t. There is no way to know how it will affect you or what it will do to your brain until it’s too late. Do they work? Absolutely. Until they don’t and you’re left in a state far worse than any anxiety that ever existed. Trust me I know.

[neuroticnation]

So the answer to crippling anxiety is to continue to try to cope with it? No wonder so many people commit suicide if that’s the kind of advice they’re getting. Speaking as an American, we were never meant to cope with the level of pressure and helplessness that we do today, it’s inhumane. It doesn’t benefit society, it’s crushing it, all so a handful of insanely wealthy people can feed their obsession to make even more outrageous wealth and wield more power. We need to cut off the cause, not “just learn to cope”. No amount of meditation and art therapy is going to fix this, it can never work. More and more money is being taken out of circulation so there’s less and less to share among a growing population of poorer people. We’re told that if we don’t go along with the wealthy, we’re parasites, un-American, lazy, evil, and immoral. We’re tired of being used and abused then sent to therapy (out of our own pockets) as if WE’RE the problem. Until the disease is addressed and the wound cleansed, we cannot heal the body.
We pay high amounts of money for medication that our tax dollars already paid for all so some wealthy shareholders can be more wealthy. We have no healthcare, not because we can’t afford it, but because a group of wealthy people are too powerful and make too much money from it to ever allow it be socialized. Most people are paycheck away from disaster. There’s a lot to be genuinely anxious about. Until we stop allowing wealthy people and corporations to run our Congress, we will never make progress or be truly free. Or loosen ourselves from the prevalent acute societal anxiety we feel.

[mompreneurlife]

Thank you Netflix for all the wonderful documentaries that you have been producing. They are eye-opening experiences. Looking forward to watching this one.

[missmissyphotography]

Hope they discuss how doctors will rip you off of them and still have a license after. My poor mother was ripped from this drug and went down hill fast while she was in a nursing home. Pretty sure she would have had lived longer and had better quality of life had she not been ripped off.
Also the doctors who give you these medications should HAVE to give you as much time as you need to be weaned off them. I've been trying to get off since 2020. The scare you they put in you knowing that they can be pulled you off and you can die is enough to cause way more anxiety. You have to deal with anxiety patients carefully. I see some comments in here that aren't helpful and very scary to hear for someone dealing with an anxiety disorder.

[sophiaisabelle]

This seems like an intriguing documentary. Too much Xanax can be fatal. Seems like the whole industry keeps manufacturing those pills for consumption.

[Longhornechi]

When I have an attack, it is like I am hostage. I can’t breathe. I feel faint…I can’t function, in that moment. It has happened on airplanes, concerts, or just at a dinner. I don’t know when (or what) it will occur. I have heard all of the stuff about Xanax but if taken, responsibly, it works!

[Titanblaze]

Been on it for 7 years now. Only take one at night and half during the day. It definitely helps and keeps me sane.

[mrwicked]

I think everyone has a different reaction. I've been prescribed these before and never got any sort of high or addiction from them. It was a low dose but anything more would probably just make me fall asleep and not able to function. I think it's good for those rare panic situations (for me, public speaking is a good example).

[almamehic]

My mother had a very bad phobia kind of anxiety and post traumatic problems that completely made her life miserable. For years. After getting the right medication (Yes, Xanax) she became again the person she was. She was not behaving like on drugs, she just bekame herself and could get her life back to a normal path. I am not saying it's good to take any kind of medication BUT I am sure that some people really need those kind of balance in their body, it's on the medicine workers to figure out who really needs it.

[machina]

yeah well antidepressants and anti anxiety meds have given me my life back so I don't care if I have to take it forever. d so thankful

[Rob.C]

It's been about 5-6 years since I took my last Xanax and went to rehab. I plan on staying that way too 🤞 stay strong y'all it's a light at the end of that tunnel

[Taojin]

I had to be taken off Xanax because they prescribed it to me to be taken as needed but my body adapted to it so fast that if I took it two days in a row and skipped a day or two I start to have bad withdrawal symptoms. Having severe anxiety, I needed something to replace it so I got my medical marijuana card and I take 2.5 to 5 mg of an edible called do drops and it works very well. It almost somewhat feels similar to Xanax in a way but Xanax definitely works a bit better. But I’m glad I’m off that stuff.

[jennapierpont]

This is fantastic this documentary. This is a nightmare that takes YEARS to recover from if you’re lucky.

[zukenhoang]

one of the scariest times of my life with Xanax/Sertraline/Lexapro and sleeping pills last year. Somehow luckily I had meds withdrawal and ended it up then back to normal life without any meds till now! Thanks God ❤️