Just started Xanax...anyone have experiences to share?

@margot69. Thank you for sharing your story. That is an experience that would have sent me over the edge too, nice to hear how you came through on the other side. Helps to hear your experience. I am afraid I am stuck in this house...I thought a different and more expensive house in a quieter neighborhood with a yard for a dog would make me happier and it hasn’t, tough lesson to learn, old house really had everything I needed. We got a puppy too for my daughter and I am not used to animals, so that is wearing on my nerves. First world problem. @merry you are smart for staying in your house! I did end up taking the other half of the Xanax yesterday before bed. The lexapro and Xanax just make me feel groggy, and I am having night sweats still from the medication, literally am lying in the bed I made. Hoping the sweats dissipate as my body acclimates to the meds. Thank your for your comments, so much.

MArgot-lol- Do you always pack your life so full?

Not any more!! We are retired now and our kids are grown and off on their own life's adventures. Sometimes I sit here, drinking my coffee, thinking by now I would have been dressed, got 3 kids dressed and dropped off at 2 or 3 different schools and made a 30 min drive to work and been there on time. Now? Think I will go get some more ☕️☕️ As I sit here in my bathrobe.

@margot. A surgery? Seriously, how did you get through it? As for the puppy, right now my husband is dealing with her as he is a commercial fisherman and works seasonally. The main thing I am worried about is what will happen when he goes to Alaska in June...I will be at work and the dog will be alone from about 8:00-3:00. Is that too long to leave a dog in a crate? I have a stepson who can come home at lunch to take her out, but am worried about how this is going to work.

@margot. A surgery? Seriously, how did you get through it? As for the puppy, right now my husband is dealing with her as he is a commercial fisherman and works seasonally. The main thing I am worried about is what will happen when he goes to Alaska in June...I will be at work and the dog will be alone from about 8:00-3:00. Is that too long to leave a dog in a crate? I have a stepson who can come home at lunch to take her out, but am worried about how this is going to work.

Yes, hysterectomy and bladder suspension. I wanted my doctors there, that I knew and trusted, to do the surgery. No lifting for weeks! My husband's transfer went through. Moved him and my kid's to my Mom's house and got them situated in school. I had my husband take a bunch of boxes upstairs in the condo. I had to go back and pack. I packed the boxes and shoved them down the stairs with my foot! LOL! Oh, and two of my cousins from back East decided to visit. Asked my doctor what was the recovery time after this and he said a minimum of 6 weeks but often takes 3 months! I told him I didn't have 3 months! He was having a fit but not offering to come help me pack! Hell, I don't know how we did it.
Did you happen to think this out before you got the puppy? How old is it now and what breed? That is kind of long to leave a dog in a crate and I hope you are crate training now. I am an advocate of crate training. How is your house set up? Have a fenced yard?

The puppy is 3 months now. We have a fenced back yard but there are lots of gaps in the fence; I suppose we could build a dog run of sorts. The thought was that my stepson would come home from lunch and give her a break, but it still seems like a lot of time locked up.

The puppy is 3 months now. We have a fenced back yard but there are lots of gaps in the fence; I suppose we could build a dog run of sorts. The thought was that my stepson would come home from lunch and give her a break, but it still seems like a lot of time locked up.

Ok. Remember to finish all the shots and don't take it out to public places until finished. There may be possibilities here. You have a tiled kitchen or service porch area that could be gated off? Confining to an area like that often works if it is puppy proofed. I would often have a number of dogs here. I do have a double-fenced yard. I also have a service porch/laundry room. We built about a 12 X 12, fenced pen in the yard against the side of the house, against the outside wall of my service porch. We put a doggie door in the wall. I put a gate across the doorway tgat went from the laundry room into the kitchen. That way, the dogs were in safe areas and could go in and out. Had that set up for years. I now only have two small breed rescues and have taken that pen down but the doggie door is still in and they use it. Everyone may want us to take this discussion to private. LOL! Start crate training the pup. Start some obedience training. Attention span is very short but start with "Sit" and reward. You can also teach her she has to sit before she is given her food bowl. Like most of us, dogs do better with structure and routine. I love puppies. ❤️ Want a Chihuahua mix? I am an idiot. 😬