It's odd, Xanax doesn't seem to be working for me in general. Even at 0.5 mg all I get is a headache and overpowering drowsiness; I couldn't tell this apart from Benadryl. It doesn't seem to be helping much with anxiety, and I'm not feeling the effects others describe.

I respond better to Valium, but I don't like that its half-life is so long! I know everyone's biochemistry is different - are there some people whose bodies are calibrated at just plain Xanax-unfriendly?