DrugBuyers.Com: Why not Valium?

ok...just thought i would put my two cents out there...don't spend it all in one place. having been on both, first the doctor gave me a low dosage of xanax for my anxiety/panic attacks but i couldn't stand the side effects. no matter where i was, if i had an attack & took a xanax, i would have to lay my head down for like 20 minutes because i got so drowsy. i really didn't like it. my anxiety subsided but i was dealing with the effects for the rest of the day and if i had an attack at work and had to take a xanax, it doesn't go over so well with the boss that i have to lay my head down. especially when most people don't understand anxiety/panic disorders like my ex-boyfriend. i hated it when he would tell me it was all in my head and i needed to calm down. i was ready to knee him and tell him it's all in your b*lls, calm down, it will go away! anyway, back to the point at hand. i was having a discussion with a co-worker who suffers from the same thing and told me about how she had the same side effects from xanax and that she takes valium now. i asked my doctor about it and he was very hesitant about prescibing the valium for me because he said it is highly addictive. i've taken valium, i like it much better because for me the side effects are much less and that's my story. honestly, i still don't understand why they say that xanax and valium are so addictive. i only take it when i have an attack and i know that it will help me. luckily, i don't have attacks very often.