I think I am having a severe reaction to alprazalam. My doctor prescribed 1mg 3x day in order to stop a cycle of severe anxiety along with costachondritis. His theory was that I try to sleep 19 hrs per day to break the cycle. It has only allowed me to sleep for a day and a half. Last night I took 1.5 mg and slept for 3 hours. I have lost control of my bowels with diarrhea, i am irrationally sad and very irritable. I have had the pills taken away from me due to thoughts of harming myself. What should I do?
Hello, Thanks for choosing Chat Doctor for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. I am sorry to say, but I have never come across such a treatment protocol where a patient is slept through to cure anxiety. This is a disorder of anxiety and occurs cause of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. Especially serotonin, nor a Chat Doctor.  Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the most popular medicine and my 