I cannot take Xanax....for some reason it plays total havoc with my condition and only makes it worse.
I can't take any antidepressants whatsoever. They make what I have much worse and can make me have an adverse reaction that is similar to that of taking LSD. I had to fight several doctors on that issue. They insisted I use antidepressants and said Xanax was bad. LOL My wife has taken it 28 years and I have for over 18 and it still works. Her ex and her dad were abusers. Zoloft and Trazodone put her into Serotonin Syndrome. She was hallucinating for a week and doctors weren't figuring it out. I found the answer on line after some prayer.
The Xanax works as long as I can limit the sensory triggers enough to where my sensory system doesn't crash and start the seizures. That is what can bring on the where the heck am I what am I doing here attacks also. That much I've learned how to head off.
The brain much like a computer has a certain amount or capacity for processing at one time. That portion of my Central Nervous System is damaged and was from birth. I had some Occupational Therapy at about 12 years old that taught me how to adapt to it. By age 35 it reached a point of disability.