[princesslinda]

When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I actually went to the doctor because I thought I was having some type of panic attack...couldn't sleep, racing heart, waking up sweaty, even a little chest discomfort. I thought maybe it was some type of "perimenopausal" type thing as i'm in my early 40's. Anyway, after ruling out cardiac problems, he said it could very likely be diabetes with my family history, and did blood work. In the interim, he prescribed me something for anxiety...which did turn out to be Xanax. The Rx was for 3 a day, and he gave me 30, stating that this would help break my anxiety cycle, but was not something I wanted to stay on.

Having never taken anything for anxiety, I was hesitant, not to mention that working in a medical environment, I had seen many patients addicted to Xanax. Anyway, I took a pill one night at bedtime to see if it would help me rest better. It knocked me out and I slept well, woke up feeling much better. However, I didn't want to have to rely on a potentially addictive pill to help me sleep, as I will be trying to sleep EVERY night and couldn't possibly take one of those that often. Anyway, I didn't take anymore.

As my blood sugars stabilized and I began to come to terms with all that was going on, my anxiety lessened and i've done fine except for the occasional moments of fear/concern that most people have at times.

As mentioned above, there are many other meds that you can take rather than Xanax that would provide you with a temporary lessing of your anxiety, without exposing yourself to something that may be very hard to stop.
Just my opinion, for what it's worth.