Hai preso le pillole? Xanax

So, it starts out by saying we live in a society where everyone thinks they can solve all their problems by taking a pill. Then towards the end it says " Oh, dont take that pill. Take this one" You cant make this stuff up. Did I just watch a commercial for Lexapro, Celexa and Prozac? Because that's exactly what it felt like. And then the hypocritical " Therapist " Start yamming away at how bad Xanax is when they are the ones who prescribed it to begin with . If they were such great therapist their patients wouldnt need drugs to begin with. This is simply a hit piece paid for by the makers of the other drugs.

Studying the long term affects of benzodiazepines is a really important topic and this documentary started out with a focus on this. Sadly though the movie devolves into looking at a few neurotic people who have issues much bigger than Xanax could ever address. Sadly too many of the people who they spoke to ended up saying they still take it and it works for them. Very little time was spent on the idea that being human has always required juggling stressful situations and that we as a species need to figure out how to get back to where we do that without pharmaceuticals. Instead we have been medicating children with Adderall and other behavior drugs so kids never have to learn how to cope with stressful situations. We're making it worse, not better and this movie is part of the problem not the solution.

This documentary has the message of a '90s after school special. I expected to see Nancy Regan as the director in the credits. As just one example of the blind fear-mongering and rejection of science advancements that can truly help people and change their lives for their better, this documentary conflates SSRIs with BENZOS. Those are two entirely separate drugs with significantly different risk factors. SSRIs like Zoloft have been life saviors for countless people with no side effects. These are the same people who were forced to suffer in silence for decades unnecessarily because of tragic messages like this documentary.

Well balanced history and overview of Xanax, the pros and the cons. I'm unclear why so many reviewers are angry about this. It in no way villifies benzos or patients. The stories / case studies represented a broad demographic of patients. The clinicians from the mental health community were very careful and succinct in their language. The only segment discussed that did not fare well was the medical community (regarding the patient who was misdiagnosed at Mayo Clinic). It doesnt go terribly deep but it does cover a lot in an hour. I also appreciated the history of anxiety treatment as well as the advertising that was discussed.

A look at the story of Xanax, a well known name, and a medication that many people relied on.

I didn't particularly enjoy this, not the content, but the tone, delivery, input, it felt to me as though they were trivialising a hugely serious topic. Some of the interviews, was it me, or were some a little obnoxious.

It infuriates me so much that anyone believes in this day and age, that you can sort out everyone and anyone's problems with a pill. Does anyone truly believe that popping a chemical concoction will remove all of someone's problems?

It's a pity that some of the so called experts couldn't have looked for alternative ways of dealing with people with mild anxiety issues, prescribing stuff like Xanax, just awful.

As a Brit, I was left speechless to learn that the pharmaceutical companies are allowed to advertise, unscrupulous.

One thing this pretty poor documentary did, was to remind me not to watch the news, or limit it to a few times a week only.

Didn't enjoy it, 3/10.