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All y'all told me 0.5 was plenty but here I am nearly 2 hours into that dose and I feel totally normal. If you secretly had dosed me I would never guessed something was different.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Apr 13, 2021

I have a needle phobia, about to get needled; trying xanax for the first time. How strong is 0.5 mg? Will it be enough? Should I take 1mg? I'm 130lbs.

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Xanax at 0.5 w/o anxiety should feel mostly normal minus some mild relaxation or possible drowsiness. At non-recreational uses, you don't really feel it that much. It does sound like you need a slightly stronger dose though keeping in mind the half life of dose in your system.

Aella

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@PortalOperator

I did successfully get a shot with lower anxiety than usual though! I didn't even have a vasovagal response. I suspect the xanax did help a bit with that, though I felt no real difference otherwise.

2:38 AM · Apr 13, 2021

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That's pretty much how it is for me in really high stress situations (there's some science that you might not want to eliminate anxiety completely if doing exposure therapy). Although I will say that once the anxiety is over, I can feel a delayed response from the medication.