I was wondering from all that have taken xanax for anxiety, does it help you immensley with the dizziness? I just had a full blown panic attack at work, and took a xanax, and most of my dizziness went away. Even my eye sight seems better from taking it. Does anyone else have this experience?

yes I too take xanax and it helps me.. I take 1.2

Cant imagine xanax or any medication would solve inner ear dizziness...infact it cant - what this sounds like is anxiety related dizziness or maybe you had an inner ear prob and this went bu the dizziness carried on due to anxiety...

If im wrong and people think this does cure inner ear dizziness, then give me some xanax NOW!! xxx

Emsybobs,

Thanks for your reply. It doesn't necessarily cure the dizziness, but it certainly helps. The doctor in the ER thought that it might all be anxiety related, but it has been 5 weeks, and from the second that I wake up and the second I go to bed, I am dizzy, and my head has so much pressure in it.

Following my doctor's advice I saw a psychatrist to know if my dizziness was anxiety related. He prescribed me Xanax. He told me that if I felt less dizzy after taking Xanax then the dizziness was anxiety related. If it didn't help, then it wasn't.

My doctor prescribed Xanax, stating it sometimes helped people with inner ear disorders. I was distraught enough at why I wasn't getting better, so I took it for a month. It did make me feel better and helped alleviate the dizziness. I did some research and found out that one of the effects of Xanax is that it acts as a vestibulosupressant. It actually supresses the inner ear's signals to the brain, sort of dulling it I guess, and that's why the dizziness can seem improved while taking it. However, the trouble comes in long-term use of it, because of the supressing of the inner ear signals to the brain, the brain can't compensate for the loss/damage as well. That's why you'll find many on this board talking about not taking drugs over the long run because it hinders compensation. In the short term, however, it seems to work well for many so that you can at least get a grip and begin to feel better.

Ah ok and just saw hbep's post too - I apologise dizzygirl as did not realise that xanax could help inner ear stuff...guess specialists have their own views - like mpaiement's xxx