My doctor told me about a new anxiety med that could possibly work better than xanax and without the potential for addiction. Expected availability and release of the med will be in the Jan/Feb timeframe. If anyone is interested, here's the link to read about it: It's call pregabalin

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/160/3/533

Thanks for your post. I'm sure it will help people.