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And that's when I was first prescribed medication
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Take Your Pills: Xanax

And that's when I wasfirst prescribed medication, and they were extremely helpfulat that...

And that's when I was
first prescribed medication, and they were extremely helpful
at that time when I was basically at a crisis point, and I was, like, hanging onto life
by my fingernails

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And that's when I was first prescribed medication,
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and they were extremely helpful at that time
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when I was basically at a crisis point,
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and I was, like, hanging onto life by my fingernails.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:55
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Shriver Media,Motto Pictures

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Movie Summary

A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.
I was thinking last night, before I went to bed, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
I was thinking last night, before I went to bed,
"No, no. No, doc." I need to speak to a doctor or a psychic. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
"No, no. No, doc." I need to speak to a doctor or ...
So, uh, two weeks into the pandemic, I lost my job. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
So, uh, two weeks into the pandemic, I lost my job.
I mean, I remember thinking, "What am I gonna do about rent?" - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:14
I mean, I remember thinking, "What am I gonna do about ...
And then, I actually found out that he had been cheating on me, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
And then, I actually found out that he had been cheating on ...
Um, I didn't have a car, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
Um, I didn't have a car,
And so, I had to, like, hide this immense pain, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
And so, I had to, like, hide this immense pain,
And that's what I was like, "This is anxiety." - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
And that's what I was like, "This is anxiety."...
And then I had a friend who had Xanax, and I was like, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:16
And then I had a friend who had Xanax, and I was like,
I was like, "What the hell?" - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
I was like, "What the hell?"
Like again, like that reassurance of a therapist who said, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:24
Like again, like that reassurance of a therapist who said,
Benzodiazepine prescriptions have essentially been rising - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
Benzodiazepine prescriptions have essentially been rising
When you even just look at the numbers of people who struggle with anxiety. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:05
When you even just look at the numbers of people who struggl...
And that... that means that you are debilitated by anxiety - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
And that... that means that you are debilitated by anxiety
Trust me, I've known enough celebrities. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:05
Trust me, I've known enough celebrities.
I think we're fed a myth that everybody else has it together. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
I think we're fed a myth that everybody else has it tog...
"I'm the only one struggling. I'm the only one who has trouble." - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
"I'm the only one struggling. I'm the only on...
It's a cycle that keeps... that spirals up at different times. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
It's a cycle that keeps... that spirals up at different...
Not only create it but then curate it on social media - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:05
Not only create it but then curate it on social media
You're comparing your internal true experience - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
You're comparing your internal true experience