“My wife has been using Xanax. She is suffering from a condition called bipolar II. She is enduring anxiety and depression from quite a long time but doesn’t have hypomania. Whenever she has a really bad day, she takes two 1mg Xanax. The med relieves her for about four hours. She wakes up often and after the completion of four hours, she requires another Xanax. The drug helps her during times of difficulties but doesn’t do anything much to cure the underlying issues of her anxiety and depression. But I’m happy that it is there at least during emergencies and I wish the med can do something to reduce the frequency of emergencies.”