Hi Ruby,
Xanax has been a life saver for me; especially in situations that I fear. Sometimes I take it about a half an hour before I go to a place where I am sure my anxiety will increase, it does take the edge off and I am able to get through the situation with little or no anxiety.
If I'm in a situation and start to feel anxiety I put the xanax under my tongue and let it disolve, it works very fast for me.
I don't do it very often, I don't want to abuse it, and hopefully I won't build up an intolerance to it, but it has helped me many times to do things with my family that I normally wouldn't do.
Becky