Thanks Joe, but I can't do tomatoes or spinach. Tomatoes especially! They are a nightshade and I am intolerant of those, especially tomatoes. I love them, but they hate me! I even love spinach, but I can't have it either. I am very limited with foods, my diet would make most of you cry! That's why I have to go the vitamin and mineral route. Then I have to watch them very carefully too!

I never, ever used Xanax to sleep, I never even knew it was for helping a person sleep, not until recently. I always used it for panic attacks and I only take it occasionally, whenever I panic, and only if I can't stop the panic myself. I knew that one of the side effects are "may cause drowiness", but have only used it to calm myself. At one time, a doctor prescribed it to me, 4 times a day, I could not walk around the house. That's when they told me to take it as needed--that was over 20 yrs ago. Pfizer has always told us it was gluten free, and now denies it ever was, so I had to search and search to find a generic that was, just so I had one for my panic attacks. I keep it on hand, as a crutch, I know I shouldn't, but I have too. When I get glutened now, it's usually a neurological reaction, and I need the Xanax for the reaction.

They are correct Mel, you need to slowly wean off of anything like Xanax. Even though a doctor will tell you they are non addictive, they are wrong, you get addicted to them. You have to have it. I was on Paxil for a very long time. I weaned myself from it, and it was months and months before I stopped wanting it, there were times that I wanted that crutch back. So, if you decide to stop taking it, go very slowly.