Ya, since you are so young I wouldn't reccomend benzo's unless REALLY NEEDED, and the low dose one also. They make a half milligram pill and a quarter milligram pill, so maybe lower your dose, or switch to a different benzo such as a low dose of klonopin or Ativan. I myself am a very anxious person, but I never get the amnesica effects anymore really, unless it's a ridiculous dose I take, I never combine them with alchohol(anymore) in high school I would take Valium alot along with wine, but once I got stated on opiates my taste for alcohol completly went away. But now I've been taking them sooo long (over ten years) but anyway. My advice is to switch to a low dose of klonopin or ativan since from what I understand Xanax is the one known to cause the mose amenesica effects... But maybe mention klonopin, you don't have to redose as often and that could help, I also find it good for helping anxiety the most outta all of them really IMO, although xanax is my favourite, but thats because I guese since it kicks in so fast it give me euphoria that other benzos don't, and don't have much expericne with Ativan, and remember you are looking for something to help your anxiey, not something trying to get a buzz on, though I'm not one to talk...kinda 50/50 with me unfourantely...