I currently take 4mg AM and have to cut 5mg’s in half to have 2.5mg three times a day PRN
My pdoc compromised on this
Originally I wanted 15mg PRN
This is so stupid
Why stop someone from having a drug that helps so damn much?
Not that I want it long term, just whilst I get used to working
Have been up since 3:30am, and I am climbing the walls RN, but yet I have to wait to take PRN for work!
People abuse it or use it recreationally so I guess the blowback from that doesn’t help us. I never had a problem with my docs but realise with others it can be. Mind you I’ve been off benzos for over ten years now.
That’s good to be off them
I have been taking Diazepam since 2017 I think?
Now my new pdoc seems to have a vendetta
What I don’t understand is I was sold Pregabalin as a longer term prospect, but that is not doing a very good job at controlling anxiety
It did at first, but not so sure now
This is what I was talking about @Crystal-Cotton in your other thread. Anxiety is hard to treat
Yeah the problem is we are so different in what works for a common problem. Imagine if there was a shot or med that helped 70% of our population. There’s be no more problematic doctors!
Hang in there. Because some people don’t use meds wisely we shouldn’t have to pay but policy is so political and reactionary.
They want me on an SSRI for anxiety now
I have tried Sertraline and Fluoxetine, but they did not help at all
Yeah can work for some but I did poorly on ssris and tried a lot.
Valium (Diazepam) is widely prescribed in psych hospitals here to keep people ‘calm’.
I have never taken in though. I think I’m the rare exception.
It settles things for me greatly, but I do know the dose goes up a lot
I have text my case worker asking for an increase.
They will say no
I am on Valium, 2 mg, a day. I had an excess a few months ago because the pharmacy here does that, like give you extras each month so you won’t ever be in danger of not having them. Well, I took several pills and I didn’t get high, I didn’t even get sleepy, so I’d say it’s a safe drug for this addict.
It’s going to stop working broski, and wds are tough worse then heroin
I am prescribed xanax, tried diazepam, clonazepam and another 2 benzoes. I am avoiding benzodiazapines a lot, cause they cause a rebound anxiety when the next dose is up. I take lexapro (ssri) its really good for the anxiety, but difficulty falling asleep on it is a bummer
I wish my Xanax helped me sleep like they say it’s supposed to. It makes my anxiety better but doesn’t make me sleepy.
I think because its highly addictive and bad for the body worse then antipsychotics. I get it though i sometimes have to ask for a small script of it when my panic attacks get more frequent but i wouldnt want to take it every day
My pdoc gives me 5 klonopin pills. That’s it. 5.
But she, my therapist, and my primary all encouraged me to try thc for my anxiety. So, I did. I had to find the right amount because, let me tell you, I made the mistake of using too much once a few days ago and it was absolutely awful for several hours. Horrible akathsia, awful paranoia, and my anxiety just skyrocketed.
Thc in schizophrenia, that’s cooked.
@Joker Because it’s not sustainable. Increased exposure would be correlated with addiction. If you are dependant on it to function you are then you’re already in a complex space. The reason is to avoid basically what your experiencing with your doctors because benzos aren’t a long term solution. If was just a short term thing then it wouldn’t really be worth much complaining about. The fact that people have addictions to them and the are useful for medical purposes is a shame. But it’s also not exactly like people with addictions are ruining for people who use them for intended purposes. I think anyone who has taken addictive pharmaceutical medications understand the internal monologue that you have with yourself around your use. This illustrates the problem at its core cutting deals with yourself I will only take x much ect or I need x much.
Basically if you can make a convincing argument for why you need them for medical purposes then your n consideration your doctors would likely listen
I’m having the same problem. I use 4- 6 benzos monthly, i mean that’s not much, but my new pdoc won’t give me any. I use them for my attacks of intrusive thoughts and it’s the only drug that works for that.
As you know i’m going to La Gomera. I wouldn’t travel without having at least three benzoes in case of crisis, and I’m a bit ashamed but I had to buy some from a street pusher, just to be able to realize my trip to La Gomera.
Just to clarify, obtaining drugs illegally is not recommended.
Not getting 4-6 a month, that seems a bit tight of them tbh. How many do they give you when you ask zero?
Where I am a fair bit of Xanax on the street is just using the press so yeah I wouldn’t recommend it
My psychiatrist doesn’t want to prescribe benzos or sleeping tablets or anything for anxiety.
Only thing she is willing to prescribe is seroquel.
I ended up with a anti med psychiatrist kinda.
All my other psychiatrist prescribed imovane and my previous one prescribed benzos.
I need imovane as it’s saved me from psychotic episodes.
Afraid of side effects on seroquel