Posted by RobertPalsing on May 17, 2004, at 5:50:41
In reply to social phobia insomnia, benzophobic dr., HELP ME, posted by erik98225 on May 15, 2004, at 5:01:07
If you have extreme social phobia and fear of being in social situations, that's definitely high anxiety. This might include racing or uncontrollable thoughts that make life very draining and at the end of the day you might just feel like you want your brain to shut up. Anyway, that was a small tangent.
I told my doctor something to this effect: I am in pain. I have massive anxiety and the medicine I'm on IS NOT WORKING. I need something immediately for anxiety because it is inhibiting my daily life. Until I'm on a different medicine that gets rid of this anxiety, I need a benzo to calm me down and help me make it through.
Only some doctors are hesitant to prescribe them, and you will probably find that as you cycle through doctors, each one becomes successively lenient. As you discover yourself and your problems and learn about the medicine you take, your next doctor will realize that you know what you are talking about and will probably prescribe you what you want if you talk to him/her about it. Good luck.
-"Bob"
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