Posted by utopizen on December 11, 2002, at 21:52:37
In reply to Re: follow up to antianxiety meds... » biovsenvio?, posted by Aadika on December 11, 2002, at 20:27:28
Wait a sec- I was getting jealous when I heard someone on this board getting 2mg/day of K. 5mg?!!?
I get guilt tripped by my p-doc for asking for .5mg PRN. Sometimes he "caves" in and gives me prn .5mg, qty. 10, to cover 3 months. And he does this reluctantly.
I'm seriously thinking of telling him "oh, I don't know why I never mentioned this, but I've always had my legs move about fast during the night, it wakes me up a lot, do you think this is something that's treatable?" (my legs don't move during the night, but what the heck can he do to avoid K for RLS? At least he can't cop-out by hinting there's some SSRI out there I haven't found that would work.
And seriously, I'd be a happy man if I just got .5mg/day. 1mg would probably be best, but I'd be happy with .5mg. Is that so much to ask? He goes, "oh, if you stop, you might get seizures" I tried to explain to him even the makers of benzos state in the insert seizures are typical in people who are prone to seizures already, but naturally I state this in the form of a question as if I wasn't sure (I don't want to act like a smart-ass) and then he goes, "no."
UGGGG!!!!
Equanil specifically states in their insert seizures may happen, typically in seizure-proned individuals, and taking a barbituate during withdrawl period can help the withdrawl time. All this in the insert. My doc didn't even know if Meprobromate still existed when I mentioned it.
I really do want to just say "Look, you can keep acting stubborn and I will ask for a second opinion and meet someone who realizes I deserve K, or you can keep your $70 each time you see me for a 5 minute appointment and give me some .5mg K."
After a year of treatment, you'd think he'd give up by now. But no, he just says "I'll take longer than others to get comfortable." Yeah, but who cares about being comfortable in a coffin? 'Cause that's how long it'll take me to get comfortable with social anxiety.
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