Posted by Iansf on February 14, 2005, at 19:44:37
In reply to Re: What am I going to do re. Adderall?, posted by awatts on February 13, 2005, at 21:53:27
> Ed, is it your national health system? Is that why it's so difficult for you folks to get benzos, adult stimulants, and other drugs that actually WORK in the UK?
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It's not only the UK where it's difficult. It's not so easy in the US. I have social phobia and absolutely no history of drug abuse or misuse, but I've never been able to get prescriptions for either benzos or stimulants to help out.. Because I've had to change insurance plans five times in the last seven years, I've been to at least five different psychiatrists - in fact six, because one of them moved away - and none of them has been willing to even consider such prescriptions. They're afraid to take a chance on drugs with some abuse potential (even if that potential is actually very small in terms of psychiatric patients with no addiction history) but not afraid to risk my committing suicide over the isolation I often feel. Talk about crazy. From my impression, probably 90-95% of US psychiatrists are the same. General practitioners are more flexible, it seems, though mine isn't.
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