I have severe panic, social stress/ anxiety and a highly stressed life. I am always in a state of worry, stress and dread. I had to switch drs. due to new insurance. I was prescribed klonopin and busporine and taken off the alprozolam completely it is not helping me at all. All my symptoms have come back which is causing me to live a very nonfunctional life. I just need to know how to at least convince my new dr. that I have tried this new treatment for 2 months and it has gotten me back to where I was before I started my alprazolam treatment. What can I do, to fix and remedy this situation.
How to talk to my dr. about putting me back on my previous alprazolam?
- Posted:
- 15 Nov 2011 by ccschn
- Topics:
- klonopin, anxiety, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, alprazolam
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Responses (5)
lmariani5515 Nov 2011
ccschn,
Man can I ever relate to your situation, I hate changing doctors and insurance.
To get to the problem at hand: I don't think Buspirone is a good med for you, why do docs think it will work for peeps like us? Beyond me... Alpraxolam or Xanax doesn't work for me... I don't get the almost immediate calming effect from it, just the opposite... gets me real manic. On the other hand, I have been on Klonopin for 20 years for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attacks, I love it. I actually take 2 mg twice a day and stay calm as a cucumber under almost all situations.
Maybe you aren't on enough to control uncomfortable symptoms. Please talk to your doc. The dam insurance companies aren't your healthcare providers ... sheesh.
If you need Xanax, which can be very addicting and require withdrawal, for goodness sake, tell the doc. Generic Xanax is cheap, last time bought it was bout $13.
Mary63200915 Nov 2011
I totally agree with Laura on this question you have posed. Infact say the exact same thing to your doctor! Just what you have written here. I was having the same problem with Lyrica. I changed pain docs & so did my insurance who had been paying for Lyrica for 2 years, because I got a new script from a new doctor they thought I should have to try other alternatives because of the cost of Lyrica. Well, Dang, they had been paying for it for 2 years! Had to send an appeal letter, & it got approved. I hate HMO's but are now part of daily life I guess! Good luck, & like I said, tell the doctor what has worked the best for you. They don't know everything, & tell them you have tried these meds before they they don't work for you, but xanax does. Good luck & let us know how you come out...
ccschn
15 Nov 2011
Thanks Mary...
Just finished talking to doc and let me yell you my best efforts didn't work. I told them exactly what I needed now they are weening me off of the klonopin and just want me on the welbutrin. I must say that military drs only want everyone on anti-depressants. I Would like to thank you for the encouragement and understanding that meant a lot now I'm going to go have a melt down. Hope you have a good day.
Cc
15 Nov 2011
OMG CC,
Do u have to go to the military docs? Active duty or visiting OP VA? Sheesh ... Double Sheesh! While on graduate school for my Master's in Nursing ... I did have several rotations through the VA hospital and clinics in Gainesville, FL @ UF. I guess u didn't think that pertinent, but I certainly might have given u a gentler way of talking to idiots. Seems to me that docs on staff there did not make A's, B's or C's ...
BRB ... hold on sweetie ... I'll be back
lmariani55
15 Nov 2011
First ... don't have a meltdown unless the looney bin sounds fun for a week. Let me think ... wish I could call ya ... easier than typing on my phone.
Peace out Bro,
ccschn
15 Nov 2011
My husband is active. Have to go to family clinic and yeah I know they aren't quite all there just love to push the anti depressants. And don't want the deal of the addictive med factor. Just freaked out lil now I'm ok I just have gotten a refferal to a phsychiatrist and found a few drs in civilian world that take tricare and can see me as my primary. Loopholes ahahahah ;) now I'm just focused on not loosing the klonopin. If psych can't understand my issues then I have an apt with my old dr and will private pay same day. So things looking up thanks for the support. And wish we could talk this phone nonsense is frustrating. I unfortunately must get too a lecture after this big waste of day.
Ill talk to ya later hope your day is well.
cwake1923 Nov 2011
I know this is 8 days old, but I had this same problem recently. I was prescribed klonopin that worked for me by my doctor, then I moved out of state and had to see a new doc and was prescribed xanax and it caused more problems than it helped. I stressed about this for weeks and finally I switched from seeing that PA to a new family doctor, brought old rx records showing I had been on it, and emphasized that IT's WHAT WORKS!
Hopefully they'll understand this and work with you. I was so afraid I wasn't going to get back on my right meds, and after a good visit with my new doctor, he was more than helpful. Good luck!
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Thanks Laura that helps to know I'm not crazy about being on the busporine hate it. I have tried with having them up my klonopin and it just seems to never work. Been on the xanax for years before that tried the klonopins and other lower risk ones but Xanax or even diazapam are the only thing to seem to help along with coping mechanisms. So I guess everyone is really different and that would be good to tell doc I know my body have gone through the trials and everyone is different. So yes you have helped me sort this stressful talk with the doc. It almost puts me into an attack thinking about the apt.
For God's sake...
Take 3 Klonopin ... just kidding. Ya know something ccschn, meditation, mind-body relaxation techniques and any other thing you can think OF MIGHT help some before you zoom into a freaking frenzy. I do know what u r experiencing ... try going to Grad School when you've already lost your mind... ain't easy but can be done... altho wasn't too much fun except for all of the self medicating I did with alcohol ... also worked as an ICU RN. Talk about stress... wonder why I did that to myself?
Anyway ... I kinda like your style ... wanna b friends on here. Lots to learn on this site. Talk soon sweets.
Would love too!
Also ccschn... if u liked my response, please signify by voting + on my answer if u like ...
Ahh good too know... I will
Just finished talking to doc and let me yell you my best efforts didn't work. I told them exactly what I needed now they are weening me off of the klonopin and just want me on the welbutrin. I must say that military drs only want everyone on anti-depressants. I Would like to thank you for the encouragement and understanding that meant a lot now I'm going to go have a melt down. Hope you have a good day.
Cc