Remember that it takes a smaller amount of your meds to keep you out of withrawal than it does to actually treat your problem and be an effective dose, so if the doc is uncormfortable prescribing to you, he really does not have to prescribe the full amount of your prior prescription just to keep you out of withdrawals, or at least minimize them, he can prescribe a bit smaller dose each day and it should at least help, better than nothing. Just hope you get a sympathetic doc who doesnt think you are tryng to scam meds. I did hear that they prescribe benzos over there pretty easily, like the way we prescribe stimulants for ADD, that is how they prescribe benzos for anxiety/sleep disorders, so you might be in luck there. Opiates might be a little tougher, I think that pretty much no matter where you go in the western world they are reluctant to prescribe any opiates. You might be able to pick up some
tylenol w/ codiene there OTC and that could help you some, though it would be very very minimal becasue the codiene in it is like 8mg only.
Good luck!