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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 21 7:07pm | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
I'm a 73-yr old Parkinson's Disease patient. I take 0.5 mg Alprazolam (Xanax) at bedtime, down from 2.0 mg/day as needed for anxiety and sleep which I began taking decades ago. I feel okay taking the small dose of this Benzo, talked it over with my mental health therapist and she said that so long as I take this dose only as needed, at my age, with my condition, if we're both comfortable continuing take 0.5 mg PRN, it really isn't a problem. Actually, the only problem I do have is finding a doctor in my area who will continue to prescribe this medication. It helps ease my Parkinson's tremors and also seems to help with my balance--keeps me from falling. The VA will not prescribe Benzos, as they lumped them in with the dangerous drug, Oxycontin. I travel regularly back and forth to Brazil on business, where a psychiatrist gives me a several month supply between trips. I'm not a drug abuser, never have been, never drank, and avoid sugar in any form--including simple carb's in the form of fruit, and avoid processed food. At my age, and despite the fact that I've had PD for at least six years, I'm in otherwise excellent health, seldom get depressed, exercise daily--walking, half hour minimum of tai chi chuan practice, stretching and strength-building work, water aerobics, and although I no longer drive, have an e-trike for local transportation. I don't understand why doctors here in the U.S. are so afraid of prescribing Benzos--regardless of the dose.
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It's the government and CDC recommendations which are ridiculous!. They've been going after Drs and pharmacies. It's intimidated most Drs out of prescribing controlled medications and if they do the dosage is not adequate. Patients that require controlled medications for adequate symptom relief are being denied them, it's not just pain patients and opiates but anxiety and sleep disorder patients are also being denied medication needed for any kind of quality of life. I have narcolepsy and it's happening to us too. Lives are being destroyed over this. Drs have every reason to be afraid the dea will show up at their door, the result of this war on drugs is patients being left to suffer, some horribly or forced to take medications with terrible side effects in place of controlled meds. I've spent the last several years practically living in my bed because my Dr's are afraid to prescribe adequate dosages of my medication. I'm afraid to move where I really want to live out of fear I won't find a Dr willing to keep medication I have no life at all without. I might as well be dead without my medication. I wouldn't be able to take care of myself. It's very depressing knowing I could have much more life if it weren't for the fear the government has put in Drs. Having to jump through hoops I don't have the energy to jump through taking more from my already limited life. And for what? People are overdosing more than ever before, they aren't saving anyone they're causing even more harm.
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They aren’t ALL like that. My doc has no problem with my using Klonopin. I think Xanax is definitely a different story. You need to see a Psychiatrist.