horowitz71, I am so sorry you are being denied the medication that will help you. It's so wrong that doctors won't prescribe benzo meds anymore. I am lucky and have a prescription for Lorazepam, and my doctor knows I need it and that it works for me. All doctors now want to prescribe these new meds, the SSRI's..... they work for some people and don't for others. I don't know what to tell you.....it's just a very sad, and VERY WRONG thing that these doctors are doing by not prescribing them!