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Sleep ease with melatonin, Unisom? Trying to get off Clonazepam.
Sleep Health | Last Active: Feb 13, 2025 | Replies (52)Comment receiving replies
I had a former well renowned doctor, an internist, who wanted to send me to a psychiatrist because of my need/preference to take only 2 mg of clonazepam before bedtime, for control of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), which I have had lifelong. So maybe he was protecting himself against future malpractice litigation in case things went bad for me somehow, but I was incensed by that, and I called him an asshole and walked out of his office, changing doctors soon thereafter. If they have a reason to refer patients to psychiatrists, they need to explain that ahead of time.
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You said you changed doctors after your doctor wanted to send you to a psychiatrist..... is your new doctor better? I mean, does your new doctor prescribe you the clonazepam?
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The only reason my primary doctor gave me for referring me to a psychiatrist was because of my Generalized Anxiety Disorder......and the fact that the he did not want to prescribe a "benzo" medication to me long term.....even though it's the only thing that truly works for my anxiety. I was told that doctors are watched very closely now by Federal Government to NOT prescribe the Benzodiazepine medications..... I think because of the fact that alot of people abuse them and get very addicted because they take them not as prescribed. Very unfair to the rest of us who use them responsibly, as prescribed.