Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?

I am on AHCCCS Complete Care. Which is also known as title 19. Transportation is provided through MTM. Some health insurance providers cover that.

Regular Medicare which is the only insurance I have provides very little. More providers here in Arizona accept your insurance while not accepting mine. It doesn’t make much sense.

Anyone take, or know anything about Doxepin or Duloxetine??

I go on Medicare in July and not looking forward to it. I understand completely.

I have been taking
Duloxetine for about five years and it works very well for me. I started out with just sertraline and added duloxetine later. After I developed a problem with Sertraline, I was able to continue with the duloxetine without needing other medications.

I have been on Ativan 1mg 3x a day for over 25 years. All my doctors tell me I should get off it. I am 74 years old. None of them is helping me. Where do I go for help

I am surprised your pharmacy will still dispense it now days. Who authorises your refills? My psychiatrist and PA say they can no longer authorize benzos, even at just 10 pills at a time for my occasional anxiety attacks that can be long lasting. I am 79 and pissed off. This is cruel for those of us who do not abuse benzos like Xanax, Valium and Ativan.

To @david707
I am replying to your message to @lakesofdelray
I have been taking Ativan in small doses since Sept. of 2024 when a primary care doctor prescribed it along with Ambien for sleep and Effexor for depression and anxiety. I had been on Effexor for 25 years before I decided to taper off because I thought at my age (then 77) I could manage without it. Big mistake. I tried to reintroduce the Effexor 9 months later due to crippling anxiety but was not successful. I have been to many nurse practitioners who prescribed various combinations of anti depressants but without success. They were reluctant to prescribe any Ativan but did anyway when they realized I was barely functioning. I had lost a tremendous amount of weight in a matter of two months and have not been able to regain any even with eating all day and into the night. The nurses who prescribed various combinations do it in .5 doses for a quantity of 30 pills for a month’s use. Half the time the Ativan is ineffective despite all the prescriptions being from the same manufacturer (Leading Pharma). I don’t think the I will be able to get any prescriptions in the future. I did not abuse my prescriptions.

I was on duloxetine to treat nerve pain and the depression/ anxiety that accompanied the nerve damage. It didn't help either condition very much and l stayed on it long enough to give it a chance. Trying to taper off this drug was a nightmare and it is related to Glaucoma. I can only say be very careful if you are sensitive to medications. And I have recently noted that it has gotten bad press in the news. Had l known any of the issues were present l never would have agreed to take this drug.