Medical practitioners and Drs that don't immediately believe you're lying...
Ive had such bad luck with my usual GP and other GPs in being able to consider benzos as a reasonable long term or at least ongoing medicine option to treat my anxiety...
I do admit I've been given a couple of scripts for Ativan. I was never given more than 50, and never been able to get more than 1 or 2 scripts on no more than 2 separate occasions in as many years. Any suggestion of being able to return to the dr and get a refill was ruled out and I was consistently lectured as to why any repeats would not be possible.
When I tried to explain my experience and just how well these medicines, as in benzos, worked for me in ways that no tricyclic or ssri antidepressant did, I was quickly stopped and treated as though any continued emphasis on benzo efficacy and preference of me would only be drug seeking and dr shopping behaviour. The dr made it clear I could not ask and could not talk about. And this is both a normal GP, a numerous walk in medical centre Drs and an emergency dept hospital dr. Even the psych I forked out for and go to know, carried on and on about how he didn't prescribe benzos, and wouldn't listen to anything I said about why they are good and work for me...
I've tried talking in a good way, using tips others have given to ensure I am explaining the benefit against other meds and not just begging for benzos. But it's not the way I'm explaining it. It's the orders from AMA and other Aussie authorities and GP fear they will be flagged for prescribing. They seem genuinely clocked off for prescribing any benzos at all. Like they told themselves it's best I don't give any. And convinced themselves that's how they make sure they don't harm patients and most importantly, ignore any action from the authorities against them.
What do y'all do? Is it the drs I'm seeing ? The area I'm seeing them ? Where can young males not been seen as drug seeking without forking out and seeing all new psychs.. even when I have been referred to psychologists multiple times by the dr.
PLS help. Anything at all. I need to get the medicine that works. For me, life and death far outweighs any worry I have of the potential concerns for a few repeats..I need to get some relief asap and I know a dose of 10mg val or just 2.5mg xan can change everything for me now...