Is anyone else getting there Benzo scrips taken away or cut down a lot recently?

[Ivortheenginedriver]

I was on 4 mg a day since 2009.  I moved here in Oct. No doc would refill it.  Even a psychiatrist told me no.  After about four doctors I found one who gave me .5mg twice a day not even close to what I need. So I went back to iops.  They all wanted me on ssri. I said I had tried every one of those things since I was 18 I'm 39 I'm not depressed I have bad anxiety especially even worse in crowds of people and have it every day.  At one time I was on 4mg klonopin and 4mg xanax along with suboxone.  That just goes to show how much things have changed.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately most Doctors either know shite all about the medicines they prescribe, or they just don't care. The salesman from the pharma company sells them on SSRI's and now we have a whole generation on them, even kids. Still everyone I know in the states are getting there anxiety meds cut in half, then in half again, then replaced. I have had doctors try to give me antipsychotics for anxiety because they get harassed less for prescribing respiridol than they do for prescribing traditional anxiety meds for anxiety. Who cares what happens to the patient. If you have anxiety, and want anxiety medicine you are a drug seeker and get red flagged. Its sad. It turns a lot of people into criminals against their will. Scofflaws they would have called us a century or two ago. Now we are just more fodder for the drug war that helps keep our gov't afloat. Hope you all find some relief out there somewhere. I thank god for places like this.