Posted by med_empowered on January 9, 2007, at 22:26:40
In reply to Re: Old Doctor vs. Young Doc vs. Foreign (educated, posted by harry_in_philly on January 9, 2007, at 20:55:33
I'd probably avoid a young doctor..they tend to be self-important and unhelpful. An older doctor might do it, but miltown hasn't been used heavily since the 60s; its still rx-d, but benzos have been first choice for a while (I think miltown's rep is worse than its actual properties, though). I don't know about a foreign doc. Depending on where they're from, they may be more tranquilizer-phobic or use tranquilizers more often. I think your best bet is either a friendly, older, experienced doc OR a very good psychopharmacologist.
Have you tried upping the dose of the benzo? If Soma helped, it may indicate that benzos just aren't hitting as much of the somatic aspects of anxiety as Miltown/Soma is. If that's the case, you might want to see about trying a benzo+ something else, like flexeril.
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