I had my GP Doctor prescribe me this useless medication, and it dosn't work. It does nothing to help with my anxiety, and the side effect are I get dizzy and get brain zaps. I don't even take the medication, each time I refill it, I end up just flushing it. She will not prescribe me any benzos because of the fact that I admitted to experimenting with drugs back when I was in high school. I guess in her eyes if you have used drugs on a non-medical basis, it means your a drug abuser, and a drug addict. That's what she told me, and she clearly said "no benzos or opiates in any form, no matter what ever situation because your a drug seeker." Even before that she had scripted me many different combination on anti-depressants, and after taken them for months, experimenting with various different doses and it didn't do anything for my anxiety.
When I saw a psychiatrist I was prescribed clonazepam 1mg. It was the only thing that helped with my anxiety, and it totally obliterated it. For once I was able to function and be productive, and not get crippled by my anxiety. Sadly his program was a short term urgent care, and I was discharged after a year. The funny thing was my psychiatrist also knew about my drug use, but he himself experimented with drugs while he was in college, was a double major in college, he took pharmacology as his second major, and was fascinated with how drugs worked on the mind. I was told " I don't care if you smoked some pot, or drank a little booze from time to time, but I will give you shit if your using hard drugs"
General rule of thumb, never tell your doctor you experimented with drugs. Most of the time they will discriminate against you, and treat you like a drug seeker. Well the only exception is if the doctor/psychiathist also experimented with drugs back in college or high school, then they may be more laid back and make exception but don't count on it.
-PLUR