My Doc Will Not Refill My Xanax Im Feeling Sick (Page 22) (Top voted first)

I was prescribed Prozac & Xanax 10 years ago by my psychiatrist for depression & severe panic attacks. He started me on 1mg 3 times a day. Around Dec 2005 he increased my daily dose to 1 mg - 4 times a day. I have been a patient of his now for 10 years where I see him every 3 months. Through the years, there has been a few times were I had to call to reschedule my appointment and a couple of times he had to do the same. He would call in my meds for the amount I would need to get me through to my next appointment. This month I had an appointment for May 27th I called to reschedule due to transportation. I do not drive now and my ride canceled on me. so, I rescheduled my app. for June 17th I then requested my meds be called in until my appointment, a 3 week supply. She said she would call me back when it was called in later that day. Not hearing anything I called back the next day to find out what was going on. I was told my doctor feels uncomfortable due to liability reasons to re-fill my medication, until I see him again in June. I asked her what about the liability to take me off medication I have been taking for 10 years? She told me to go to my primary physician to get my meds. I told her my primary care doctor will not prescribe me those medications without my medical records from this office and I just signed a medical release form a few days ago at my first appointment with this new primary doctor, so she told me to go to an urgent care if my symptoms became to uncomfortable for me to deal with!! I had enough xanax to last me until today. I took my last xanax this morning and I am already starting to feel sick, my head feels cloudy, I feel like I'm getting the flu. My heart is racing, I'm feel really anxious & closed in. Has anyone out there gone off xanax cold turkey what more should I expect? I don't understand how a doctor can prescribe medication like this for 10 years and just make you stop so suddenly it doesn't seem fair. I have lost trust in my doctor now and I don't think I can continue to be his patient anymore. I am scared and I don't know who to turn too.

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Raymond #382, when you see your doctor just be upfront with him. Make sure you give your doctor full transparency. Tell him how often its happening and that you are scared thinking it my happened again. Tell the doctor the effects of your med. Discuss a treatment plan of action. On the half chance that he prescribed you lower dose than you are use to accept it and don't try to sway the decision. When you go back for a F/U you can verbalize that it didn't help much. Then the doctor will probably increase it.
*****Raymond, first of all don't even entertained going back to jail after 25 years. Its not worth it . IMO, you might benefit from going to some NA meeting until you see your doctor.

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Susan, I am very sorry to inform you but xanax is a very dangerous drug! I know this because my former Dr put me on 1 mg 3x daily. I went in and told him, because my mother was dying of cancer, I was having trouble sleeping and wanted to know if I could try some ambien. Right off the bat he said no, this is what you need. And gave me 90 pills a month. He kept prescribing the xanax to me for 5 years. At first they seemed like a miracle drug. I slept good, felt elated, and they settled my stomach so much. But it was after the 5 years that I decided I didn't no longer need to be taking another pill. So when I ran out, I didn't bother going to get more refills. He would automatically write a new script with 6 refills along with my blood pressure meds. The withdrawal symptoms started in only a few hours and 5 days later, I was still upstairs in bed, drenched in sweat, vomiting profusely along with chronic diarrhea! The cramping was unbearable and the best answer I can give to the withdrawal feeling is that I felt like I was crawling out of my own skin. Then the seizures started. The worst one was when they immediately admitted me into the hospital after looking at my blood work. The nurse and the other patient told me about the seizure the next morning because I don't remember having the seizures. They even told me I was foaming from my mouth during this. The convulsions were horrible also, but I can remember having those. A Dr on staff took me on and agreed to be my new physician. On my followup visit when I finally got out of the hospital (6 days later) he told me I was near death and he has never had a patient who was as dehydrated as I was. Bag after bag of iv fluids plus I had to have several bags of potassium. I hallucinated, and worst of all I just wanted to die to get away from all the withdrawal pain. The only other and worst pain would be last year when my only son passed away. I still couldn't quit the xanax on my own. Didn't have a clue what addiction and withdrawal meant. I ended up going to a recovery center on Delray beach in Florida called The Watershed. What people need to know is that during the detox process, there are medications you have to take. One being a drug to keep you from having seizures. And yes, you will have seizures when you suddenly stop taking benzo's! The dehydration that will happen, can cause organ failure, resulting in death of course. I always said, with my luck, I will have a stroke and live through it. Only having to live out the rest of my days severely impaired! No, these Doctors or some of them, put patients on one of the most dangerous and difficult drugs to get out of your system and they should know more than anyone, just how evil those little blue pills are.

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About 20 years ago I ran out of Xanax and after 2 days without the medicine I had a seizure which landed Me in ICU. It can be dangerous to go cold turkey on those. The side effects are terrible. Good luck. All the Best!

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IVE COME DOWN TO 1MG JUST WISH THEY WOULD GIVE ME A CHANCE TO COME OFF THE MEDS .I DONT MY PANIC AND ANXIETY NOW IS SKY HIGH .IM NEARLY THERE IVE COME DOWN FROM 6MG NOW THIS ..

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Ive done cold turkey years ago took 4 months to get over it i was on 4mg then

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SayWhat: You are completely out of line. Last time, I will say, everyone is different, and should consult their medical professional. Find another target for your aggression.

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I do not agree with coming off the meds cold turkey..it is very unsafe. It can even cause seizures. Go to your doctor or a pain medicine specialist..
If you can't get in to a doc... Go to ER and tell them the truth.... They may want you to taper off or attend a rehab but DO NOT do it by yourself! Not safe

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Im booked in to see a syc in the next week hopefully i get a good result to let me come off the .edication properly.and not take fits and etc .lets pray

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@Raymond. I'm interested to know why you would go back to jail if you don't get this medicine? You also speak about robbing a pharmacy or supplier for Xanax?

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If you can taper down, yes it can be done. But you have to go slow, never cold turkey! But for me, I had to have help. The recovery center started giving me a drug called Gabepintin, or the name brand is Neurotin. The Dr said he could guarantee I won't have a seizure while taking this medication. I still take this today, not to keep from having a seizure but it works well for siactica or pinched nerves. It is prescribed for several different things. If you are committed, it can be done. I'll never get back on Benzo's ever again. I would rather detox from opiates than xanax! Good luck to you and I wish you well, and never give up.

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Been on Xanax for several years for anxiety and depression after my children were # 1. Kimberly - killed by a drunk driver just before she turned 5. Child 2. Gardner developed CML at 1 1/2 and was treated for tonsillitis for 10 months before another Dr discovered the leukemia. Horrible 10 months of hospitals - lost him at 3. Several years later, after a dog bite, antibiotics, tetanus shot, flu shot & antibiotics for a week - lost 30 lbs, hurling everything, couldn't even get out of bed or say prayers.... Husband drug me back to Dr. They were going to hospitalize me when the assistant figured it out. By hurling everything, my meds were also gone and I was having the equivalent of drug withdrawal. I personally thought I was dying. Sent me home, back to bed & one Xanax a day & chicken broth for two days - nothing else. Did the trick. But now with FL laws on controlled meds - been reduced to two .050 a day. Just is NOT working - very anxious & cry at the drop of a hat. "Do you EVER get over losing your only children?!". NEVER! Would not wish this on an enemy. But do know they are always with me and not in pain. God Bless. Kim & Gardner's Mom.

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@Susan #395, IMO, you appear passive aggressive. You are the one making assumptions regarding my education re: tolerance vs strong. You made assumptions regarding whether another commenter was mocking someone's withdrawal symptoms. Susan, this is not the ICU. I think it's safe to say everyone here including yourself have been through, or are going through drug addiction / dependency. Please, stop with the unsolicited advice, therapy, counseling and so called diagnosis wisdom, which frankly comes off sounding very sangamoneous.

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Please don't flatter yourself. I have nany other things occupying my time. I keep my exchanges without animosity. This is a forum, not a place for trolls to unleash hostility.

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Hi Annie #400, I am so sorry for your loss. It's really disturbing to hear stories like what you shared. I have heard other stories of doctors dismissal of family members recounting their love ones symptoms. They seems to have lost their drive to touch patients and do a thorough assessment. And take a full history. Instead of the system getting better it's getting worse IMO. I don't know your pain, but I agree that you need to reach out and truly tell the doctor your pain. I told my psychiatrist my childhood? trauma & the treatment I am on now works.

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It can stop ur heart if u suddenly stop taking Xanax

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I'm not sure if this is how u post a reply to a reply but this was the post I'm responding to:

#383 AlwaysAWork:
Sat, March 11, 2017

RAYMOND,

There are other medications that work far better then Xanax . The problem is most people convince themselves that's the only drug on the market that's helpful. If I were you I'd contact your prescriber and be honest about your position and your fears. NO ONE wants to see a fellow human suffer and face time behind bars. Please be proactive and see a professional before your fear becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. God bless.

Where I live it's difficult to find someone that's not going to judge you especially without insurance. I live in a fairly decent size town it's actually a college town but years ago I tried to get help for my dependency on benzodiazipines and addiction to opioids, and every year has gotten worse for me. I always thought what u posted was how it would be but unfortunately it wasn't. So to the person who says they don't want to end up back in jail, I feel you. I'm 33 now and just starting to try again with getting help so I wonder if things have really changed for the better and maybe there are better options than there were. I guess that's all one can do is keep trying and never give up. I need advice regarding the type of doctor I should see and what a person like me approach should be. Should I be up front about my drug addiction and should I allow them to access all my medical records? I'm not too trusting these days with doctors but I want to make sure I don't say the wrong thing or have them put in my file that I'm doctor shopping or black list me which I believe is a real thing.

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Yes go to the emergency room explain it to them. Same thing happened to me however it's not the doctor it's because they are trying to take xanax of the market, he should we knew all along with giving you something else to substitute.

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But then the doctor called in drugs without seeing her when it was convenient for him but he won't call them in when she has a legitimate excuse. You label her a drug seeker for not wanting to go through withdrawals so what do you call him for not prescribing them, a sadist? Your logic is way off base..........Your empathy seems disingenuous.

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It's getting so terrible for people that need this medication as doctors don't want to give them out and it's terrible! One place I was going to totally took all my medicine away and I got terribly sick along with losing 29 pounds, sweating all night and changing my pajamas 3 x a night as they were soaked. I had horrible dreams and they even kicked me out of their place with a letter and said they would report me to the police! I finally found a doctor that put me back on my medicine and doing much better and also able to eat now!! There is more to this story as the so called FNC didn't know what to do so she called another place in the hospital and he was only an FNC but suggested to take me off all meds!!! Actually I really should sue them for the things that happened to me. I was hearing voices etc, and was calling my neighbor in to check my house out.

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I also suffer from chronic generalized anxiety, my physiatrist passed away around the time the DEA began this war on prescription meds. I've tried every other possible med and relaxation therapy. The only thing that works for me are benzos. I can't find anyone else to give me my medication. My quality of life is not good because I have an incurable disease, my former Dr was honest enough to acknowledge that my condition was biochemical and not situational. Sadly this country is the only one in the world that has vilified DR's and patients who suffer from pain or mental conditions, and deprive them of their meds. If I could move to another country I would, good luck

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