Switching From Xanax To Valium (Page 5) (Top voted first)

PLEASE HELP! For the past 7yrs I've been on 1mg Xanax (3x) per day for anxiety and panic attacks. I take my dosage of Xanax as prescribed by my Dr unless I have a severe panic attack, then I may take an additional (1-2) 1mg xanax when I'm actually having a severe full blown panic attack to stop it. I've been on other Benzos before but Xanax seems to be the only thing that stops the panic attacks when I'm having them.
Recently my Dr decided to switch me from 1mg Xanax (3x) per day to 10mg of Valium (2x) per day because he says Valium is "stronger" and has a longer half life than Xanax. He says the Xanax isn't working for my anxiety anymore. From what I've read on the Internet about Xanax vs Valium is that Xanax works better than Valium for panic attacks. I like to mention I have a phobia of taking new medications. I stressed my concerns to my Dr that my anxiety isn't as much of issue for me as my Panic Attacks. He said not to worry cause the Valium is stronger. Then I asked him what if while I'm taking the Valium I suffer a sever panic attack? What do I do to stop the panic attack? His responce was that I could take a 1/2 of a 10mg Valium tablet to stop the panic attack. I wanted to tell him that from what I knew, Valium is slower acting and that I didn't agree 1/2 of a 10mg is going to stop my panic attacks but I didn't want to question his professional expertise over my Internet findings. I know he's the Dr and the Dr knows best right? So I guess to finally get to my point is I'm terrified to start the Valium because im afraid that when I have a panic attack and I say WHEN and not IF cause it's only a matter of when I will have a full blown sever panic attack what would I do to stop it? From reading up on Valium I know it wont help stop my panic attack like the Xanax will. I asked my Dr before I left his office that while I'm on the Valium and I have an attack could I take a Xanax to stop the attack? He said absolutely not! He said if I have a panic attack while on valium I can take a 1/2 of my 10mg Valium. I didnt say this to my Dr but I know from what I read about Valium is that it won't stop an attack as fast as Xanax will. I dont know what to do? Im so scared and I feel helpless cause I feel like my Dr isn't getting what im saying. My panic attacks can last as long as 2 hours or more. I know because my longest panic attack was while I was driving through the desert and realized I forgot to pack my Xanax. 2 hours in to my attack after trying breathing techniques and what not I had to taken to a hospital by ambulance cause my heart rate went up way to high and so did my blood pressure. My panic attacks can lead to an ambulance ride to the hospital. I feel like my Dr is focusing on treating my anxiety more than my panic attacks which are of greater concern to me at this time. I read on line that other people have been prescribed both Xanax and Valium to be taken as needed. Valium for anxiety and Xanax for panic attacked. I spoken to 3 pharmacists who tell me that I can take the Valium and if I should have a major panic attack I could take a Xanax no problem because they're both Benzos but only on the occassions when I'm having a bad panic attack. Why couldn't my Dr just say that? I know some of you may read this and say that I just have an addiction to Xanax. Honestly that would be further from the truth. If I knew that Valium would stop my sever panic attacks I would switch in a heart beat but from what I'm reading I know Valium won't help with an attack as fast as Xanax will. I'm not looking for the Xanax "kick" some people love to feel or to have a feeling of Ephoria. I just want a reliable medication to treat my disorder. I want to trust that my Dr knows what's best for me but only I know what my body and mind is going through and I somehow can't get him to understand! If anyone has had the same problem as me or can offer any support or advise I'd love to hear what you have to say. Has anyone ever taken both medications in the same manner im suggesting or together at the Sametime? How did it make you feel? We're you able to cope and how? Please anything will help. I know there has to be other people out there experiencing or have experienced the same thing. Thanks.

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I have been treated for Anxiety Issues for 35 years. I've had both Xannax & Valium. I choose to use Valium becuz they last longer. And THEY DO stop Panic Attacks. I take them regularly & have better results than I do with Xannax. Don't be so sure that Valium won't work. Give it, and Your Dr a chance. All the Best

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I agree. I have a lot of experience in the past w panic attacks (which i now know my spikes of Low BP mimic) & meds. You toootttaaallyy had xanax wd not reaction to valium. And you mention generalized anxiety disorder & medication phobias /fear of new strategies/fear of what it may feel like/bad reaction etc. Xanax for as needed is stupid--you develop tolerance & its shortness causes rebound anxiety. Klopin really is best of both worlds. Valium "would" work if you weren't tolerant and if you took scheduled dose 3 times per day etc. ativan is worthless. but as the other poster said you are going to have to beef up the self talk & coping skills. I was a basket case fear of driving on bridges all kinds of crazy shoot when i was young--the real prob is i was married to a closet homo/closet psychopathic attorney & emotionally neglected/isolated. I got a dog, a "race car", a lover, a job, & a life because after years of the panic attack bs (they are very real I mean the BS of dealing with the others not wanting to hear about it and then realizing I was self isolating to avoid panic attacks as much as being emotionally isolated by my ex) YOU must decide that pan attcks etc are bs way to live. Find new coping skills, push yourself to beeee uncomfortable & for me i "decided" im only going to allow "one thing" & would self talk & pray myself through the rest . For example, i would say "i have panic attacks or am having a panic attack" that is what i am taking medication for (1 allowed thing) but i will not have panic attacks, take medication AND avoid whatever it was! If that makes sense or if i didnt (phobia or panic attack fear) want to go somewhere or do something i would again use the self talk of ok going to take this & go to office party...this amount " works " for others & if it doesnt "control" my panic then that is Just the BS anxiety & lack of coping taking control of my body & my very real physical symptoms are creating mental panic attacks--any navy seal /fighter pilot whatever -- and you can read the techniques they use to control it -- essentially have anxiety attacks but they don't call it by that name they call it an adrenaline dump ! And it triggers the same fighter flight they talk and breathe their way through it!

It will work!!! I cant believe the bs life i lived in fear of pa & gad! I was not depressed btw. Praying helped --i still get what feels like pa because of my low bp (real prob) & i will do the fighter pilot "gag" thing & pray myself "home" if out on walk or whatever. I am also hypothyroid and extremely fit because i also use the gym to release anxiety. If you focus on yourself and rely on medication it will not solve your prob & your tolerance will grow ( and some biological so it will happen) & xanax is absolutely preferred by addicts ( i'm not saying you) but i am saying you may paint yourself into a corner / find yourself "blacklisted" or cut off at some point if you demand Only Xanax & will eventually need outrageous doses! Then what? Btw telling a doctor "only xanax" and only certain doses "translates" to drug seeking behavior. What happens if dr says No more xanax? Only other benzos! ...are you going to change to a dr willing to prescribe xanax?

You'll find that attachments to certain drugs or fear of new ones is identical to the ritual portion of other addictions & also part of gad, pa, & phobias. Use more coping skills, more self talk & call yourself out ie "check yourself" if you chAnge meds and have a pa ...so what? Are you performing a life saving operation on a child today? Chances are you just dont want to feel the panic. Also, so what if your worst or most embarrassing fears come true w/ pa attack--no one gives a dang! Or oh, someone may have to call emt ---guess what you already are taking yourself to the ER! Same thing--pa are like learned helplessness --you start doing to yourself the same thing at one time the pa caused!

Im not being judgmental, im saying I've been there, done that & i know how real pa are! I also know once you decide they are bs and if today is the day you are going to die --maybe death by panic attack is preferred to death by stabbing etc--once you take the bs power away of pa (panic attacks) you will get better ---but now you are benzo dependent & that qualified under my bs plan of only allowing myself one prob! Because now you have 2 --pa & benzo dependence! And wd (3 probs) when you tried switching Then more probs when you went to hospital (like bills, anxiety, annoyance to others or fear in others etc) and you still have the main prob of whatever caused the first panic attack (Bad marriage? Overweight? Unmarried? Whatever!). Pa is a Natural result of Not dealing with something that is emotionally upsetting. Its the body trying to discharge the stress some way (as opposed to psychiatric break) so sooommmeeething is bothering you & if you dont Practice & use coping skills u will always have pa & many more problems! And intellectually knowing what coping skills are or breathing or other adrenaline dump techniques and knowing them is not the same thing as practicing them which builds new neural pathways in your brain!!

Im sorry for the length but I feel like you really need help and panic attacks are really a normal reaction to emotionally not dealing with something.

Good luck & start with reframing the idea that pa is nothing more than an adrenaline dump (at a perceivably incorrect time) & if navy seals & fighter pilots learn to control with practice these dumps & same physical & mental symptoms without drugs in the most critical situations & under extreme pressure!!! So can you!

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I've been thru a very similar situation. I was on the same amount of xanax u were and switched to valium but my Dr. says 3/1mg xanax 3/10mg valium. I made the choice to switch myself, and it wasn't an easy decision for me to make, but I did it bc I have severe anxiety and I too would have to take an extra here and there and there were a couple times I ran out a few days early...which u don't want to do so take the valium bc xanax is very strong and leaves ur body the quickest. valium and xanax have differ greatly in their half life. that's probably part of why he switched you. that and the good old DEA breathing down their necks. things are getting stricter. what stands out the most to me is u didn't mention.."Does he have u on any other medication for ur panic attacks??? If not I question whether he's really hearing/or believing you or not. I'm sorry for that,truly. I very much know exactly where ur coming from and I know it's awful, and I find it insulting. take the valium for now before u start feeling the xanax wearing off. its not fun but valium will definitely help.I had a little headache or felt at ad bit anxious until the xanax loses ur system which won't take long. research meds that have been proven to help w panic attacks!

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I can hear you are in an anxiety state worrying about the meds..I was the same way a few yrs. Ago. Try the Valium. After so long of being on a med they don't work as well. I was on .05 mil. Of Larazapan which helped me get over my panic & anxiety.It took only 6 months to get better. It took a long time to get into this state so cure doesn't com quickly. There is an end to this state you are in. First of you have to get pisitive, positive thoughts, talk to yourself in positive thoughts. Increase your self as teem and self worth. I found writing my feelings out helped and then saw how my negative thinking got me where I was.loose all fear and take the so what attitude.panic & anxiety is telling you that you need change..I quarentee you will be a much stronger person in the end and you can handle anything.Give yourself a hug!

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Hi, I am so sorry to hear what happened to you. I have suffered from panic attacks for 21 years now. I do understand how terrifying a attack is. I have been transported to the hospital on many occasions. But, when I was taking Xanax my attacks were so bad. I couldn't control them at all. It occurred often. Always calling the ambulance. It took doctors about 6 years to diagnose me with severe panic disorder, anxiety, & depression. Before that, I was a mess. But, sadly the Xanax didn't help much. I went to another doctor many years ago, and he prescribed me klonopin.I have not once went to the hospital since. Klonopin are time released, so your brain is constantly receiving medication throughout the day. I take 3 per day. I am so grateful to this doctor. He helped save my sanity & life. Maybe, you could ask your doctor to let you try this medication, if you haven't tried it before. If he doesn't help you, maybe it is time to look for another doctor. I would of been making appointments already. Panic attacks are to terrifying for me to live with without proper medication. I feel for you & I will pray for you to get the best help you can.

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Well there you go. Your education in mental health field you say? Those other meds help seratonins in your brain with panic attacks. Be careful filling a script u confidently have. Your med Dr. just tried helping. People do abuse Xanax! Not good to change a med Dr. My opinion, your upset with the antidepressants assuming it's for Bi polar. I agree with mirtazapine, and Dr.s usually listen to concerns. Remember seeing a new Med Dr. in psychiatry, kinda looks bad, but you must know they went to school for 15yrs and will let you know one of his concerns, your concern's, and what you've taken. I suffer from panic attacks, and I need my paxil, buspar, and valuim. help! Not cure, help with therapy.

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she's been prescribed 10mg Valium /3 daily. So she's not w/out proper medication. I just hope she is taking the valium bc it WILL work. I really believe that it will work much much better! I think her doctor made the right call. I know how she feels but I also know how much better she will feel when the xanax leaves her body and she gives the valium a chance.

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OK, Verwon, please read a little more carefully what the original poster (Syrus) actually said. He (or she) does take the Xanax regularly for anxiety as prescribed by the doctor. But when they feel a true panic attack coming, they take a little bit extra to stave off a full-blown attack. I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that they take the Xanax ONLY when they are getting a panic attack since the contributor never states this. They're NOT just "using Xanax to stop them." In fact, they state very specifically that they take 1 mg. of Xanax 3x per day to treat their anxiety. Also, according to the writer, the Xanax is still working just fine so they're wondering, legitimately so, why the doctor claims it's not working and is switching them to Valium. (Perhaps another case of deciding to "fix what ain't broke"? Who knows?!) I do agree that the patient should give the Valium a try. They may discover that it works as well or better than the Xanax. If they use it for a couple weeks and find that it's not as helpful as the Xanax, then they should return to their doctor and let them know that the Valium isn't working as well for them. In my own experience with pain medications, I've certainly learned that people can respond very differently to the same medication. Also, it's important to not assume from what's written on the internet that someone else's response will also be yours. Obviously, just the idea of changing meds is a difficult thing for this particular patient who says they have a "phobia for taking new medicines" so they need to push through that and remember that internet sources aren't always reliable! Unfortunately, doctors aren't always reliable either, particularly in their knowledge of medications. I've talked about this issue with my doc and he absolutely agrees that pharmacists are the true experts when it comes to medications and their use. That's their specialty! A doctor needs to know a lot of things and specific knowledge of specific medications and their interactions and usage is simply not an area of expertise for them. If the Valium doesn't work for this patient's panic attacks, it might be helpful to have their pharmacist communicate with their doctor about the co-use of Valium and Xanax. Since the original posting about this topic was over 3 years ago, I'd love to hear what happened and how the Valium vs. Xanax battle worked out!

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Exactly. This person was given about 1/7th the equivilent in valium on their switch from xanax to valium, they experienced withdrawal. Just like they would if they took literally half a pill of their original xanax RX and split it into smaller pieces through the day. Valium is better, lasts longer, builds in system, prevents panic/anxiety. Withdrawal is one thing, a medication that actually makes someone a functioning human being is another thing, their doctor failed at the dosage for the transition and i guess klonopin is okay, but i've been on all three and valium by far is the best, you can wake up and literally do something without having to pop a pill first thing in the morning, it does build it does last and it does work, the dosages are hugely misunderstood by many doctors though.

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I'm sorry U have so many panic attacks. Your Dr probably changed over to Valium due to U reporting still having panic attacks. If U have the amount of panic attacks U R saying then I think it is appropriate to try Valium. True Valium works slower but actually quite effective. It also works for much longer than Xannax. It will give U all the help U need. All the Best.. Solidmike

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I also was diagnosed for depression from the start when I first went to the Dr to address my issues that had been plaguing me since I was 13 years old. At 18 they started me on pail, tried it for a year or so, it gave me weird feelings but was better then my normal. When it quit working I was given every type of antidepressant there is. Eventually it hit me or more so them that I actually had some extreme anxiety that started around adolescence. It did so happen that my family has some major anxiety issues going bk to my great uncle whom couldn't leave his home for 3 yrs. He eventually got prescribed valium and he was able to go about life again normally. I think valium really can work for major anxiety. Perhaps adding an antidepressant could help. I have also been down the Xanax road and as it can work well it's cons seem to really outweigh its pros. I switched from xanax to valium about 5 months ago and my anxiety is gone. I do need to address some other issues, thinking about which antidepressant would work the best for me. You made a good point when you mentioned how it seemed once you became more knowledgeable about certain medications and what works best for you, your doctor seemed to be weary of you. I've experienced that and it stands in my way often from getting better. They don't understand that maybe what we're going thru is so overwhelming/& stands in the way of our lives that we are desperate to find an answer so we do the responsible thing and we eeducate ourselves in hopes of helping the Dr find the right treatment for us. And yet so often all they see is a drug seeker. Its hard to find a good doctor that will listen and not write you off. Best of Luck to you.

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Here goes honest answer. I was prescribes Xanax when it first came out early 1980s for panic attacks. I had been addicted for Valium and didn't want to go near another Benzo. Once again not enough research had been done to safely give me or anyone that drug with a history of addiction m. It worked for about a yr. it gradually creeps up on you because it's fast and short term acting. I think your doc sees a need at in crease as. Bad sign you are building up a tolerance not good.

It was hell detoxing from Xanax. Valium has a much longer shelf life almost 24 hrs if I recall. You don't get the pop like Xanax but it's working.they are both bad but I think Valium is a lesser of evils our bodies chew through Xanax like candy in 4-6 hrs it's gone, huge rate of addiction. Hope this helped good luck.

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It seems U worry about full blown Panic Attacks worse than every day Anxiety. By taking the Valium U will receive good consistent treatment. And Valium WILL stop Panic Attacks. I was rescued 25 years ago from Xannax transferred over to Valium & have been on them ever since then. Panic Attacks will not occur as often when on Valium. Try it out with good intentions & U may find it works out. All the Best.

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I need help. I've been on xanax for years and due to all the opiate od's in my hometown the drs are not prescribing any types of narcotics. I've been to 5 drs in 4 months trying to get my meds and people who need them cannot get them. ANY HELP

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Xanax is ten times stronger than Valium. 10 mg. Valium did help provide relief when I was withdrawing from Xanax. Try the Valium, but I don't think the dosage the doctor is offering you is going to help because 1 Xanax equals 10 mg. of Valium.

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I recommend valium for Panic Attacs!
I take both I check my blood pressure if I feel like I'm getting Zaidi I take Xanax I feel like my heart is pounding I take that I am where it all depends on your symptoms and I've taken go to the same time but I took a very low dose half a Xanax it's a 2.5 or five and I've taken a half a Valium like a five or 2.5 even it will stop and you can have it under your tongue and it does Work faster believe me that valium
am works faster! Takes 45 minutes for Xanax to work it takes 20 minutes for valiant to work again for having a real bad attack I take half of one and half of the other five Valium and a half of the five Xanax and an aspirin

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I recommend valium for Panic Attacs!
I take both I check my blood pressure if I feel like I'm getting Anxietyi I take Xanax I feel like my heart is pounding I take valium I am where it all depends on your symptoms and I've taken go to the same time but I took a very low dose half a Xanax it's a 2.5 or five and I've taken a half a Valium like a five or 2.5 even it will stop and you can have it under your tongue and it does Work faster believe me that valium
am works faster! Takes 45 minutes for Xanax to work it takes 20 minutes for valiant to work again for having a real bad attack I take half of one and half of the other five Valium and a half of the five Xanax and an aspirin

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Take the five Valium half a Valium keep a blood pressure machine around check your heart rate if it's your heart rate going fast then you need to take a Valiumalso get you something to pulse also get you pulse oximetr you put it on your index finger and it tells you what your heart rate is and what your oxygen level is whenever you can get enough oxygen to your heart that's when your heart*squirrel fast you have an attack OK so heart rate is over 100 you need to value more even close to hundred I don't wait until it's 100 enough you still having Zaidi knows your heart rate is OK but you have air anxious then you take the Xanax I know because I've had it for years

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Since my post Matilda & Rusty S. have both posted rather interesting views. Now as you know, or those who see me regularly on questions concerning anxiolysis, panic, OCD, related conditions, & my other great affliction of chronic pain do - I never write anything which is beyond either my knowledge or my personal experience (which on this platform is probably the most important as we are giving opinions which could influence peoples' medicine choice remembering that the PIL must ALWAYS be referred to for cautions, interactions and contraindications) & neither do I ever speak "with forked tongue" to any writer - in my case with the exception of Verwon, who riles me regularly by his US-Centric comments on many things which he often uses badly, forgetting that the US pharma industry is the most corrupt and self serving in the world, charging huge prices for cheap substances, and even self regulating to the extent where the FDA actually permits a variation in API content of pills from the original patented brand, I have heard of 10% & 20% from different sources; the precise same tablet being sold with different imprints at wildly differing prices (Watson are most guilty, Norco and '853' being identical as are Fioricet brand and their 'generic' acetaminophen/butalbital/caffeine tablets; in ANY other country that would be so illegal that the resultant fines could probably put companies of that size out of business! And do not forget that the ONLY generic alprazolam in the USA which would be acceptable in Europe, Greenstone, as well as their triazolam, are identical to branded Xanax/Xanor/Tafil and Halcion respectively; I found out that not only do Pfizer OWN Greenstone, they actually make both in the same factory, and reading the PIL contain exactly the same proportions of excipients, suggesting that they break that same 'identical tablet, different imprint, far higher price' nonsense as Watson! Every other generic alprazolam made there would n3ver make it to a European pharmacy due to the absolutely dreadful quality and the variations in strength - Sandoz GG2499, the largest selling alp in the US, would never get a licence here because of its awful quality and low potency, meaning that the majority of Americans using generic alprazolam would never know what hit them if they were dispensed U94 Xanax/Xanor, Egis Frontin or even the EuroGenerics (EG) generic... Verwon tends to insist that US meds are the best but jote that almost every one of his posts are direct quotations from manufacturer or FDA (that should have been NOTE!) papers or US Industry approved websites which customarily hide their racketeering self regulatory and price fixing policies...

The ONLY benefit I can see of diazepam over alprazolam is indeed half life. Its active metabolites are nordazepam and oxazepam, both available as drugs in their own right, the former having a half life of well over 100 hours, whereas alprazolam is somewhere between 6 and 12 hours dependent on one's metabolism and benzodiazepine tolerance. Now I MUST stress that I have never said diazepam is no good, in fact as a substitute for others when reducing dosage or quitting, it is second only to medazepam (Rudotel, Nobrium) as the best to use due to that half life. However there is absolutely no doubt that the dosages prescribed to the OP are silly and that the doc concerned has blatantly lied about potency and efficacy in panic disorder. Diazepam is primarily a sedative BZD which is, when compared with alprazolam, virtually useless for acute panic. There is also a huge mistake - the onset of action of diazepam is in fact faster. Witha slower curve up to peak plasma level, but alprazolam takes only 15-20 mins longer to begin working. It is however far faster in reaching its peak level and the plateau longer. Just because half life is so much shorter does NOT mean duration of action is. The usefulness of diazepam, as long as you are dispensed Valium or a very good make, is certainly NOT in the field of panic disorder control. It is an ancient BZD which unlike the later triazolo-BZDs does not target GABAa receptors specifically but all GABA receptors more or less equally. Medazepam has an almost identical profile but is considerably less sedative, allowing the patient to live bormally while taking it. The big problem with diazepam is that sedation which can be disabling enough at a medium dosage of 20-25mg to prevent the user from working, and causing ataxia which is not the case with alprazolam in a dosage equivalent in potency to twice that of the diazepam!

I agree that diazepam may be used in lower dose for keeping GAD in check but must repeat that for acute panic attacks, it is useless and 5mg is hardly enough to stop a panicking MOUSE! I repeat that a far better combination would be clonazepam 2mg tds with alprazolam always there for the worse times and in sufficient dosage for acute panic attack. My attacks are thanatophobic, meaning that I am sure I am in the process of dying, taking my last breath, my heart not beating properly, and it does not matter that anyone reassures me or not I am 100% convinced that I AM dying, until the alprazolam fixes that. As I said, a large dosage of Lysanxia (prazepam) or Lexilium/Lexotan (bromazepam, which is the benzodiazepine I find "chills one out" better than any other) must in my case follow along with an e tra Rivotril (clonazepam), & I return to normal within around 45-60 minutes. My attacks can last anything from 10 mins to an hour or more so ensure I ALWAYS carry at least half a dozen 2mg clonazepam, 10mg alprazolam and a strip at least of ten x 6 or 12mg Lexilium/Lexotan in my pocket at all times. I am terrified every time I leave home that I will have an episode. It rarely occurs since I started clonazepam but I MUST carry those with me as well as my oxycodone and other opioids like dipipanone and dextromoramide. Auralis brand freeze dried 100 or 500mg diamorphine powder vials are great for instant analgesia when insufflated in the dose to which one is accustomed, as I will not use needles. My doctor knows I insufflate it so prescribes 3 x dosage for inj. I believe they don't prescribe heroin hydrochloride at all in America, saying that this essential drug has "no clinical use" - something which we here simply can not understand as it is probably the drug which is clinically the best by far for severe pain and especially heart attacks, as it is about the only opiate which does not interfere with the electrocardio system - proof is easily found in the statistics showing that where diamorphine is first line treatment death rates from a myocardial infarction are much lower than where they do not give it.

Anyway I wanted to say that even though I disagree with a couple of your points such as the 'fact' diazepam is a good drug for acute panic, you both do make some interesting and valid points. Just remember that US made generics are not absolutely equivalent in potency to brand name, so unlike in Europe, the patient dose depends not only on the doctor's opinion but on the make disoensed - or your income! What a shame Obama's attempt to make your healthcare more like Europe failed miserably, showing the power lies not in the Oval Office but in Boardrooms, which in medicine can be dangerous. Not to say financially bad for the vast majority of patients no matter what is wrong with them... And Verwon, please stop simply quoting from American literature funded by these thieves who run your healthcare. I have a letter to write to Sylvia Burwell, Health Secy in the Cabinet, which I promise will include a plea to make it easier for the ordinary American to get the same level of treatment as those who can afford the best. It simply does not work that way anywhere else in the world and I feel so soory for US citizens who fall ill or have conditions like anxiety and severe panic disorder.

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@mitilda...chillax...do whatever u/ur daughter need to do to control ur anxiety.
I am in "expert" in "my anxiety" and used a combo of meds And coping skills?
You pointed out a Huge prob though which I experience myself my hypothyroidism was kicking off tachycardia and palpitations and cortisol and reaction to the stress intern keeping that feedback loop going -- i'm sure your daughters on diagnose pancreatitis was sending her heart into it tizzy as well !
Nothing wrong w learning coping skills and controlling anxiety... Good enough for Navy SEALs and fighter pilots I think it's Goodnuf for the average person !!! Sure u may need benzos too but people unwilling to look at drug free alternatives At all often indicates addiction... Kind of like the person who has pain but refuses physical therapy when applicable !!!
So do whatever works for you!!!

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