I only WISH this were true.Unfortunately, writing a script for Xanax is the easiest, fastest and most sure way to get someone complaining of "anxiety problems" out of your hair, as a practitioner. And NO ONE complains about a Xanax script. Now... to be clear, when I say "anxiety problems" I'm not talking about the OP or his scenario. However, this drug, Xanax, is so vastly and overwhelmingly overprescribed in the US and especially in Oklahoma it is absolutely ridiculous. If you had any clue in the world how many people out there are driving the same roads as you, in their big ol' SUVs, all stoned out of their minds on Xanax, you'd never want to leave the house again, either.
I'm telling you, folks, it is CRAZY how damn many people are on this crap. CRAZY.
Me. Classic case. My family Dr in CA had me on three low dose (.5s) Xanaxs a day after a brief time being on the lowest dose of Ativan- mostly for sleep anxiety but also some light anxiety. I loved the Ativan, was like smoking a couple of bongs without the eebie jeebies. (And this is the same Dr who I got my MM card from weirdly). Once I was on the Xanax I would cut them in half though and only take them in the evening because a good part of the time they were still working the next morning after I woke up and sometimes even into the next day almost screwing with my ability to function and safely drive a vehicle, thankfully being self employed I was on my own schedule and I could work around it. My new Dr when I married my wife and got moved out here to OK- my wifes long time family MD- has worked with me on weaning myself off of them and getting into some counseling.
