All I can say is run run as fast as you can and get a new doc who will listen!

I hate my shrink but my husband makes me see her. First visit I was on 9-10 mg xanax prescribed to me at the time. Along with Buspar. First thing she did was yank xanax and put me on 2 mg clonzepam (sp?) upped the buspar and added effexor. I swear she damn near killed me. She had slapped her hand on the desk saying I would NOT have a panic attack but if I felt I had to I could take up to 1.5 mg of my xanax hours later. I ended up in the hospital twice in 4 days, one by ambulance. I told her there was no way I was touching it period after that. She put me back on xanax at 6 mg. I have never been so sick in my entire life, I was literally throwing up blood from the lining in my throat I puked so much from withdrawals.

THEN GET THIS. After putting me through pure hell of withdrawals to get me down to 6 mg she says I can go back to 8 mg xanax, you have to be kidding right??? Telling me 6 won't do the same for me later, duh ya think? How the hell do you think I ended up with a doc giving me 9 - 10 mg a day??? I wanted off and CBT and all she wanted was more drugs in my system. She insisted to my husband and I that I needed an anti depressant. I told her I did not want more crap to be addicted to. My husband made me take it. Fine I take it now but tossed my buspar all at once, non addicting. Asked my husband what in the hell do I need 2 meds aimed at preventing attacks? Feel better with out it matter of fact. I told him I need to face them and my fears to be free.

I had been coming off at .5 mg a week and it was getting bad, she finally slowed it to .25mg a week. and I told under no circumstance I was going above the low dose of zoloft and will quit when I see fit. I have been on it before so know what it has in store when I quit. I am at 4.25 mg a day xanax still working it down. And threapy through CBT helps a lot, he wants to heal me! She wants to dope me. I think you may have my shrink! I can soooooo relate!