Max diazepam dosage

[bleepholder]

she said she is fine with trying others such as lorazepam and alprazolam............. Best of all she has no problem prescribing agomelatine and the other AD's I mentioned without trying SSRI's.

I'm not surprised this private psychiatrist is happy to prescribe anything.....she is probably getting paid more than enough to just prescribe whatever you ask for!!

[johnep]

My thoughts exactly, patients like this are bread and butter to psychiatrists, no more so than in the US. Michael Jackson was the end result of pandering to a patient's obsessions.
johnep

[hibernia]

My thoughts exactly, patients like this are bread and butter to psychiatrists,

Private patients like this are a psychiastrist's jam and cream cakes

[Ashley]

Hi Ashley,

Buspirone is normally used for a few months or long term. There doesn't seem to be any particular problem with using it for prolonged periods and it does not cause dependence.

Take care with clonazepam. 3mg is actually quite a lot. Clonazepam is a very potent benzodiazepine and dependence can occur rapidly. Clonazepam is normally effective for panic/anxiety at lower doses eg. 0.5mg twice a day. If it isn't working at 3mg it might be best to try something else.

Since the psychiatrist is private, I assume you are paying for private prescriptions. Agomelatine is pretty expensive! It might cost you more than your appointment.

Yeah after 5mg didn't work for a presentation I decided to switch to alprazolam which seems to be effective.

[darly]

I am quite surprised no one has mentioned a beta blocka such as propranolol (sp) this is the main medication given here (so my doc told me) I was started on 40mg 3 times a day but that was to high for me, so i now take 10mg 3 times a day and can take a further 3 tabs if needed! This is for my anxiety.

[Ashley]

I have tried propranolol and while I find it is somewhat useful for performance anxiety where somatic symptoms predominate, I do not find it effective for social anxiety.

[bobbin]

I have tried propranolol and while I find it is somewhat useful for performance anxiety where somatic symptoms predominate, I do not find it effective for social anxiety.

Indeed, propranolol is not at all reliable in anxiety.

[crit care]

surely propranolol is given just to treat the effects of anxiety...ie the tachycardia.