Move to the Couve and smoke dope.

By god, I think you've figured out the solution to our economic woes! Everyone who is stressed about money - just take anxiety meds! It will fix your normal life problems!

All these lousy I,Anon submissions are really stressing me out!!!! Think I'll pop a Xanax or 5.

Drug-seeking behavior detected

You sound like a 5-year-old whining about Mommy not letting you play with the kitchen knives.

Just substitute your doctors for Mom and your sought-after dope for the knives and maybe you'll understand.

Sing The Rolling Stones "Angie" 5 times a day lively and you can forget about the Xanax.

I think your serious, and you must exercise a lot. I think the idea your trying to ask if you are alone in your feeling? No, I
can assure you. So many people are on nerve pills, and Doctors are afraid you might get hooked.

You sound like a reasonable person and honest, So my advice is get some pot from a legal way if you have no contacts in Portland. Don't know how it works myself, I do have a contact. Look into Medicinal pot through the right way for your anxiety. I do not know how that works.

Welcome to Portland -

I made it two sentences deep before I got bored and gave up. I'll assume the rest of this rant was about bicyclists, dog poop, hipsters, sex or bad drivers.

Real response: Oregon doctors are insanely phobic about prescribing benzos for some reason. It's really nuts compared to the east coast. Half of them think you'll start shooting smack if you take a benzo 15 days in a row, kind of like looking into the mirror with a flashlight and saying "Bloody Mary" 3 times will totes bring the chick from The Ring to rain on your parade.

But guess what? ::pats pocket:: I have some little friends here. Now it DID help that I've been on 'em for 15 years already, so I can just say "well, it works, so let's fuckin' continue" and reasonable doctors will agree, but I've gotten static before from a couple pissant DEA-cowed fools who think that Buspar is useful for anxiety. lol.

The secret to finding a reasonable doctor who doesn't buy the TAKING ACID DESTROYS YOUR CHROMOSOMES type FUD on benzos? The older, the better. Get an ooold doctor. Silver hair is mandatory, white hair preferable. You'll be hooked up and relaxed in no time. Eventually the DEA will defrock the doctor for dangerous lapses in judgement (happened to one of mine) but that's not your problem, that's a problem created by a society which elects idiots who make things like the DEA. Get another older doctor and transfer the prescription - precedent is 9/10ths of the ease of getting some chill pills.

Hey Anon sorry for your predicament. Chunty's making a good point. You're laying your cards on the table, but this is unfortunately another example of honesty is not the best policy. If that Dr. detects you want a helper, his thumbs going down. A lot of Docs are talking to you while they're sailing on some chemical cocktails we've never even dreamed about. (the pricks!) The pot advisers mean well, but cripes I can't get anything done on that.

It's a catch 22. If you ask for it, you're not getting it. You've gotta let him diagnose you. I've had pretty good luck mumbling kinda loud in the waiting room. Make sure his receptionist hears you. When his nurse walks you into that closet and starts taking your blood pressure, be talking loud all the while even when she puts the thermometer in your pie hole. KEEP TALKING. She'll get the hell out of there, but KEEP TALKING. Be yapping when the Doc walks in, remember LOUD. If you start mumbling real low without missing a beat that will work too. Rehearse some real spacey things to say. There's a lot of good material in the I/anon comment archives. Some of these comment-"taters" are FLYING when they reply to these rants. Repeat a lot. I used to make a noise like "huyha huyha huyha every 10 words or so. Good Luck. Hope you get fixed up.

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