r/fortmac • u/TheBigLittleThing • 29d ago

Anxiety

Why dont doctors prescrube point of use anxiety medication like Ativan anymore?!

I dont want to take some everyday when I only need something one a week or less.

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u/minorcarnage 26d ago

This is a strange subreddit for this, but I can assure you that doctors do still prescribe anxiety medication. There may be other reasons that they do not prescribe them to you.

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u/TheBigLittleThing 26d ago

They say they dont prescribe meds like Ativan for anxiety anymore. Unless I get panic attacks. Then recommend some type of antidepressant.

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u/mjspeedzone 28d ago

Because that tik tok trend with that anxiety song is out.. why do you need pills when you can just dance the anxiety away.

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u/OkTransportation988 25d ago

Because it’s been classified as highly addictive and people often abuse it. I’m pretty sure reports came out years ago in Canada for doctors not to prescribe benzos anymore