Last year I went to my first shrink, it was at a Holistic, Naturopathic place, I know what works for my anxiety, but the med is a narcotic type, only shrinks can prescribe it, I was willing to have blood work done periodically if I could get a prescription for it. So I bit the bullet, paid over $200 to go to this guy to get the med that actually works on my anxiety. Another doctor has prescribed it 3 years ago, I had 30 pills which I would cut in half, I'm a lightweight lol. That one bottle lasted me 3 years. The shrink said he would not prescribe it for me, that it was dangerous, the name of it is Clonazepam. So then I asked him if he would prescribe something natural for my anxiety, something more herbal since I was at a naturopathic center and that's the kind of thing they prescribe there. He said he knew nothing about natural meds. I called him on that, I said "But you work at a naturopathic center". He just laughed, thought it was funny. I however reported him to the receptionist, I phoned her the following day. She was very surprised he didn't know anything about natural meds and said she would relay that information to someone there. I received a letter from this doctor the other day saying he had decided to leave the practice, I am wondering if he wasn't fired. What made things worse and my anxiety worse after that visit is that I had to take money out of my savings account, and I haven't worked in a few years, can't get anyone to hire me.:-( It was a big sacrifice to even use that money. The doctor wrote a prescription for Prozac. I read about Prozac online, it said it was for depression. I kept telling him I was not depressed, well….I wasn't, just anxious. Why don't doctors listen anymore to their patients? So….now I just pop a Benedryl when I am feeling anxious, the doctor told me it has an ingredient in it similar to a prescription med which works for anxiety. It does calm me down a bit, isn't the perfect solution, but at least a solution.