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So, its sunday, and i cant call my doctor till tommorow, so i thought i would see what people think on here first. My DH and I are leaving for California in a week, (first vacation we have been on in 8 years of marriage, super excited) and super nervous. I get particularly really nervous, tons of anxiety on the airplane. Ive only flown twice before and each time have just about had a nervous break down from it. Well, maybe not that bad, but i just get so freaked out, and my flight last time was only 4 hours and i was so figity and restless the whole time it was miserable!! I just want to have a decent flight where im not all worked up. My question is though, I dont have a "family" doctor. I never really need to go to the doctor, and if i do, i just go to the walk in clinic since my work schedule doesnt permit me to go during the day, i go at night when normal doctors'offices are closed. So anyways, the only doctor i have is my OB/GYN. Well, she's actually a midwife/ob/gyn. She knows me pretty darn well, but can she even prescribe me a medication like that?? espiecally since it doesnt have anything to do with "womanly things", ya know what i mean??
I should probably be on anti anxiety meds all the time but im pretty good when im not under stress, which really hasnt been in a long time. Ive never taken anything like that, does it like make you sleepy?? I want to still beable to function when we get there. I think the flight is like 5 hours or 6 maybe. Can remember. Anyone know anything that could help me??? Thanks, Rach
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Yes, she should be able to. Especially if you let her know it is only for your flying situation...and want only a temporary prescription. She may want you to follow up with a primary doc later though. Also, if for some reason she won't and you can't get into your doc, try some Benadryl or Dramamine instead.
Blessings, Michelle
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Legally, yes, they could be prescribed. But ethically? I'd really question the integrity of a doctor that prescribes well outside their scope of practice. Especially if you've had no routine bloodwork done by a family doctor in years. If you have anxiety issues, underlying causes should be ruled out (thyroid, etc), and just for basic preventative health care, you really should be seen yearly. Every med has side effects and should be taken very seriously. Not all meds are appropriate for all people.
Get scheduled with a primary care doc, you need one.
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I see several specialists who know me very well and are in regular contact with my primary care doc and know all the meds i'm on.
In my opinion a couple of Ativan or Xanax are not that big a deal.
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I agree with Storm. If you have a good relationship with your OB/GYN I wouldn't see a reason she wouldn't prescribe something like Xanax for you for this reason. I wouldn't consider it unethical unless she prescribed you like 50 for 1 flight! Then I would raise an eyebrow! I think you'll be fine to just call her office and talk with a nurse.
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I don't see a problem with an ob/gyn prescribing anti-anxiety meds for occasional use. Mine will also write a script for my migraine meds.
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Your physician is a physician--they can prescribe whatever they believe you need at the time.
My daughter used to have severe anxiety about flying. Our family doc prescribed exactly 2 Xanax--1 to go and 1 to return.
It can usually be done.
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I don't see a problem with an ob/gyn prescribing anti-anxiety meds for occasional use. Mine will also write a script for my migraine meds.
See now, my ob-gyn can't.
I have wicked (menstrual) migraines and he STILL couldn't prescribe anything for me but pain meds. I had to see a PCP to get migraine meds.
Maybe it depends on where you live?
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See now, my ob-gyn can't.
I have wicked (menstrual) migraines and he STILL couldn't prescribe anything for me but pain meds. I had to see a PCP to get migraine meds.
Maybe it depends on where you live?
OT but have you tried Frova for those headaches? Imitrex works pretty well too...
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OT but have you tried Frova for those headaches? Imitrex works pretty well too...
LOL...I have done Frova which is pretty ok, BUT my insurance is now charging me $50 copay for 4 pills. :grr:
Imitrex is a tier 1 so I think I am trying that next. I looooooooved Axert but that's a tier 3 too. Axert would kill the headache but not make me sleepy. Frova makes me sleepy.
I wish they'd make a tier 1 migraine med that does NOT make you sleepy!
Good to know about Imitrex though, thanks!
Sorry for the hijack OP! :flowergift:
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I would think, a medical doctor, regardless of discipline, can write a prescription for meds. Maybe he "won't" prescibe them because the migraines haven't been formally diagnoised?
Imitrex stopped working for me, I then moved on to Zomig...which stopped working. I'm now on something else (can't think of the name... I think it starts with a M). But I haven't had a migraine in a long time...
~knock on wood~
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Maxalt?
I used that too which worked great...but made me sleepy.
Really, axert is the only thing I took that didn't make me sleepy yet killed the migraine.
Does Imitrex make you sleepy?
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Well, i called her today and left her a voicemail and at the end of the day her nurse called me back and said that she said it was fine and that she is prescribing me 1/2 milligram Xanax. Is that alot or a little???
Im happy that she was cool with it, and i didnt have to do a bunch of running around to get it. i just gotta go to the pharmacy and pick it up in the next few days. Thanks for the replies. Rach
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Legally, yes, they could be prescribed. But ethically? I'd really question the integrity of a doctor that prescribes well outside their scope of practice. Especially if you've had no routine bloodwork done by a family doctor in years. If you have anxiety issues, underlying causes should be ruled out (thyroid, etc), and just for basic preventative health care, you really should be seen yearly. Every med has side effects and should be taken very seriously. Not all meds are appropriate for all people.
Get scheduled with a primary care doc, you need one.
Well, im sure she wouldnt prescribe me a long term dose. its just 2 of them to get me there and back. If i really want to be on something everyday, then im sure id have to get a family doctor to prescribe that.
I have had routine testing done. I went through IVF and they do every test under the sun and then some. Plus, i do have a yearly appointment with my OB/GYN for a pap smear and all that great stuff. I guess i just dont see the point to going to a family doctor once a year when nothing is wrong with me. its a waste of money. especally since i get seen by my OB/GYN every year. Thanks for the concern, i will look into getting a family doc though, i just havent really found one i like yet. Rach
ps- im not on any meds either, well, only birth control, and its not even for contraception either (dont need to worry about getting pregnant!!!!) its just so that i dont get my period when im on vacation next week.
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Maxalt?
I used that too which worked great...but made me sleepy.
Really, axert is the only thing I took that didn't make me sleepy yet killed the migraine.
Does Imitrex make you sleepy?
Yep, that's it. Imitrex and Zomig both made me sleepy, but that was okay with me. Migraines completely incapacitate me and all I want to do is crawl into my closet with a blanket and a pillow.
I was also on another one that not only DID NOT work, but I experienced a side effect that the directions indicated should be treated as an emergency and to seek immediate medical attention. Well seeing that I have sensitivity to light, and can't open my eyes I didn't read that to the next day!
Yes, I threw the rest of that prescription in the garbage.
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