# The Anxiety is Killing Me!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 10, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anxiety-is-killing-me/612368 "2012-02-10T02:24:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anxiety-is-killing-me/612368/37 "2012-02-11T01:23:38Z")

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> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#):
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> Go to a doctor and tell him/her this. I did, because my dog was deteriorating muscularly and $6,000 couldn’t tell us what was wrong. I got to the point where it hurt to swallow, chest hurt all the time, never slept. Got Clonazepam at .5 mg which is nowhere near addictive but believe me, the first time I took it I suddenly relaxed. The change in me was damn near a miracle. And it’s not expensive on some insurance plans.

My old one is for 1mg, I think. Maybe I need Ativan? I’ve poked into my emergency stash (kept the bottle when I knew I’d be running out of health care) but I’m not sure how well it’s working.

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