My son, 17m, will be 18 in 2 months. Since a bad experience with marijuana in May he has had relentless panic attacks and has gone from working, socializing, playing in 2 bands - to sitting in his room in the dark playing video games because when he goes out he has major panic attacks. We have seen his primary, a psychiatrist, a neuro optometrist and two cardiac specialists (his dr referred us out to make sure it wasnt post covid or other medical issue). All clear. Yet his dr and his psych refuse to prescribe him even the most mild anti anxiety meds - he is not asking for drugs but he is asking for help and so are we, his adult parents. Why is it so hard for him to get on something like buspirone, etc? I totally understand no benzo and thats not what he needs. He starts his senior year in 2 weeks and his anxiety has skyrocketed i
bc he knows he cannot do full days. I’m an adult female and no one ever blinked when prescribing me anti anxiety drugs (nor have they referred me to cardiac/neuro!). Help me help him - how do I get him some help? He has psych appointments set up but she is on a 2 week vacation so did not want to prescribe after just one appointment then not be available - which I get - but this seems unreasonably slow/hard.