So I have extreme surgical anxiety where im just having panic attacks all day leading up to my surgery. My doc for some reason put me on Zoloft. 2 months later and im absolutely miserable. No sleep. No appetite. No emotion. So I told my doctor im stopping. She gives me prozac. I was already upset because my time till surgery is running out. I dont have time to experiment anymore nor have I ever suffered from daily anxiety or depression and it brought on all of that 10 fold. I just want to relax. My pharmacist then tells me to call them back upon picking it up because if im miserable on zoloft then ill def be miserable on prozac since its more activating. So I called back and she gave me hydroxyzine. Anyone have any experience with hydroxyzine leading into surgery? It barely cuts my anxiety but gets me through the day I guess. Kinda turns my panic attacks into just extreme anxiety. My docs are extremely against giving me anything before surgery especially any form of benzo (getting my wisdom teeth btw) Anyone prescribed this have to quit before surgery or were you fine? I need SOMETHING to get me into that office. I legit freak out in my dreams about being in a dental chair. Kicking the tray of tools, fighting the docs, the whole nine yards. How does one with severe surgical anxiety actually get the surgery done with nothing to calm them down? I feel helpless. I feel mentally exhausted and defeated. I feel weak as a human. Like I cliff dive and explore raging waters on a daily basis. Why cant I get myself into a surgical setting and why are doctors so stubborn on giving out things that actually work. Its like they want me to try every medicine out there that kills my body physically before allowing me to have something that might actually work. SSRIs suck ass and turn me into someone idek. She just wants to keep pumping them down my throat even though im up for 3 days in a frickin row! Followed by not even 3 hrs of sleep! I called into work more times on zoloft in one month than I have my entire 6 years of employment and im running out of options to get me into that chair. I feel so bad for people that live their lives like this forever with no reason. :(