I went to the doctor to talk about an acute anxiety issue I've had for the past month about starting a new job. The anxiety will go away when I settle into the role in about a month. But they are pretty overwhelming right now. I asked about Xanax since I had taken it for 2 days when an immediate family member died. When I told this to my doctor, he said he does not prescribe benzos ever and that the doctor who gave me 3 Xanax pills (so a total of 0.75mg Xanax) was wrong to do so and that should never have happened.

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Instead, my new doctor gave me 25mg Zoloft and told me to just tough out the panic attacks and anxiety until the Zoloft kicks in in a few weeks. And if it doesn't help after a few weeks, call back and he would up the dosage to 50mg. He told me that he has stress about a new job so it's normal.

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I was shocked since its documented in my chart that I have had extremely bad reactions to SSRI/SNRIs in the past. Plus, I could not believe how he bad mouthed my previous doctor. Also, the thing that is causing my anxiety and panic attacks will be over by the time the Zoloft fully kicks in.

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Has anyone had an experience like this before? He was so rude and did not listen to me I am thinking of changing doctors based on that just from this one experience. Any advice on any of this would be appreciated. Also, any recommendations for medications or anything else that have helped you with short term (1-2 months) but extreme anxiety?