Had appt with new doctor

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I went to my new psychiatrist today with hopes of him understanding my fears and concerns about my benzo and he said I don't see a problem with it, well of course not it's not your brain, right? So he said that I need to be more stable mentally and down the road we can discuss lowering my dose, seriously? And even furthermore he is insisting that he write my psych med prescriptions now even though my primary care dr does it now.  My primary care doctor knows my feelings on the benzo thing and am hoping that he will have a little more understanding regarding this...what pisses me off is the fact that all the doctors at this world renouned hospital I go to are effin clueless about benzos,,

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The best idea is to stick with your GP....You psych seems pretty ignorant to me.

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I'm going to see my gp in 2 weeks and talk to him,,he's saying I'm not stable enough because I was inpatient there for suicidal ideation 4 weeks ago after being close to cold turkeyed from an anti psychotic,, I had very similar symptoms of benzo w/ d not as severe but the d/p, derealization agoraphobia, lost 20 lbs, impending doom that I could feel in the pit of my stomach, brain zaps, cold sweats, insomnia, dizziness.  I was in bad shape I just now this past weekend started to eat a little again. My primary care doctors brother is a neuro surgeon maybe he knows something about benzos and can shed some light

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Do you need to see the psychiatrist? Why don't you just focus on your family doctor and try to find a counselor or psychologist or other talk therapist? It isn't really their fault as they are trained to medicate. Questioning them is like questioning their whole profession and livelihood. They believe in what they are doing and for the most part we are not going to change their minds. It is wasted energy to try, when you have such little energy to begin with. When you are healed and better you can go back and show them just how wrong they were, then maybe they will see the error of their ways. Until then, take care of yourself. I had major suicidal ideations because of these meds as have many here. I was never suicidal before this ordeal. Not only do the meds make us feel that way, so does the entire depressing situation. It breeds a feeling of helplessness. Hang in there, and take it one day at a time, one hour at a time and do your best to find a support system that supports you in the way you personally need support. Take care, Bama.xo