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Going for blood test this week to test for lupus and jra.severe needle and blood phobia. is there something i can take beforehand to calm down? scared
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Fear: Talk to the phlebotimist and ask her to apply a local anesthetic to the site where blood is drawn.
Answered 12/17/2014
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Ask your doc: For one tablet of xanax (alprazolam) .5 mg to 1.0 mg depending on your size to be taken 45 min before the blood draw. Have someone drive you there and back. Best wishes.Long term think of seeing a psychologist to overcome the phobia.
Answered 12/17/2014
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CBT: Seek a cognitive-behavioral therapist who specializes in phobias. One method they use is systematic desensitization which slowly and incrementally brings the person closer and closer to the thing they are afraid of in slow, graduated steps that help make the anxiety more tolerable.
Answered 3/19/2015
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