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I am moving and have a long history anxiety, but stable many months. pdoc wants to refer me to a gp to lessen odds of a med change. any thoughts?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Anxiety: If you have a simple regimen and the new doctor feels comfortable with psychotropic medication management - there is no reason not to. But not all GP's feel comfortable treating psychiatric issues - so would check on this early on. It looks like you are only on valium - I try not to use long-term benzodiazapines for chronic anxiety.

Dr Anyanwu and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 4/26/2015

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