Dear Doctor,
I'v suffered from severe anxiety ahd phobias about being able to pee in the presence or even sound of others.
I am 65 yo and was attempted to be molested in bathroom a theater. In those days no one thought of such things and I fought him off. I never told my parents because I did't consider I important. I was only about 4yo when this happened and I been told it was probably the reason. Im familiar with techniques like desensitision and so forth but my problem has gotton my worse with age. I'm literally agoraphobic and wont leave the house much except for very short hops. I take care of my aging mom when she's not taking care of me. I used to take quite a bit of clonazepam which worked well. I was on 3 mg a day; I realize this is too much at my age but it's the only thing I've found that worked. I wonder if .5 mg 3x daily would be too much? My GAD and social phobia are at a point I can't even attend family get togethers.. I can't pee hardly except when no one is home except my Mother. Would it be out of line to ask a doctor for his help if I can get through to him how low my quality of life is? Most docs I talked to about this kinda laugh it off but it's not a primary problem by itself. I was diagnosed in the 1980's as bi polar or manic depression as they may have still been calling it . It was at Conway Hospital LSU in Monroe LA. My records cant be found but I was put on disability anyway. I told the psychologist my life story in total.