Hello,

I am writing because I am in a relatively desperate situation. A tragedy has happened in my family and for the past 3 months I have needed to take sedative medications in order to cope and function. I was living in Eastern Europe, and the doctors prescribed me a combination of Rivotril (clonazepam) (I believe it is called Klonopin in the US) and Amobarbital. The treatment regimen they recommended was to take 3 mg of Rivotril split into 3 1mg doses per day (1mg in the morning, 1mg in the afternoon, and 1mg in the evening). They told me that if I had an especially bad anxiety attack, particularly one where I could not sleep and was severely agitated, I should take an additional tablet of amobarbital (100mg). Although this has worked very well for the past 3 months and I never seemed to develop the tolerance that many people speak of, upon my return to the US I went to see a doctor to continue this treatment regimen. He said that amobarbital is no longer available in the US, and that the closest substitute is butabarbital. However, he refused to continue my treatment plan as the doctors in Eastern Europe had; under no circumstances would he prescribed the butabarbital, and he said he would only give a max of 1 mg/day of Klonopin. My anxiety has returned with a vengeance, and I find it hard to function on a daily basis. I do not understand and am upset at why he could not just let me continue a treatment regimen that worked for me.

I am just writing to see if there are any compassionate, understanding doctors in the New Jersey/New York areas who would consider having a consultation with me and giving me the medications that I need. If you are a doctor, I would appreciate it if you could also tell me if you take Aetna Insurance.

Thank you
James