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How do you guys like to approach that inevitable conversation we all end up having with patients about things like "Yes, I know that you said Xanax is the only medication that ever helped you, but I do not think that it is appropriate for me to prescribe it to you since you already have a problem with alcohol" ?
At one point I was working in an outpatient clinic where a ridiculous percentage of the clientele was coming in for their intake evaluation expecting to be given Xanax and I felt like I wasted so much time trying to have this conversation with people who thought they would be able to talk me into it even though it was not going to happen. Curious to see how you guys like to approach it and if anyone has found techniques to try to get them to accept that they're not going to get what they want before we go in circles over and over.
At one point I was working in an outpatient clinic where a ridiculous percentage of the clientele was coming in for their intake evaluation expecting to be given Xanax and I felt like I wasted so much time trying to have this conversation with people who thought they would be able to talk me into it even though it was not going to happen. Curious to see how you guys like to approach it and if anyone has found techniques to try to get them to accept that they're not going to get what they want before we go in circles over and over.