Well made it to the doc appointment. Another bad experience. Got lectured on the dangers of pain meds, dangers of Xanax, dangers of mixing pain meds with booze, dangers of mixing xanax with booze. Durned near walked out right in middle of appointment....made myself stay. Had gone in un-medicated, so after all the lecturing, the doc got to see a glimpse of my rages and and an anxiety attack, which by my standards were moderate, by the look on her face, not so much. And soooo.....after telling me all the reasons she didn't wanna give me xanax, she gave me 25 of them (no refills) and put me on an nsaid for the pain and an SSRI. I filled the prescriptions, and have started taking them. I went for the blood work she wanted. I agreed to a follow up appointment in 2 weeks, but did tell her although I would SET the appointment, I could not, would not guarantee, I would follow through with it. I told her point blank I would TRY her way, for now, but that I will NOT continue to live with this level of physical and emotional pain.