422: Ask David: Getting off Benzos; Music and Emotions; Negative Thoughts about the World; and more

741.53 - 764.495 Dr. Rhonda Barofsky

Well, I had a similar experience when I was going through a bit of a crisis about four or five years ago, right before COVID. And I went to my primary care physician who was not a psychiatrist. And it actually wasn't my primary care physician. Somebody was standing in for her. And within three minutes, he offered me a benzodiazepine. And I was shocked. Like, really? Hmm. No.