I'm sure if I asked my pdoc about testing to see if I'm a fast metabolizer of Xanax he'd have no clue what to do as this is simply never tested. Here's how things normally work. Doc writes benzo script. Patient takes benzo and it works. Nothing to investigate. Hardly anyone presents a case like me where 10mg doesn't get the job done such that you have a mystery worthy of investigation. The first investigation he'd have to do is how to test me for fast metabolism of benzos. I must admit that I do like the idea of being tested. If it turns out that I'm a fast metabolizer of Xanax it could really work out in my favor.
With my former pdoc this was merely a theory, but if we had test results in black & white showing I'm a fast metabolizer my pdoc would actually have to do something about it. He'd have to get off his a** and treat me! Being a proven fast matabolizer would support my request for an alternative tranquilizer: meprobamate or phenobarbital. I assume they're metabolized differently than Xanax, though I don't know. Or he'd have to prescribe a truly staggering amount of Xanax. Either way I win. Now that I have insurance it would end up covering 80% of the lab work.
Of course, what if I'm not a fast metabolizer? Are there any other possibilities to explain why I get only minimal benefit from benzos?:stu
With my former pdoc this was merely a theory, but if we had test results in black & white showing I'm a fast metabolizer my pdoc would actually have to do something about it. He'd have to get off his a** and treat me! Being a proven fast matabolizer would support my request for an alternative tranquilizer: meprobamate or phenobarbital. I assume they're metabolized differently than Xanax, though I don't know. Or he'd have to prescribe a truly staggering amount of Xanax. Either way I win. Now that I have insurance it would end up covering 80% of the lab work.
Of course, what if I'm not a fast metabolizer? Are there any other possibilities to explain why I get only minimal benefit from benzos?:stu