I've seen many psychiatrists over the years, ranging from ones who accept Medicaid and practice in "community health" settings to seeing "expensive" psychiatrists in luxury offices when I had Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO.

It's always been my experience that the former doctors have almost never prescribed me benzos, whereas the latter have tended to believe that my anxiety symptoms are severe enough to warrant a prescription for benzos. And I know I'm not alone in experiencing this discrepancy in care.

I am aware of the addiction potential and the decrease in efficacy over time, but why don't all doctors follow the same guidelines regardless of the class status of their patients? How is this not broad, systemic discrimination?