ER RN's with anxiety disorders? - page 2

Not this one. No disrespect meant towards those who suffer from anxiety.

I agree. And I think there is a big difference between benzo's/narcotics and SSRI's or insulin.

Not if they're not abused. I had a CNA treat me like a drug addict one time when it came up in conversation that I was on Prozac. Health care professionals need to educate themselves.

There's a big difference between taking an anti-depressant and taking narcotics while at work. If you are in so much pain or have such anxiety that you need to take narc while at work, then in my opinion you should be home not at work.

As someone else brought up, the issue could be passing the preemployment drug test. If you search AN, you will find stories of people who had their job offers rescinded after a positive test, even though they had a valid prescription. I also have to agree that there's a difference between working under the influence of an SSRI and a controlled substance. It might be worth seeing if there are any other medications that may help your anxiety and not be an issue on a drug test.