Posted by fachad on April 3, 2002, at 16:55:54
In reply to No insurance- are regular docs good enough?, posted by chiron on April 3, 2002, at 15:50:34
A regular M.D. will probably be less familiar and less comfortable with med combos. Also, a regular doctor will likely be MUCH less willing let you try a stimulant.
Are you in the U.S.? If so, you may qualify for government assisted behavioral health care, which would include both pdoc visits and meds. Look in the "blue pages" of you phone book for "Department of Health Services" or "Behavioral Health Services".
To answer your last question, a regular M.D. would probably have free samples of the more popular, new, "in-patient" meds like Paxil, Remeron, Zoloft, etc. but not of older drugs that are available as generics.
> Because I don't have insurance, and Psychiatrists are about $200, I would rather go to a family physician (where I have picked up prozac in the past.) But I have been miserable my whole life, and want someone who's knowledge goes beyond the normal SSRIs to get out of this ongoing rut. I'm thinking I want to try a stimulant, or at least in a combo. And then, would they even have some free samples for me?
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