Posted by detroitpistons on January 31, 2009, at 21:35:57
In reply to Re: Bipolar II + Anxiety = dysphoric hypomanias? » SLS, posted by garnet71 on January 31, 2009, at 17:15:09
I saw a doctor for the first time today at the county mental health place (because I'm broke). He asked me if I knew the date, who the president was, the date of my birth, etc. I thought, "Well I've never been asked that, but OK." He asked me a few questions about my medication history, and asked me how much medication I had left. I told him one month. He said, we'll schedule you to come in in about a month and proceeded to try and shuffle me out. I said, "But wait, I was going to tell you about a problem." I told him I was having trouble sleeping, so he quickly wrote me a prescription for 30 x 15 mg of generic Remeron (which cost $56 at CVS - did I get ripped off?) and saw me out the door.
Oh how I long for the days when I had a job and medical insurance....
> Well thanks for the information. It would be nice if my doctor told me that rather than hand me a script and say "call me if you get a rash", despite asking numerous questions - on the initial visit (script-writing session). The same medication as shown on all the pens, calendars, and brochures in his office. Maybe the mentally ill should be seen and not heard. Or better yet, maybe we are destined to Google ourselves to death - until we die of suicide if not from the effects of the illness itself.
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