Posted by zonked on January 30, 2015, at 17:40:36
I'm holding my nose (and my lunch) with my current psychiatrist because I have no other option.
Who here sees a cash-only psychiatrist?
More importantly, does anyone work in the field? What is it in the doctor-insurance company relationship that makes (some) insurance psychiatrists so inflexible? Is it that they push formularies and tiers and things of that nature on doctors?
Or is it that the experts would rather not be bothered with such things at all and spend their time treating patients rather than employing staff to fax paperwork back and forth, negotiate contracts, etc?
When a prescriber or practice signs a contract with an insurance company, what is required besides a license, malpractice insurance and a good reputation?
The reason I'm asking these questions is that I am highly dissatisfied with the person I was referred to (but yet at the initial appointment, he said he "didn't have any referrals") and have suffered a bout of terrible luck - I may cringe at the expense of cash-only doctor but need to find someone willing and capable of taking care of me--at the same time, I don't want to get a quack or get someone uneducated on treating TRD or with unscrupulous prescribing practices either! I (more or less) can tell these people what I need and get it but that should be their job not mine! I've said for years, and I find this to ring true today: When I feel like they (the doctors) know way more than I've taken the time to learn on my own, I am comfortable working with them. When I have to bring things in and they recoil (even if not obviously) because I am a layperson, I recoil myself.
If I don't have my mental health in order how am I supposed to tackle anything else?
* bastard told me he'd start me back on 1mg xanax twice a day - the script actually is for 0.5. wtf?! * please.
(I apologize if I'm not communicating well lately. I've lost some verbal fluency, find myself saying "um" more and more, and stopping in the middle of sentences - because my anxiety and ADD are NOT under control!)
You know, sometimes I just wish I lived in Mexico where things are much more relaxed (in more than one way.)
-z
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