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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:01:04

and the mental health places here don't accept the Aetna I have and I'm getting worse. Are there any herbals I can take? The private Dr. is $150.00 I was on wellbutrin xl and lamictal before and had to get my physician to give me the last RX but I think the dosage is wrong and she is not a psyche dr. so I'm hesitant to go back to her.

Answer:

You need to continue the medication your doctor gave you.

Please go to this website. They may be able to help you get the medication you need.

https://www.pparx.org/intro.php...

Do it today.

Also, a psychiatrist cannot dismiss you as a patient just for money reasons and leave you stranded. That is unethical and against the law.

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Every state, county, or city has free and sliding-scale mental health facilities. You can call your emergency room, and get the phone number of the one nearest you. If you start feeling very bad, don't hesitate to visit your emergency room--they cannot refuse service to anyone. Additionally, they know that it is hazardous for someone to stop taking these types of meds suddenly!

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I would think that you could call Aetna and ask for a recommendation for the closest doctor you can see. You should call your county social services department and ask for the people who do mental health and see what they can do for you. Another source for help is NAMI the national association on mental illness. go to nami.org and get the local office contact number and see what programs they know about. If you are low income, you should be able to get your drugs free from the drug companies. Wellbutrin now comes in a generic, so price that. Lamictal is $180 a month no matter what the dosage, so if you aren't on too high a dose, maybe you can get 200 mg pills and cut them in half? That's what I do. Are you disabled and on medicare? Then you need to enroll in the new medicare drug benefit. If you just lost your state medicaid insurance, then you should be able to sign up for the medicare drug benefit with no penalty. I have blue cross and blue shield, it's about $23 a month and takes care of almost 75% of my drug costs. If you are able to get help, but it will take a couple months to get the ball rolling, you will have to take measures like cancel the cell phone, sell off the car and get a cheaper one, cancel cable tv, don't go out to eat anymore. if you are very low income and you already are down to bare bones, that is what food shelves are for. A food shelf will free up maybe $100 of grocery money that you can spend on pills. Catholic Charities and other social service organizations may be able to provide stopgap help, or at least know who you can go to. Maybe you need to borrow money from a relative, and be SURE to pay them back so if you are in such a crisis again, you didn't wear out your welcome. Finally, you can scrape up the bucks to see a doc, and explain your situation, and get free samples. I get some lamictal samples from time to time.

Good luck!! You cannot stop taking those pills or you WILL relapse.

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