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Here are some resources if you have no insurance (or no prescription coverage) and need medication: Prozac and Zyprexa: Eli Lilly: 1-800-545-5979 (listen to the options, there is one for free medications) A program for people who can’t afford medication: http://www.themedicineprogram.com/ Also, if you need a special medication, check with the company that makes it (Roche, Ortho0McNeill etc.) if they have a patient assistance program. Most, if not all of them, do! I know, because I have benefitted from it during my insurance-free periods. The companies don’t advertise these programs, of course, and therefore many shrinks aren’t even aware of it. The way this usually works is: 1. company sends for to shrink 2. shrink fills out information, you fill out some personal information, shrink indicates how much of what you take 3. company will send free medication(usually for three months) directly to your shrink, and s/he will give it to you (either all at once or in smaller doses) Simple, really. Hang in there, Elgin Good luck and hang in there, Elgin Before you buy.
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Hi Di! Damn insurance companies! I have a great GP that mine will not pay for. I will literally pay out of my own to see him. He has been the only one that understands the anxiety beast when I see him. The others I have seen are not real accepting and have treated me like some kind of freak or a child. :)J
Thanks J! I know!! It is so frustrating not being able to see the doctor you like and need. My old pDoc also said the ins. cos. limit the care and treatment of the doctors so much that they don’t even know how to treat their patients right anymore. This is why he won’t go through an ins. co. Got to stick with my Therapist, Ray! He’s agreat! Di
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Hi Di! Damn insurance companies! I have a great GP that mine will not pay for. I will literally pay out of my own to see him. He has been the only one that understands the anxiety beast when I see him. The others I have seen are not real accepting and have treated me like some kind of freak or a child. :)J — "Just when you think life sucks, someone hands you a vacuum cleaner; it is at this time you start cleaning some house". 
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi All! I just talked to my old pDoc. He is sooooo nice. Damn insurance companies!!! Fick em!!! I asked him about Paxil and he said it was a good med, but so are the others. It can be good for some and bad for others. It’s like all the other meds. Some have success and some don’t, and he said the doctors don’t know why that is. He suggested EMDR, Eye Movement Direction *something*. He said at the moment he couldn’t remember what the *R* stood for. I said it was okay, I’d look it up on the web. He said it might be good for me because of the PTSD. He said he heard a lot of people had success with that, but the ins. co. might not pay for it. OF COURSE! The story of my life! Not getting discouraged, though. He said I need to work with a pDoc who is willing to listen, talk and work with me as far as meds, but the med thing wasn’t as important as the other two because at least I’m on Desipramine. He also said Desipramine is still a good med even though it’s old. He understands my apprehension about changing meds. He said that Paxil and Celexa were good, but were marketed so heavily that the ones on them may have the same success rate on Zoloft or another med as they would on those. One is really no better than the others, sometimes. What works for one may not work for another. From what I understand about EMDR, *I think* what he said was that you talk to the pDoc while your eye(s) are moving (in some direction) and it triggers something neurological while PTS *thoughts* come out. I don’t know. I hope I’m getting that right, but in any event, I’ll look it up. Okay, rambling again. Thank you all! Love, Di
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Hi Di, Here’s a good EMDR site: http://www.emdria.org/main.html Mr. Tony
Thank you Tony! I bookmarked both sites you suggested. I also emailed someone to get more info and possibly a pDoc’s name in my area. We’ll see what happens! Of course I’ll let you know. You’re so thoughtful! Hugs, Di
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi All! I just talked to my old pDoc. He is sooooo nice. Damn insurance companies!!! Fick em!!! I asked him about Paxil and he said it was a good med, but so are the others. It can be good for some and bad for others. It’s like all the other meds. Some have success and some don’t, and he said the doctors don’t know why that is. He suggested EMDR, Eye Movement Direction *something*. He said at the moment he couldn’t remember what the *R* stood for. I said it was okay, I’d look it up on the web. He said it might be good for me because of the PTSD. He said he heard a lot of people had success with that, but the ins. co. might not pay for it. OF COURSE! The story of my life! Not getting discouraged, though. He said I need to work with a pDoc who is willing to listen, talk and work with me as far as meds, but the med thing wasn’t as important as the other two because at least I’m on Desipramine. He also said Desipramine is still a good med even though it’s old. He understands my apprehension about changing meds. He said that Paxil and Celexa were good, but were marketed so heavily that the ones on them may have the same success rate on Zoloft or another med as they would on those. One is really no better than the others, sometimes. What works for one may not work for another. From what I understand about EMDR, *I think* what he said was that you talk to the pDoc while your eye(s) are moving (in some direction) and it triggers something neurological while PTS *thoughts* come out. I don’t know. I hope I’m getting that right, but in any event, I’ll look it up. Okay, rambling again. Thank you all! Love, Di Dear Di, I know that you must be so nervous about changing your med, you know, it might be the thing you need at this point. There is so much potential for a new med to make you feel alot better, think about feeling less depressed, less anxious. You really have nothing to lose and alot to gain. You are never trapped into staying on a med and if you don`t like the way you feel you can always go back on the Desipramine. I have heard of EMDR, but don`t know much about it. You could post at the PTSD newsgroup asking if anyone there has had much luck with EMDR. Take care {{{{{Di}}}}} Jackie
Hi Jackie! Thanks so much. I never thought about a PTSD group. That is great advice! I’ll let you know what happens. I’m still considering changing meds, but I have to find a new pDoc to do that. You know how long it takes to get a stupid appt., but maybe I will call on Mon. {{{{{{{Jackie}}}}}}} Love, Di
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Hi All! I just talked to my old pDoc. He is sooooo nice. Damn
insurance companies!!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Fick em!!! I asked him about Paxil and he said it was a good med, but so are the others. It can be good for some and bad for others. It’s like all the other meds. Some have success and some don’t, and he said the doctors don’t know why that is. He suggested EMDR, Eye Movement Direction *something*. He said at the moment he couldn’t remember what the *R* stood for. I said it was okay, I’d look it up on the web. He said it might be good for me because of the PTSD. He said he heard a lot of people had success with that, but the ins. co. might not pay for it. OF COURSE! The story of my life! Not getting discouraged, though. He said I need to work with a pDoc who is willing to listen, talk and work with me as far as meds, but the med thing wasn’t as important as the other two because at least I’m on
Desipramine. He also said Desipramine is still a good med even though it’s old. He understands my apprehension about changing meds. He said that Paxil and
Celexa were good, but – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -were marketed so heavily that the ones on them may have the same success rate on Zoloft or another med as they would on those. One is really no better than the others, sometimes. What works for one may not work for another. From what I understand about EMDR, *I think* what he said was that you talk to the pDoc while your eye(s) are moving (in some direction) and it triggers something neurological while PTS *thoughts* come out. I don’t know. I hope I’m getting that right, but in any event, I’ll look it up. Okay, rambling again. Thank you all! Love, Di
Dear Di, I know that you must be so nervous about changing your med, you know, it might be the thing you need at this point. There is so much potential for a new med to make you feel alot better, think about feeling less depressed, less anxious. You really have nothing to lose and alot to gain. You are never trapped into staying on a med and if you don`t like the way you feel you can always go back on the Desipramine. I have heard of EMDR, but don`t know much about it. You could post at the PTSD newsgroup asking if anyone there has had much luck with EMDR. Take care {{{{{Di}}}}} Jackie Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com
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Hi All! I just talked to my old pDoc. He is sooooo nice. Damn insurance companies!!! Fick em!!! I asked him about Paxil and he said it was a good med, but so are the others. It can be good for some and bad for others. It’s like all the other meds. Some have success and some don’t, and he said the doctors don’t know why that is. He suggested EMDR, Eye Movement Direction *something*. He said at the moment he couldn’t remember what the *R* stood for. I said it was okay, I’d look it up on the web. He said it might be good for me because of the PTSD. He said he heard a lot of people had success with that, but the ins. co. might not pay for it. OF COURSE! The story of my life! Not getting discouraged, though. He said I need to work with a pDoc who is willing to listen, talk and work with me as far as meds, but the med thing wasn’t as important as the other two because at least I’m on Desipramine. He also said Desipramine is still a good med even though it’s old. He understands my apprehension about changing meds. He said that Paxil and Celexa were good, but were marketed so heavily that the ones on them may have the same success rate on Zoloft or another med as they would on those. One is really no better than the others, sometimes. What works for one may not work for another. From what I understand about EMDR, *I think* what he said was that you talk to the pDoc while your eye(s) are moving (in some direction) and it triggers something neurological while PTS *thoughts* come out. I don’t know. I hope I’m getting that right, but in any event, I’ll look it up. Okay, rambling again. Thank you all! Love, Di
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