Posted by sar on August 14, 2001, at 10:14:55
In reply to Re: sar is okay (rant!), posted by Marie1 on August 14, 2001, at 8:06:43
dear marie,
thank you! when i saw the word "rant" in the message title i was afraid you might do a hardcore rant on drunkdriving *which* i deserve, but it's embedded in my brain already, i'm surprised no one really socked it to me (i was waiting for that, kind of...)
our health system is pretty bad, i think. when i went to go see a free pdoc on at a city "crisis center" back in april, their only criteria was get this--that i be actively suicidal. well, praise the lawd, i really did happen to be suicidal, so i got in! but what if i'd been too scared to say so, etc? or what if i'd become suicidal the next day? in addition, they said they could only treat my major depression (root of suicidiality) and not my social anxiety. to give them credit, i did get 2 months' worth free prozac, but i wasn't *really* helped until i was hospitalised (and dx'd with a slew of other things and dx'd klonopin and a plan for depakote).
here is a good thing and a bad thing: in my city, free counseling is backed by religious organizations, a Jewish Center and a Catholic one, and they'll take anyone for free, regardless of yr religion (or lack of it) (which is wonderful) BUT control is relinquished by the patient as to what type of therapy it will be, who their therapist will be...my last free therapist was an intern, the only experience she'd had aside from schooling was "dance therapy" and "bodywork" (not to downgrade those, but--i wanted an experienced scholarly type. no such thing as a free lunch, eh?). so i feel kind of like--good religious folk that they are--one of their main, misguided Most Important Goals is to lay off the weed once a week, pronto! and i'm so baffled by this.
there is also a program here which insures on a sliding scale basis, but get this: they don't cover prozac. MY DRUG OF CHOICE! my savior! Prozac is *classic,* man, it's been around the longest and has had success in so many people. (prozac also happens to be tres expensif)
thanks for your support, Marie. will keep all updated on how the sliding-scale business goes, if the care is satisfactory, etc--
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