i am severely depressed
 

the doctor hasn't returned the form to the insurance company. maybe they still want the dates of when i took the sleep meds which are impossible to retrieve. i called up the insurance co again and they said the form didn't ask for dates but asked why he thought i needed the medication. right now i am furious.it actually helps with the depression. there is an eleven day deadline

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bizi

Bobby,

That run-a-round starts to really sound like nuts.
I would be furious and depressed.


Do you have an appt? Can you make an earlier appt in order to
explain to him?

Or else call to tell him that Silenor (doxepin) is also sold as Sinquan (doxepin) and that
Sinquan is likely covered by your insurance?


M

u don;t know what to do ...right now i am really furious.I thought of trying to make an earlier appt but i am also afraid i will lose it, it is so hard to get a pdoc who takes medicare in manhattan he blew the relationship. the insurance co still might contact him again since time is running out but i told them i didn;t want to antagonize them. last night i went w=back and took the zoloft and butrop. they might have helpted. the fury definitely helped.
bobby

I'm so sorry Bobby :hug::hug::hug:

The combo of meds may have been helping. I hope that adding back helps. Do you have any Silenor left? :hug::hug::hug:

Do you think if the insurance company faxes another form to him you can get another 11 days?

Would it be a hassle for you to go to the office and ask in person for the form to be filled out? Sometimes doing that lights a fire under peoples ***es.

I'm sorry you are feeling so angry and depressed. I wouldn't handle this situation well. I would be absolutely livid :mad:

I hope you can straighten him out and get what you need :hug::hug::hug:

i don't want to lose him as a psychiatrist because last time was so very hard to find one. I made so many phone calls to no avail. I am stuck. I don't know how to get an extension. the women from the insurance co didn't mention it.
I only had six silenor
love
bobby

Bobby

I don't know so I'll ask. Is there another doctor that can order this.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

I'm sorry Bobby :hug::hug::hug:

This is a difficult situation…

I think you should try his office again… be polite and explain the deadline, even if you already have. You could also politely ask about the delay. I know it's hard to be polite when you're so upset though :hug::hug::hug:

You may want to try to get an earlier appointment with him in case the paperwork with the Silenor (or a generic form) falls through so:

1. You can get a script for the Doxepin, get coupons from GoodRx online, and have it filled without using your insurance (it's very inexpensive that way). It may be a much easier option than going through insurance. Just explain it's the generic, and he will use his desk guide to look up the dosing equivalents before writing the script, OR

2. You can discuss getting a prescription for a drug with a similar action that's on your formulary.

good thought donna, could your GP order this for you?
bizi

i am too angry and scared right now. I don't want to rock the boat. I don;t want to involve another doctor and have it get back to the pdoc. I don;t even think the other doctor would do it. it doesn't sound professional. right now i am too angry to see the pdoc. what kind of relationship do i have with him?

GP/PCP's generally do not like to prescribe psych meds, but there are exceptions. They would likely decline if they know you already have a pdoc. And I doubt a PCP would be comfortable prescribing an obscure psych med.

I'm sorry you're doubting your relationship with your pdoc right now because of the paperwork for the insurance company. Maybe he is backed up, and is just focused on meeting the deadline?
I understand that it's hard not to take things like this personally, especially since you had such a good result with this med :hug::hug::hug:

I'm praying that everything works out for you Bobby :hug::hug::hug:

I'm sorry I was thinking for sleep.

That is what I was thinking mainly this was for.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

My old pdoc prescribed Celexa or something similar for an anti-depressant for me.

The insurance company kept asking him for more information about alternatives and why I needed it.

It was becoming a hassle for me because he was faxing what the drug
store was filling it, and the drug store was filling it, but the insurance
kept declining it.

I asked the pharmacist in general terms to tell me about a similar med.
He said a few but I mostly remembered "Gabapentin."

When I saw the pdoc, he and I spoke about Gabapentin so that's what
I ended up taking. I still take it.

M

the depression is getting worse. I don;t see the dpoc for another 2 weeks. by then i won't be angry at him. I wonder if this also has anything to do with the stroke and surgery.I don't feel like going to the senior center

I would think it could be part of the stroke and surgery.

Hope you start to feel better soon.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

I'm so sorry you're still feeling so depressed Bobby :hug::hug::hug:

You have good reason to be upset with your pdoc, but if you think your anger might be disproportionate to what's going on, it could be a result of your stroke, surgery, and the depression you're experiencing now :hug::hug::hug:

I don't blame you for not wanting to go to the senior center.
Are you still going for your walks?
When do your religious classes start again?

i am still going to walks. my classes start next week

I hope that you feel better soon. I know how bad depression can get very quickly. BF:hug::hug::hug:

I hope that you enjoy your classes when they start. I think I remember that they helped with your depression at some points in the past, but weren't so helpful at others :hug:

I'm glad you're still going on your walks. I hope you're still stopping off for coffee.

I wish that good things would start happening for you. You are such a good person, and have been through so much :hug::hug::hug:

Love,
Kay

we still stop for coffee. right now i am trying to adopt another cat. she is a two year old abyssisian with one eye bigger than the other and a cloudy eye and an ulcer. from what i understand they are no longer active and she is healthy. I must really be crazy
love
bobby still buying shoes, out of control, very depressed just impossible-no diet

thank you so much!

I am glad that you are still getting out and walking and having coffee.
As far as the new kitty goes....If she has an ulcer is she really healthy? or do you mean on her eye?
bizi

her eye..sounds like she had herpes when she was a kitten. if it is active i don;t want her.

You are right, she could be a carrier and infect your kitties...I would stay away from that kitty.
just saying....
bizi

abby had a mild case and didn't infect the kitties...snowball had a severe case and didn't infect the kitties. their immune systems are fine and i asked if she were active

I really don't know anything about cats infections....:o
bizi

i don;t think i wull get her anyways

If the cat is sick, I wouldn't adopt her. I don't want her to break your heart if she gets sick. BF:hug::hug::hug:

i would first find out if she has an active case of something. I can't risk exposing my healthy kitty cats to anything. I Once had the most precious kitty cat named snowball. He was my treasure. He had the oldest soul. He had the worse case of feline herpes. I cannot describe how much I loved him. When Hammy was dying he would rub up against him to try to make him feel better.
after Morgy died snowy would go to the terrace window for a month looking for him. He never went to the window before and after a month he stopped going.He died suddenly at ten.
bobby

We love our fur babies....
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bizi

We sure do. I've loved all of the cats that I've owned. It is so heart breaking when they die. BF:hug::hug::hug:

if my building lets me I am going to buy an abyssisian my friend can get one wholesale. she knows a breeder. I might just ask the super and said my cat died a few months ago which is true/ I am so depressed. P am trying to go to sleep now. I can't stand the pain

I am sorry you are hurting bobby.
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bizi

I'm sorry you are hurting :hug::hug::hug:

I hope you feel a little better after some rest :hug:

i am so afraid the building won't let me get another cat. I will tell them i spend most of my time alone and in depression.

just a thought bobby what if they don't get along?
that will be very upsetting for them.
your 2 right now get along fine right?
bizi

:Heart: :hug::hug::hug: :Heart:

it would be a kitten. I hope the building lets me I hate to say it bizi but you sometimes remind me of my mother who used to successfullly try too put fears into my head. I wish you wouldn't. instead please pray that the building lets me do it.

I appreciate that so much. the depression is so strong

In other words, your mother did it ON PURPOSE to control you?

It sounds like she cared more about control than anything else.:o:mad::(


M