I have to pay for mine out of pocket despite having fully subsidized (free) insurance. ALL of my other meds cost me $3 a month. This one: $186. They see no difference at all in the two and if I kill myself on the generic (fakemictal, I call it), oh well. I also qualify for none of those bridgeaccess programs or any others because in order to be eligible you must not have prescription coverage of any kind. I do. They just don't cover it. There is a $40 coupon (via same site) that you can fill out for $40 off the cost of it (pretty sure there are no limitations on this), but four times I've filled out the form and clicked submit and it just takes me back to the main page with a small line of red writing at the top that says there's been a server error. After so many tries and unsuccessful calls I gave up. I have no idea how I'll pay for it again in less than a month (unemployed, no income, and BROKE), but something will have to happen.

The bridgestoaccess program should be able to help the OP though...be persistent.