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Old May 23, 2012, 09:24 PM
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Are you working right now? Perhaps you qualify for medicaid or a pdoc on a sliding scale fee? You may have to do some calling around, and receive a lot of negative responses, but if you ask each time if they know anyone who does sliding scale, you may eventually get one. Ask family and friends to ask their regular docs, you may get one there.

Otherwise, I would follow irreplaceable's advice about charting everything and writing it down. I don't know what to say about the musical pdocs. That set up stinks, and that's all there is to it. You will have to be more assertive than someone who is seeing a consistent pdoc. Take charge and tell him you think you need a higher med, or a med change, that your T thinks you are bp and support it with your mood charting. The county system, in any county, is not for wimps or the faint of heart.

By the way, it is possible to see an outside pdoc and still get your meds thru the county. You just have the pdoc write the scripts, bring them to the county pdoc, and have him prescribe the same thing, if possible. A sibling of mine used to have to do that in Illinois.

I hope this helps somewhat. Keep posting, please and let us know how things are coming along.
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