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Originally Posted by TheRealFDeal
Wow, Misskeena, I don't know how to help with the financial situation, but I'd just hate to see you miss an opportunity like this. I can't even find a DBT group where I live. I tried the Yahoo group, but it's not enough structure for me. I participated once, and have not been motivated to participate again, even though I look at the lesson for the week. There doesn't seem to be any group interaction, which seems like a really important part of the therapy to me.
Just a question: do you need to see your pdoc every month? I don't know if that would save much, but if you can stay regular on your meds, maybe you could go less often?
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I don't have to go every month, sometimes we do every three months. But I'm on eight medications (I have asthma and bad allergies as well so they're not all psych meds) with copays anywhere from $15 to $30/month. My copay for DBT and therapy is $20/week equaling $160/month. It really adds up to over $200/month and closer to $250 for all of it. It's just not feasible. I need the meds; those aren't negotiable. The only thing that is even remotely flexible is DBT. If I could do a workbook, that's at least something. I can't keep putting my student loan into forbearance because then it will be even more difficult to pay off once I do start making payments. There's just...no easy solution, really. I don't want to be so strapped for cash that I can't plan for, you know, something going wrong with my car or for an emergency, and this would make it so that I would be really strapped.