This is more of a vent than anything...it's not for lack of research that I still after 8 mos have no follow thru or person to help me with medication.

The crisis center is just a walk in center and can't follow up with me, but kindly did for a number of months. Finally they said you have to get a pdoc to follow you now and prescribe.

The pdocs at the clinic say that they're not well-versed in psychotropics. I didn't believe it at first. I visited them recently and they said they would prescribe one month's supply but they were required to refer me to this behavioural health place - which I have called before - I called again, I do not qualify, and I can't pay the hefty fee there. That place couldn't believe that the pdoc referred me to them.

I called the pdoc's office back to tell him I really need help, please, desperately and that that referral did not work.

It always takes 2 days for them to get back to me. I just have no trust in them really - have not gotten any caring from them even when I tell them it's urgent, and today when I got a return call the secretary said - the doctor is changing my prescription for one month but after that I have to go to the behavioural health place.

Duh, I can't. I told her again.

Well, there's no other suggestion. Conversation closed.

And the med she told me about is not for depression! I have a prescription also for anxiety which I only take at night, as needed, to help me sleep. I asked for help with the depression, that's my main concern.

He changed the wrong one. Good thing I was inquisitive enough to look it up and spell it myself - she couldn't. I told her what I found online and she said oh yeah, he shows here he's prescribing for anxiety.

I have slipped thru the cracks of our stupid system. There's no help for me in this town.