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Originally Posted by Dewbot
Hi. I go through a state run clinic that is constantly losing psychiatrists to private practices. This means that once I see a doctor, they generally leave during the 3 months until my next appointment. Then I have to start the process all over again. The most troubling part of this process is that since it is a state run clinic they don't like to start patients on benzodiazepines for treatment of anxiety because a large number of patients have problems with chemical dependency (drug abuse). I don't have that problem. However, the department policy is that everyone has to start the same. So since I've already been through 3 different doctors in a 12 month period I've been stuck on Vistaril and it's not doing anything.
Does anyone have any advice? I am on Social Security Disability and I have Medicare. I can't afford to pay for a private psychiatrist out of pocket and it seems that the few I've called (from searching through Google) don't accept Medicare. I don't know what to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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yes, where do you live? just call your insurance, if you have dual choice like me, there should be a few providers that accept your insurance. i usually go to a clinic for meds too, but the last like four i saw all retired one after the other, so im using my medicare to get a private one and itll hopefully be better too bc there wont be restrictions on benzos or ADD meds like at the clinic. they completely stopped my ADD meds bc "its addicting." miracle i still get my xanax.