I've been on meds for 4 years now.....sometimes just one and other times a handful. Right now I'm only on three, and that feels like freedom!

I live in Canada, and I'm very lucky to be in a program where I only pay $5 per prescription....and my doctor writes each prescription out for a three-month period. So it costs me $15 every three months, and the government pays the rest. If I had to pay for these meds myself, I just simply couldn't. There's absolutely no way. And I would be dead, quite literally. So I feel for anyone who has to take food from their mouths just to keep their mind functioning rationally. In the US, however, aren't there programs that will allow you the meds for free if you have a doctor's notice of inability to pay for a drug that is beneficial to you? I just can't believe that people would be made to sink or swim, regardless of what the illness and medications happen to be, simply because they live in a lower economic bracket. Yes, the world revolves around MONEY....but have we forgotten our humanity in the process?

I wish everyone luck in finding ways to afford your meds. Try United Way, county free clinics, the med manufacturers, the Salvation Army, even some food banks have money set aside for medical emergencies for people in need, and believe it or not but Victim Services (through the police department) has stacks of books full of local assistance for ALL TYPES of situations. You don't have to be a victim of a crime to call them. You never know...you might become a perpatrator of a crime if you don't call. What about churches, community service clubs, even your own doctor supplying you with samples?

God bless,
Sandy