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Originally Posted by jo_thorne
I've been in a similar situation before when working in a different state for 4-5 months of the year.
It took me two tries, but I found a primary care doctor who was willing to see me. Since you're only on one antidepressant medication, I don't see why a primary care doctor couldn't manage it, unless you just want to have a psychiatrist do it.
Even another psychiatrist might be a better option. I cannot think of a single good reason why a provider would need to see you every two months if you're stable on a simple one-antidepressant regimen. Sounds like they're seeing cash dollar signs.
I don't know if having your out of state provider send a 3-month prescription to a mail order pharmacy would be a workable option. You might run into the problem of it having been too long since you'd seen them, although I think technically they'd be able to prescribe 12 months of mirtazapine in most states without seeing you in person, although most would prefer 6 months to be the maximum.
I hope you find a way to work it out. It can be a real pain finding a doctor when you're not in the same location all year.
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Thank you. Yes this is my situation exactly. When I try to describe it, there are a lot of questions .. but it really is rather straight-forward. And I understand the initial reaction of "doctors want to monitor you on a regular basis" .. but yes, a stable, simple, one-antidepressant regimen that has been established through regular visits, and these every-two-months visits do NOTHING for me, other than drain me of cash I need for other expenses. Feels ridiculous to have the prescription down to $15 a month but to be paying $300 every other month for this.
Can't give up the health insurance, and in fact hanging on to it saved my ***** a few years back when I was hospitalized and rang up a bill in the tens of thousands.
Seems crazy that there are so many ways 'around' the system if one is hooked to a dangerous drug, but when all you need is something straight-forward as this there are no exceptions. I've taken myself off the meds for now, anyway, as I've been left with no other choice until I resolve this or just stay off for good.