I had decided that if my pdoc thought another trial of Latuda was worthwhile I'd pay out of pocket for one month to try it. Somehow I got it in my head that it would be about $250. I just ran it through my insurance calculator and it would actually be $700 and something. So, won't be doing that.....
It was really just a way to delay the other options. Unless my pdoc has come up with another idea or has decided one of the newly released meds will work for me Monday will be a day a huge decision is made. We'd talked about trying lithium again as one last more gentle measure (I've had 3 toxicities including 2 when my dose was pretty low or very low so it would mean lots of labs but worth a try) but then I realized that I would be in a tough place. I get migraines and if I can't take ibuproferon then I'm going to be taking a lot of Norco which isn't good. So I'm not sure that's a good idea at all. Plus I really don't want another toxicity.
Tomorrow something really, really hard may happen and that will push things in that my ability to cope is going to be a bit limited. that maybe the deciding factor.
But I just don't want to make these decisions. I really thought buying a month with Latuda was a great idea. But I can't afford that much for something unlikely to work. There's also changing drug plans to something that covers another MAOI and waiting to January and changing to that but I don't think that's my big issue. I think my big issue is that Seroquel isn't as effective anymore.
I guess will see what happens. I just am hating the waiting.....
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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