Hello NesterJones: I see this is your first post here on PC... so... welcome to PsychCentral... from the Skeezyks! I hope you will find what it is you can to PC searching for.

Personally, I'm not in the difficult position it sounds as though you are in. However, my spouse & I are retired & on a fixed income at this point. So I'm very conscious with regard to spending money that doesn't really need to be spent. About a year ago, I guess it was, I changed health insurance providers. At the time I had been on the generic equivalent of Cymbalta for a couple of years, I guess. When I changed insurance coverage, the out-of-pocket cost skyrocketed! So I got off of the medication.

I continued to see my pdoc every 3 months, for a while, just to check in. But, after a while, I decided this was also an expense I didn't need. So now I'm only planning to see him once a year, just to keep my foot in the door, so to speak. I also don't see a therapist. I've tried a few in the past. They were never that helpful & I just can't justify the expense. So, as a result, I'm just gutting it out from one day to the next. I guess some people get really beneficial help from their mental health providers. But my experience has been that it's just all just marginal help at best that mostly just drains my bank account.