Hi Perna,

When I was in the hospital, they told me there were no psychiatrists in the area which took Medicare patients, so they gave me no referrals when I left. They told me it was up to me to try to find a doctor (which I rapidly discovered was impossible). There is a teaching university some distance away (3 hours by public transit) but their psychiatric service is over-filled. This is no wonder given the lack of resources in our area. The last time I called, their waiting list would not accept names for a year. Even if you called in a year and got on the waiting list, it would be another 8-12 months until you were accepted as a patient. This is only for psychiatric care, as well, and probably that's not what I need at this point, as anti-depressants don't seem to work in my case.

Anyway - it's all very discouraging.

Take care,
ErinBear