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Originally Posted by turtleman59
Thank you for great and quick response. I am not going to clinic. He is a private psychiatrist and very popular. Folks drive to see him from places far away. He is a very good doc and has been very good to me. He raised his rates to $160 for a 20 minute appt. I told him that I can't afford it so he lowered to my original price of $100. Just like your situation, he has offered me a small amount of Klonopin for "emergencies". Like eight pills .5 mg. Almost nothing really. I will look into your alternatives. I could switch over to Kaiser where my primary doc is but there is certainly no guarantee that he would prescribe a benzo. Yes, Gabapentin is a weird drug. Some people swear by it and some people think it is horrible. That about sums it up. I will speak to him at next appt and see if he will give me maybe 10 low dose pills. Thanks
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Your lucky.. I go to a clinic and on Medicaid and though the facility it's self is nice, it's packed to the WALLS with people. You are assigned an "Appointment Block" where several people will have the same appointment time and your called in by number and sent literally on an assembly line.. First you see the nurse, then the caseworker and both are the ones you actually talk to.. They are the ones that tell you what the doctor is going to do, then when you do see the doctor and the wait isn't long.. I see my doc for a total of 8 minutes every 12 weeks.. She always asks me a basic series of questions and I have to force myself into speaking up and it's not easy when they want to rush you in and out.. My pdoc then says, "You can pick up your prescription at the front desk and I'll see you in 12 weeks". This is actually one of the better places in my area for those who don't have insurance... The other facilities are like a freaking zoo.. The place I go to seems to like to give Adderall as their cure for everything, I had to fight tooth and nail against that since I have a history that goes back until I was like 7 years old..