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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
I'm so anxious. I can't remember if I've mentioned this but I get Emsam through patient assistance. It is $950/month otherwirse and needless to say I don't have that. They didn't notify me about a renewal and my doctor's office convinced me to wait for a while and ultimately I ran out of refills and needed to re-apply and didn't know it. I had some meds backlogged so I didn't know for a while. Well, now there's a big mess about whether I've disqualified for the program and I'm completely stressed out about it because Emsam is the only AD that has ever helped me. Plus if I have to go off it I'll have to go IP to transition to something else. And I don't want to do IP.
Anyway, I've spent a lot of time in the last week trying to get paperwork in and getting frustrated because the company loses 50% of what I send, even when it goes as one fax. I need them to get it all so I can appeal. I only have 3.5 weeks of meds left. I need my pdoc to fight for me, which she will but probably not unless it is in person. I see her in a week which is cutting it close but if she fought she'd probably win based on the past so I can wait. However now the COVID19 thing means going to see her may not be a good idea at all and I'll have to work out something with her to have any appointment. I think she does telehealth but that doesn't solve my need to fight with the Emsam people. I have no idea how we'll work it out for her to fight with patient assistance people.
My therapist is out of town for a few days getting trained in EMDR. Naturally he's in a place that has had cases of COVID. He is doing Friday appointments he doesn't usually do but I didn't schedule one because I was supposed to be doing something else that day. But now I"m not sure I'll be seeing him for a while; I may have to do phone sessions for a while.
My mom is making the COVID thing hard; I think there are reasonable ways to stay safe in public right now and she disagrees. And since I practically live with her and she's over the age of concern and I've got asthma that is a concern with the virus it's really hard to dispute her points.
I'm so anxious tonight that I think I'm going to have to take a PRN which I hate since I'm trying to adjust to the time change.
So stressed.....
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I'm sorry you have so much going on.
When I am feeling overwhelmed, I just move forward by attending to one thing at a time. Slow and steady wins the race.
When any organization I deal with continuously loses important paperwork, I send my paperwork via Certified Mail, return receipt. they tend to pay more attention to the paperwork sent in this way.
If you cannot make it to the post office, you might have your mom pick up the materials needed and you can fill in the info, or your envelope (with forms in it) may be presented at the post office. They will help to make sure all is completed correctly. Return receipt ensures you will have the date your paperwork was received and who signed for it.
I know this does not address all of your concerns. I hope this helps in some way.
Love and Prayers
