Is there anything to help me pay?

Hi there. I'm a 21 year old male who's been previously diagnosed with Severe Recurrent Depression Disorder and displays psychotic tendencies and symptoms of schizophrenia. I need help. After my last 'relapse' for lack of better word, I ended up homeless and unemployed about 250 miles from home. I made it back to where I had been living but was unable to secure a job or a home and was living out of a car, stealing food from a grocery store. After being arrested a friend agreed to put me up in North Carolina so now I'm here, unemployed and approaching another 'relapse.' Even if I am to find work I will not be insured within time to prevent any psych damages.

What are my options? Is MedicAid an option etc?

A doctor told me once that sometimes there are chemicals that just can't be fixed.
Sometimes, the brain just has a life of it's own.

Was your episode due to lack of medication or a relapse into symptoms?

Look up your county's department of social services. Call and ask for the "Consumer Handbook." It is a guide for understanding the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse service system in North Carolina. It includes: who can help, how to access services, person-centered planning, crisis services, your rights, your responsibilities, and other helpful resources. It will also include an important phone number for something called the "Care Line" (which you can also look up separately on the internet, too) Upon calling social services, tell them your situation. There are places which take people off the street into temporary or maybe permanent housing, provide food, room and board, social activities centering around mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse issues. I would make a point to DEFINITELY ask!

Also try looking for support groups in your area. People with similar issues can curb you from things spiraling down so quickly by offering what did and did not work for them. I use Supportworks.org a lot.

In an addendum to those resources, try out for adult medicaid, disability, and medicare. Take them in that order, and you are more likely to get each.

Best of Luck, and Good Wishes,

Wildflower88