Medicaid Will Not Pay for Zoloft for Me-IL

I have been on 100 mgs Zoloft for over 10 years. Last year, during a really bad time, my doctor increased it to 200 mgs per day. I couldn't take that much as it made me ill. I kept filling it, though. I kept squirreling away the extra until I had several months supply. I then additionally was started on 200 mgs Wellbutrin per day. It helped so I quit refilling the Zoloft until I ran out of all I had saved. I ran out of room in my medicine cabinet for it is the truth of that. I have PTSD, Depression, Social Anxiety Disorder with a little OCD also. I am afraid of running out of some things like food, medicine, etc. My mind is messed up. After I ran out, my doctor called in a refill but Medicaid refused to cover it. It's my fault, I know. I am still not back to my tentative version of normal after resuming it. I put it on my credit card. I am on SSDI with physical disabilities as well. I only started on it today. How long before the withdrawal stops? Feels like lightning bolts going off in my head and my ears feel like I am listening to a seashell. I can't remember anything. I stay up most of the night writing long crazy messages like this one is turning into. Crazy is really coming out. How long til this stops? What is wrong with IL Medicaid they don't think I need it anymore???

I don't understand how Medicaid works..i know here they wont approve the Effexor xr........don't think your alone in your thought process...I do the same thing....I keep my meds in the top drawer of my bedroom and now that that is full I have started to fill my fruit bin in the fridge thinking it will keep it fresh longer. I probably have four months of meds stashed. I have old meds I went off of just in case I may need them again. I am a total med hoarder.

It's really hard to know exactly why they wouldn't cover it this time, since we only know part of the story.

I am real surprised to hear of Medicaid working like this. I'ld love to know what is their justification. I don't know the answer to your question about when the withdrawal stops. I have experienced withdrawal with other meds (voluntarily in my case) and I know it can be awful.

Ask the doctor and the pharmacist for explanation of why this would be happening. Maybe there is some way you can appeal the decision . . . maybe with a note from your doctor. Or maybe you can get a subsidy from the manufacturer with your doctor's help. I've gotten that on meds in the past. Manufacturers are actually eager to see their products used and don't want low income to be an impediment.

By the way, in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom is the single worst place in the house to keep any medicine. (The steam from the shower, heat . . . very bad for meds.) A drawer in the bedroom is where I keep all my meds. Meds will usually last well after the expiration date on the bottle, if kept away from humidity and extremes of temperature. Somethings break down faster than others. Sniff an aspirin bottle right after you take the cap off and you can smell the decomposition. For that reason, I only buy aspirin in small quantities.

Ten years is a long time to be on a med, only to have it yanked. I would be extremely upset. This is so unfair. There has got to be a way around this.