[Martina]

I'm in-between providers right now. Due to insurance, I have to switch.

My first appointment with my new therapist is on Thursday at 5:00 PM.

My first appointment with my new psychiatrist is on Friday at 8:00 AM.

My final appointment - just to say "goodbye" - with my psych nurse is next Thursday at 1:30.

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I'm kinda feeling a little....off. Possibly because of the switch, honestly, and because of some stress going on in my life.

Whom am I supposed to call right now?

Do I just wait until Thursday and bring it up with the new person and expect them to deal with it from the get-go?

Or do I call my current psych nurse and pay out-of-network pricing to see her again?
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I'm okay, not severely bad or anything, just a little....weird. It could wait a few days.

[sunsetsunrise]

Hi martina. I am sorry to hear that you have to change therapist and psychiatrist due to insurance situation. Do you think that maybe the thing to do is call your "current psych nurse" and ask her what she can do to help just at the very beginning of this transition? Perhaps she can help you on the phone on Wednesday? If you have not had your final apt with her, then perhaps you are still a current client. Or thats the way I see it. So a call to her seems to be appropriate if you need to do that. And then on thursday when you see the new therapist perhaps you can let her know that you need support now....even though its the first appointment. This just my thought. I hope the new therapist and psychiatrist will be wonderful for you. And it will be a very good change.... after the transition process is completed. Blessings to you Martina

[Martina]

I ended up calling in sick to work today. I'm so messed up.

Yet I went in for a 1 hour meeting about this one mess that I think is part of the reason I'm so stressed out right now. Not actually work-related, but a charity group I'm on with some coworkers from work. A huge event we had planned for Saturday just totally blew up in our face 3 days before the event, and basically.....it's all my fault.

But I don't know what the heck is going on. I feel depressed, yet I'm spending money like crazy. I had $200 in my spending account for groceries, gas, etc. that is supposed to last 2 weeks - it was all gone in 2 days. I even raided my husband's rolled coins for $35 bucks. He's going to kill me when he finds out. I thought the money part was a manic thing. What's going on. Maybe mixed? I don't know.

You know what sucks? I had gone nearly two months without a sick day. And my boss had asked us to fill out performance reviews a while ago. I was going to go in to her office TODAY to talk about that performance review....and ask for a raise. Can't do that anymore. Not with another #@(*$ sick day. "Hey, I just called in sick because I'm too depressed to drag my butt out of bed, so, how about paying me more money?"

I just screw up everything.

[(JD)]

One mistake does not make a ruined image. One call in sick does not make a bad employee. I'm sorry to hear you are so depressed. Please allow yourself some good care. Two months! I'm proud of you. Perhaps next time it will be a bit longer... one step at a time

I doubt the event was totally your fault....nothing is ever just one thing! It happens. But I do know how you feel , and how the others might be blaming you. Don't accept that everything you do is screwed up! That isn't true. It's never true. It isn't true about you, either.

Hang on ... give yourself a break ... things will become better before too long. "Allow" yourself to not be perfect (hmmm I'm preaching to myself here tonight, too. ) None of us is perfect. We all do our best, and sometimes it doesn't work out anyway. That is life.

[Martina]

I just don't know how I can possibly ask for more money when I constantly have sick days. I think I'm up to at least 10 sick days and I've only been there about 9 months. Yes, I have a standing doctor's note, but it is very vague (on purpose) so my boss has no clue what's wrong with me.

I'm a CPA with a partial MBA and 8 years of experience....making $12.75 an hour. And I'm stuck. All because of this #$(%*#& illness that cost me my last job.

And my new psychiatrist wants $250 up front for the first visit because my insurance screwed up on billings and thinks I haven't met my deductible.