support system irl gone

hi
I got on to disabiity and medicare. lost both of my psychotherapists who are not covered by medicare. Now I found out yesterday that I will have to pay the psychiatrist half of what she charges medicare because they only pay 50% for psychiatrists. I said thats awful. She coldly answered that its because they expect people to have supplimental insurance. If I could afford that i would have it for sure.

So here I am agoraphobic. lost two therapists and can only now go to the pdoc once every 10 weeks, because thats all I can afford.

I cannot go to a practitioner who is covered by medicare ( many psychologists are) because my life is about spiritual awareness. I cannot seperate that from the mind. And I cannot risk trying again at this time. I can barely scrape myself out of bed. I am sorry to be complaining. I just keep running up against bad news. So much so that I finally disconnected my voice mail. Just cant take more of people telling me bad news. I know it could be worse. But being agoraphobic for many years, living alone, and losing support system just has me in a pretty challenging place. Sorry for dumpling all of this. Just feeling very sad and hurt and in dispair.

((((sunsetsunrise)))) Is there a chance you could contact a local agency of sort for a mental health professional that will accept you a probono on on a sliding scale?

Wishing you peace.

Sending you a safe cyber hug. Insurance companies suck. They do not cover what is needed most. Can you find anyone who charges on a sliding scale?

Not sure what kind of Spirituality you practice, but I understand needing a counselor who is in zinc with your Spirituality. Someone who will address both. Very difficult to find, I know. Even worse when you've been burned already. Sometimes people who address spirituality neglect the psychology of the whole thing. Is there a practitioner or spiritual leader you can go to? Someone of the same faith as you might be able to give you direction. Maybe even contact NAMI and see if they could come up with a name for you...

Medicaid sux. I am on disability as well, but fortunately my H has decent insurance. Still my co-pays for T's and Pdoc's are $25 a session. Meds cost about 150/month. That's a lot to be spending on myself. I couldn't imagine how hard it would be to come up with more money.

I really hope things work out for you, I am so sorry you're in this predicament.

man .... (((((( sunsetsunrise )))))
I am so sorry that you are in so much pain.
Not sure what else I can say... just that I feel this world is very sick in that people who need help can't get the help they need due to money... that is wrong for our human species