Not too great--poss trigs
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Not too great--poss trigs
| Fri, 01-14-2005 - 7:13am |
Well, I wasn't too happy with the final verdict. She dx'd me with BP 1. Urgh! Doc was very young, younger than me. Only been out of training a year and a half. At first she was very curt, but later eased up. She wanted to admit me, but I refused. She also wanted me to go out on disability, but I could only laugh. There is NO WAY I could do either. I don't get paid for disability at all for 10 days, than only 66% of my pay. Our debt ratio is just too high-thanks to my ridiculous spending. I can't really pay the bills now, much less at only 66%! She started me on a new med. I can't pronounce it-but when I went to the pharmacy to pick it up, my stupid new insurance refused it saying they were not primary. Wrong! I went ballistic right there in the store. I was so angry when I got back to the car I nearly put my fist thru the dashboard. I could hardly breathe I was so upset. Fortunately the doc also gave me something for anxiety and when I got home, that drugged me into a near stupor. And last night in between my coughing fits, the darn doorbell kept going off in our room. Finally my DH had to pull the battery. What a night! Thank heaven we always get off early on Fridays!
Hope today will go better! One of these days I WILL post something positive!
Jodie
Hope today will go better! One of these days I WILL post something positive!
Jodie

Hi Jodie...I'm sorry you had such a rough day yesterday, girl...getting the dx can be upsetting, but relieving as well...and I'm hoping the meds will kick in very soon and you'll start feeling better!
Jodie,
I hope you day went okay today. What did you have to do about your meds? Did the insurance company finally come through or did you have to call the doc for a new one? My insurance company is so fussy that when I go in for a med change I check their list first. I know we shouldn't have to. It makes my pdoc so mad. Let me know how you are.
Love,
Jamie
Love,
jodie ~ i'm hoping today went a little better for you.
Jodie,
I can relate to the mixed feelings about being dx'd--I'd been suspicious I was BP from almost 15 years earlier (though I was blown off at the time), so it wasn't a surprise and was a relief because now I knew I could get proper treatment , but at the same time it was "oh crap, this is REAL, I do HAVE a mental illness!" at which time all the psycho-horror movies I've ever seen started flashing through my head , even though I knew that wasn't my reality.
Not sure from your post, if the pharmacy was saying your meds weren't covered or that you had to use other insurance 1st.