Posted by jkshrews on August 7, 2006, at 11:01:20
In reply to Re: new to emsa and SCARED!!!!, posted by hermansmom on August 6, 2006, at 21:10:06
Hermansmom,
There are in-patient facilities in almost every hospital, but will one really do you any good? To get your insurance to approve it, you have to be suicidal. I think in their minds, it's nothing but a matter of liabilities, i.e., in every case they can say "No" and refuse in-patient treatment to every person, but if someone kills himself, then they know they are in trouble. So to get in, you have to tell the intake counselor that you are making plans to off yourself (which may be true). It's a lousy way to do business.
jkshrews
> > You sounds a bit like me, except my last AD was Effexor, not Cymbalta. It also caused rapid weight gain, so I D/C'd. I'm now skeptical about this aspect with any AD. I too have an anxiety disorder and insomnia. I take Xanax and Lunesta, which is no longer helping much with sleep. How do you like the Rozerem? What type of med is that? Did you doc have any concerns about EMSAM worsening insomnia and anxiety? Let me know how you're doing. Thanks:)
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> Before the Emsam, the Rozarem helped alot. I have noticed the last couple of nights being up at 2 & 3 AM. Had previously tried ambien & lunesta without any effect, so this one I think is better. I am feeling like my anxiety has heightened with the emsam, and consequently am taking a higher dose of klonipin. I'm so sick of this! I am really afraid of where this is going to end. I am tired of this and really don't want to live like this. I had inquired about any good long term psych hospitals, and my doc suggested austen riggs in Mass., or the menninger clinic in houston for long term therapy. So, now it is a battle between MD recommendation and the insurance company. I am desperate, and can't keep going like this. I live in CA, so if anyone knows of any good hospitals that do more than zap you full of drugs & put you in the parking lot after a 3 day stay (they call that stabilization)PLEASE let me know. In CA it seems like the only centers that do longer term therapy (inpatient) are for detox, and that is the ONE problem I don't have!!!!
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