Posted by Lonely on November 8, 2007, at 0:10:16
In reply to Re: Finding a shrink, posted by TexasSP59 on November 4, 2007, at 14:02:21
Can you go to another major city in your state? Bigger cities have more docs and more choices. Some insurance plans allow for it with the same rate of reimbursement and some require that you pay more.
If the treatment is totally unacceptable it might be worth it to pay for a psychiatrist a couple times out of your own pocket. Sometimes it's easier to then convince a psychiatrist in your own network or your own geographic area that you are on successful treatment and it should be continued.
> Thanks to all of you who replied to my previous post. I decided long ago(15-20 years) that Nardil was the drug that had the best track record-- the only drug that I had ever heard effecting a "cure".
> I don't think I"ll be able to switch shrinks within my HMO (Scott & White). And I've met with this one's immediate superior (in my shrink's office) and am convinced that this "hard line" stance comes from the top down.
> I am currently taking Nortriptylene at near the top dose, having gone from Effexor to that drug, along with Hydroxyzine (an antihistamine that helps with some of the physical symptoms) I'm feeling almost as bad as I would feel taking nothing.
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