I’m no longer covered, Need advice please | ADHD Information
[QUOTE=barb]I am pretty sure that you can't have insurance to qualify for them, but you can always try. Let us know if you do.[/QUOTE]
in iowa south dakota and wiscnsin it doesnt matter wther or not if u have insurance to qualify....each state may be different but it is worth a shot...it goes by total number of people in the housse and monthly goss income and then they adjust rent/mortgae and untilities.....i would check into it....the worst that could happen is they say no or help u with another resource
http://bridgestoaccess.gsk.com/ Check this out. You may be able to get your meds free from the maker.Free is even better! Mayber I should check out that link!
I'll take free over a copay anyday!You didn't mention what meds you take, but you might have some options..
Unfortunately docs don't get samples for schedule II substances, so that's not an option. You could conceivably switch to generic Ritalin for those three months. When I lost my insurance for a few months, that's what I did... I think it ran me -/ month. I didn't like it nearly as much as my original meds, but it was only a few months and it was better than being on nothing...
Generic adderall, if I remember correctly, is around per 60 tabs. Generic dexadrine is around the same price as generic methylphenidate and is closer to Adderall, if you're on Adderall or adderall xr now. Just a couple of thoughts to get you by...
mutton have you checked with your local department of human services to see with your income and beinga full tie student if you qualify for medicaid or free insurance through your state....w are onthat and our pills have a small copay of 3.00 and sometimes nothing depending on wha it is....I am pretty sure that you can't have insurance to qualify for them, but you can always try. Let us know if you do.Yeah, I'll work on that...
[QUOTE=mutton]Hey guys, I'm a 19 year old college student and my insurance just recently
terminated me from their eligibility list as a dependent child without prior
notice. This is only because my college forced me to become a part-time
student this year because I was over in credits. I can no longer recieve
psychiatric help or medication (for my ADD) without having to pay the full
price--something that I can't afford. I have to wait 3 months till spring
semester before I'm eligible again.
I have about a week's worth of medication left and I'm really afraid that
the withdrawal will wreak havok with my school work. I'm really
depending on this semester's grade for a transfer to the day time
program.
I need some advice as to what I can do in the meantime. My psych's
receptionist told me there's nothing they can do and my school can't help
me either with the part-time thing. Should I just wait the 3 months out?
or is their an alternative? I live in NY and I'm not sure what my rights are
in this situation.
[/QUOTE] Hey guys,
I'm a 19 year old college student and my insurance just recently
terminated me from their eligibility list as a dependent child without prior
notice. This is only because my college forced me to become a part-time
student this year because I was over in credits. I can no longer recieve
psychiatric help or medication (for my ADD) without having to pay the full
price--something that I can't afford. I have to wait 3 months till spring
semester before I'm eligible again.
I have about a week's worth of medication left and I'm really afraid that
the withdrawal will wreak havok with my school work. I'm really
depending on this semester's grade for a transfer to the day time
program.
I need some advice as to what I can do in the meantime. My psych's
receptionist told me there's nothing they can do and my school can't help
me either with the part-time thing. Should I just wait the 3 months out?
or is their an alternative? I live in NY and I'm not sure what my rights are
in this situation.
mutton38633.4056597222 BUZZZZZZZZ WRONG..... the withdrawls??????? I am talking about the 21 yrs of adhd activity with NO DRUGS from 14 TILL NOW... this medication does not remain in your system 21 years. you better research a little better. I will give you another chance. since you thought I was medicated all these years.
and drop the drug blaming... this is not drug induced. Like you want to so desperately believe.
bugzappers38649.7808564815
Well Jeff,
Based on what I've read from a lot of your posts, especially the ones about having no withdrawals as long as you take your daily dose...
I'd have to say you have a drug addiction problem.
.... and I'm not a doctor, so please don't call me Dr. reality
.... and I'm not a Scientologist either.
Oops, sorry about that Jeff.
Just got you confused with GlenW. He's the one who talks about no withdrawals as long as you take your daily dose.
As for ADHD, I've never said it doesn't exist. But, I'm not going to call it a "disease" though. Everybody's wired somewhat differently, so I'll call it a condition.
My real problem is with the soulless drug companies convincing people that they "need" addictive dangerous drugs.
And now, a lot of the "pro med" posters actually do have a drug addiction problem along with their condition.
I really do not like to see drug companies "feed" off the innocent people who are looking for help.
[QUOTE=reality]MY NEIGHBOR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADHD IN THE 7TH GRADE. THE TEACHER HAD TALKED TO A SCHOOL COUNSELOR... WHO URGED HIS PARENTS TO TALK TO A DOCTOR... WHO PUT HIM ON RITALIN.
ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER AT A PARENTS/TEACHER MEETING, THE MOTHER AND TEACHER WERE COMMENTING ON WHAT A DIFFERENCE THE RITALIN HAD MADE IN HIS CONDUCT AND GRADES.
SO, MY NEIGHBOR REACHED INTO HIS POCKET AND PULLED OUT A BAG WITH ALL THE RITALIN PILLS IN IT AND TOLD HIS MOTHER AND TEACHER THAT HE HAD'NT TAKEN A SINGLE PILL.
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SO I GUESS I CAUGHT YOU LYING YET AGAIN.... your post says that you think adhd is a hoax.
YOUR RIGHT, YOU ARE NOT A DR, YOUR NOT A SCIENTOLOGIST, YOUR A LIAR.....
and a bad one at that...
adhd sharpens the memory and the senses so we can hyper focus when we want... and BUDDY I AM HYPERFOCUSED ON YOU... I will dog you on this board as long as you show your vile self.
It's ok LiveA - they are shrinking - can't ya see?
A bully only can intimidate the newcomers if the rest of the playground stands idly by. We are NOT going to let the people in need get trampled and threatened like some PETA party blood throwing fur hater parade! Not gonna do it anymore!
Together we stand!
Viva la medicacion! Ariba!!!
MESS WITH THE BULL, YOU GET THE HORNS....I AM STILL WAITING FOR YOUR DIAGNOSIS DR. REALITY AND DR. ADHDISBOGUS AND DR. BALANCED... ONE ANSWER AT A TIME, FOCUS ON ME,,, IF YOU CAN... ANSWER THE QUESTION.... IF IT IS NOT ADHD, THEN WHAT IS IT I HAVE???
Mutton, any news yet?
bugzappers,
Withdrawals usually come from an ADDICTION to the drug. The FDA, DEA and all the manufacturers warn you that ADHD drugs are addictive. Therefore, when you stop taking the drug, you may experience WITHDRAWALS.
Now mutton correctly believes the warning to be true. She was worried about facing WITHDRAWALS when she ran out of pills. But GlenW adamantly claims that ADHD drugs are NOT ADDICTIVE and therefore you won't have a withdrawal problem. So, why didn't he try to soothe her fears with his "non addictive" beliefs?
And now you are telling me that ALL DRUGS CAUSE WITHDRAWALS !!!!
"There are withdrawls from any meds your on"
Also, just how much amphetamine does your brain require? At what point is your brain amphetamine "deficient" ?
reality - you just don't get it
Withdrawl is when anything you take in is removed - and your body becomes used to the effect of it - and when removed it becomes difficult to resume normal function without it. Addiction is when a substance is removed - and there is either a conscious or unconscious URGE to get more of the substance into the body. BIG DIFFERENCE
Prozac (since you LOVE knocking SSRIs in the ADHD forum) is non addictive but prone to withdrawl. You don't CRAVE it - but your body cannot restore regular seratonin to itself if it's removed suddenly. You don't see the patient going buggy begging for more prozac - you see phsyiological symptoms that don't normally come with withdrawl - seratonin syndrome.
Withdrawl is the body readjusting but too slowly to be without some affect.
Addiction is when the mind/body become hit with craving to get more of something into it - even without knowing why.
"You don't see the patient going buggy begging for more prozac "
YES... YOU DO.
AND THE LONGER THEY ARE WITHOUT THEIR 'NON ADDICTIVE, NON HABIT FORMING" PROZAC...THE MORE DANGEROUS THEY BECOME.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE NEVER HELPED SOMEONE QUIT AN SSRI.
Go away Reality, Balanced..... LIVEADHD38648.9453009259Okay, sorry for taking so long to update guys. So after pursing manyoptions of all to no avail. I finally managed to talk to my psych. about
this issue. It turns out that she had no idea of what was going on and her
receptionist had nvr reported this to her (even if she said she would). So
she made me a deal and gave me a 40-50% discount on the sessions.
She also said that we'll limit the amount of sessions per month.
Instead of Concerta, she switched me to Strattera since they had samples
of it. Unforunately, I've been taking this for a week now and it doesn't
seem to be too effective. It only focused me a little but I started finding
that its harder to stop procrasinating. It made me calm, but a little too
calm esp. for an inattentive type ADD. I just spent 5 hrs. on a playing
online poker yesterday when I have midterms to study for!
I might have to ask her for a generic brand of ritilan (since its the same
thing as Concerta) and hopefully that will be cheap enough for me to
afford.
P.S. Thanks for all the advice I've been given here. Hopefully, I'll re-
register at the end of November and get my insurance back
soon...hopefully in time for finals.
I thank my incredible luck at finding a job with really good insurance right before being diagnosed with ADHD. It would have been a tough irony to find out - then be told I couldn't afford the meds to help me.
I know up here in canada they have blue cross insurance for those needing lower medicine payments. They are in the US too I am told - perhaps they work like here where monthly payments are partially determined by income? They could help you drop the amount you pay.
Strattera strangely is the one med here my insurance won't touch. I would pay full price - which for the lowest dose is 140 a month. Glad it does nothing for me - I paid for one month and it stung a bit.
That link to the pharmaceutical's low income plan is great! Glad to see it - I knew they had plans like that but had never found the links to it.
GlenW,
"mutton" says she's worried about withdrawals. Now aren't you on record as repeatedly telling me that ADHD drugs are not addictive?
So, why aren't you telling her that she won't get withdrawals provided that she has taken her "medicine" according to the manufacturer's reccommended dosage.
Or are you silently admitting that she just may have an "addiction/withdrawal problem ?
There are withdrawls from any meds your on, not all meds have the same effect, get off the horse reality, i busted you...and stop taking glen w out of context, he mainly said not ADDICTIVE, BIG DIFFERENCE FROM WITHDRAWL... see you don't understand as much as you think. If you have a deficency of a drug, when you take something to make it up, your just getting back to a more "normal" body chemistry. And you don't act like a drughead and become an addict if it is WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS AND IS WHAT YOUR PRESCRIBED. Which is a LONG WAY FROM AN ADDICT..
but you cut and paste all you like, put the headlines and leave the core out, you have been doing so well.
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