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March 7, 2006, 11:02 am PST
financial burden
Quote From: liatsunami I definately know what you're talking about. I turn 25 this month which means I'm off my dads insurance and I'm not sure HOW I'm going to pay for my medications. I'm going to start doing freelance writing once I get my e-lance account up and running, so I'm hoping to bring in some $ that way. For me I have severe narcolepsy so I'm usually only ablet o stay awake 2-3 hours at a time, so a normal job is simply out of the question. That medication and my anti-siezure medication are nearly $400.00 a piece, then I have my thyroid medication (a cheap $30.00), and my anti-depressant/anti anxiety medication which is $159.00. None of these problems are things I did to myself, but I learned a long time ago that I just have to keep moving foreward. If it means I have to give up things, so be it. It isn't fair, but life....well it never was, and never will be. You can't regret what is.
For me stress aggravates most of these conditions and believe me for being 24 I have a LOT more than the average person that age.
Not to be a downer but sometimes all you can really do is be alive, and that's the best you can hope for. i am new to this web site. i just felt like i had to write something. i feel your pain about the financial burden of it all. i am a 32 year old stay at home mom and we live paycheck to paycheck. we have decent insurance, but as stated before, just to go to some therapist on your list is not always good enough. i've been in therapy before with an "in-network" doc and it just didn't do it for me. then i had a couple of "good years" and didn't think i need it. now, i think i need a heckuva a lot and i don't have the finances necessary for it.
i was diagnosed with clinical depression when i was 25. after watching today's show, i'm wondering if i'm not bipolar. i would love to have some of the tests done that the brain center and dr. lawlis performed. i went to the web sites of both to see what cost might be involved with these tests. it seems to be around $7000. nevermind that i live nowhere near where i would have to go to get these tests done. i would like to know what average joe could afford that. it's insane. i'm not saying it's not worth it...like i said, i would love to do it just to find out for sure once and for all what's wrong with me.
i agree that stress does not help the situation and right now we have enough stress on us as it is. it's hard going from two paychecks to one and adding a third mouth to the group.
anyway, enough bad talking...i wish there were a simpler way to find everything out that we needed to know to care for ourselves better.
good luck to you all...
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