DrugBuyers.Com: How do I admit myself to a psych unit on Medicaid?

Medicaid only covers 25 doctor's visits per year. I've used most of them up already 1) trying to replace the pcp who was prescribing my pain meds for my back when I had in insurance, going to the "pain" doctor, going to a the ER a countless times with out admission (I don't think they they count it a a doctor's visit if you're admitted, but I could be wrong), multiple consultations with the resident in orthopedic surgery who can be thanked for the extenet of work that had to been down on my foot when I was finally referred to a podiatrist. . .the podistrist. . .you see?

Medicaid isn't insurance. It's the US Government's safety net that they hope they can use in lieu of having to god around with a hand cart and a shovel ylelling "BRING OUT YOUR DEAD! BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!" And I'm sure there are plenty of self-pay patients at those private practice who the doctors give a bit of a break, but without subsidies. doctors just can't AFFORD to operate a medicaid-based practice.

I have so much diferent s* swirling around in me now. I just got locked out of my apartment for 2 hours! 2 hours andd the mainainence folks did not come. And I'm going to be charged $50 bucks for that!

I want to just ad mit myself, now, get it over with, because I know how shitty things are going to get and I have people I'd like to impress, not fall to pieces in front of. Yeah, it's pretty much a given that the eating disorder is here to roost as long as it so chooses-there are plenty of wonderful treatment centers out there for anorexia and bulimia that have a 3-month regimin and charge 1500 dollars per day.

When I spoke with my father, who is leaving for Tibet in 3 days, last night and told him I had done all I could but that if I don't get a call next week with an appointment with someone from the local clinic, or at least a reasonable timeframe, then I WILL be admitting myself to get my meds fixed. It's funny how his response was kind of like the first poster's. Ny intentions would have nothing at all to do with therapy- this is a purely medical thing. My father was like, "well I certainly hope you try harder than you did at Roger's (eating diorder reatment facility), it seemd like you were just going through the motions there.

Whatever. I invite any of these people to spend 21 days on a locked general psych ward, or an entire season in a "treatment program".

SSRIs don't work either. Is that because I'm just "going through the motions?"

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