Posted by kazoo on May 6, 2001, at 11:04:32
In reply to Adult ADD insurance coverage question..., posted by Stephan on April 23, 2001, at 1:23:27
> I am worried about how this previous claim for a request to cover a medical marijuana prescription is going to make me look when asking them to cover the necessary doctors visits, and any Schedule II stimulant medications needed by me, to my insurance company. I worry that it might look to them that I am on round two of simply trying to get another kind of scheduled "drug" for illigitimate uses perhaps, given my age in relation to ADD, compunded with the marijuana issue. (BTW, there is no other record of anything else having to do with drug use in my life record.) I am thinking that if this marijuana issue delegitamatizes my claim further in their eyes, I dont have much of a chance for being treated so I can live a more productive and rewarding life. If so, aside from any other (unknown) resources, my only chance for treatment seems to be to manage to hold down a job with my untreated ADD until the health benefits kick in, before I can begin* treatment.^^^^^^^
Dear Stephan:
You are over-rationalizing and projecting your own thoughts on how they may react. You have no idea what they're going to say or think, so you're setting yourself up for an anticipated disappointment. Don't drive yourself crazy with this stuff, and just do what you feel is right for *you*. And don't over-explain to them anything. I don't care how complicated the situation is, or how convoluted it may appear, the fact of the matter is that when you over-do anything you tend to appear insincere and false.Richard Nixon (remember him?) once said (and I paraphrase here): "When someone over states their case in order to prove something, they're usually lying." Case in point: Mr. Nixon himself. I don't know if he said this previously to, or during, or after the Watergate scandal. I'll try to find the full quote, with the date, and post it.
If you want to know why amphetamines were given a bad rap, and looked at with disdain, go to this website I recently put up:
http://www.geocities.com/zoots90210/index.htm
Bear in mind that the article is from an old law text book, and was written in 1972. Though the author offers some incorrect, jaded opinions, the facts re. this period and Act are accurate. Very intriguing.
You'll do alright ...
(a concerned) kazoo
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