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Posted by willyee on June 2, 2006, at 9:55:17
In fear of being looked upon as totaly bitter,i just wanna give a heads up,without getting into details recently ive had a lot of problems with docs meds the whole setting.
Due to a very weird situation,which honestly wasnt my fault,my monthly prescription of parnate was at a halt,i was given partial cause the full quanty wasnt on the shelf,then when it came in im told the situation which was i could not get my medication due to a dose increase,a lil more detailed but well keep it like that.
Well with my option being only pay for it with cash,i was still told no.So i went there today to find out why if im not under the umbella of any insurance,and there guidlines,i would not be allowed to pay cash for a valid prescription by a doctor.
I was pretty much at my loose end going there this morniing and expected a ugly situation.Instead i found my friend,who i actualy occaisonaly go out and shoot pool with there,hes a pharm assistant,been there for years and knows the system very very well,the pharmisicts constantly come and go,he doesent.He was on vaction and i had no idea when he was comming back.
Anyway i described the situation to him,and he shrugged his shoulderds and mentioned what they should have done and asked me if they did,my reply........i have no clue what they are doing back there,except telling me i cant get my medication.
He explained to me most of them have only been on the job for a year to less,and dont know how to use the coding system correctly and hes constantly fixing erros all day.Long story short,too late,i left the with my full prescription,at my insurance price allowed by my insurance,and the whole process took 3 min.
This in contrast to 3 days of dealing with the other pharmiscts putting me on hold,asking each other questions etc.
Well i gave him an extra 5 so he can get a pack of smokes on his breaks,now i can relax,and seriously work with the right people to create some sort of plan cause this is not gonna work this way.
I dont know to be more scared that this young assistant knew the system and codes better than the actual pharmacists,or just be glad he did,i guess im a little of both.
That partly why i was touchy,my pharmacy messing up my script then turning there back on me really scared me,even though everything i wrote is my true feelings im sorry for bringing it down in such a strong damper all at once.
Posted by joslynn on June 2, 2006, at 10:01:20
In reply to Ok ok a lil postive......, posted by willyee on June 2, 2006, at 9:55:17
No need to apologize for feelings. I'm glad it worked out.
Sometimes younger people on a job do know a lot more than their superiors!
Posted by heaven help me on June 2, 2006, at 10:18:14
In reply to Ok ok a lil postive......, posted by willyee on June 2, 2006, at 9:55:17
I always go to the pharmacy a week or so before I NEED the meds in order to give them all the time they need to figure it out. And it always seems to take a few visits to actually get the stuff. But I have just learned to expect it and work with it. It used to drive me crazy, now it doesn't.
blessings
mary
Posted by lymom3 on June 2, 2006, at 10:33:14
In reply to Re: Ok ok a lil postive......, posted by heaven help me on June 2, 2006, at 10:18:14
Here I thought you just liked a little heated debate... Hope you get to feeling better. The whole medicine game is a pain in the b*tt. I wholeheartedly agree about the pharmacy stuff. Twice at the big pharmacy chain on every other corner here where I live, I've gotten the wrong medication in the bottle. Thankfully I never took it because it didn't look the same as what I was already taking. Another girl here got a prescription in her name that her doctor never wrote. When she confronted the big pharmacy chain about it, they couldn't even find a prescription for ANYone there for that med on that day.
That is one reason I don't do any kind of work that could kill someone. I having raging ADD and I know it...I would worry myself to death over it.
Posted by willyee on June 2, 2006, at 17:40:47
In reply to Re: Ok ok a lil postive...... » heaven help me, posted by lymom3 on June 2, 2006, at 10:33:14
Trust me,it might sound young to you and u might chuckle when i say this,but ive been dealing with this since 19,im now 27,and at this point the last thing i want is any debates any longer.
When i was younger,i know chuckle lol,i used a lot of GHB,i dident take the illness serious,it wasnt full blown,and i did flex a lot of verbal muscle on google groups,but im much more humble now after being through the things ive been through,and even when a post really gets me the wrong way i do my best to just ignore it,cause there is no correct answer,and therefore adive and opinions are great,but debating and arguing is kinda pointless no one is gonna prove there right!
I posted a lot of strong opinons these past two days,but heres a little secret,i WISH to death someone could prove me wrong,i want to be proven wrong in this case,but i guess ive become a man of scieance,i dont want anymore reassurances by mouth,i wanna see on paper why so and so is the way it is,anyway,i envy anyone who truly finds relieaf whtehter its from a drug,from god,or from sticking there head under a lampshade,if it works more power to u and i trulymean that!
Posted by lymom3 on June 2, 2006, at 19:27:06
In reply to Re: Ok ok a lil postive......, posted by willyee on June 2, 2006, at 17:40:47
I wish there was some magic to help you. The pain is obvious in your posts. I know how bad things can wear you down. I hope you don't give up though. I have a pdoc appt on Tuesday and I'm going to refuse to try another antidepressant...this last failure is 14 of them and I'm no better off now than I was then.
You seem so isolated and I know there is only so much any of us here can do about that. No one knows how you feel on a day to day basis. Others here that have similar problems can sure empathize with you and know somewhat how you feel but most of the world has no clue. I don't have anyone in my circle of friends that has been depressed or had chronic ADD problems that effect every niche of their lives.
I don't even try to talk to anyone about it but I am glad for boards like these to be able to vent. I sure didn't want you to feel that I was making light of your situation at all and if I came across that way, I am sorry. I don't have any answers for you, but everyone here will sure listen.
Posted by Phillipa on June 2, 2006, at 21:13:11
In reply to Re: Ok ok a lil postive...... » willyee, posted by lymom3 on June 2, 2006, at 19:27:06
Funny if I bring up the discussion of depression with my neighbors I find out most of them are an antidepressant. Love Phillipa
Posted by willyee on June 2, 2006, at 23:17:08
In reply to Re: Ok ok a lil postive...... » willyee, posted by lymom3 on June 2, 2006, at 19:27:06
Thanks for the encourging words,ur right,and if u ever came across my webpage ud see i dont mention it anywhere and looking at me and the people posting to me etc u probuably would never guess it.
I have long since stopped telling people about my situation unless......
1.I feel they are going through it,which is the only way i feel one can truly understand.2.I feel i can help them,i do have friends who dont know what is happening to them,they are at the start of a dark road.
3.You are that close to me personaly that u need to know.
Its a very personal thing,and i feel its a privalge for anyone to know something so close to me unless there is a suitable reason.
BTW today turned out to be a really good day,i added l theanine which naturaly riases and moderates brain dopamine/gaba levels,now many times over ive had somethin appear to help,so im not gonna shout it from the roof tops,but i will simply put it that at least for today i got some reliaf.
If anyone ever ends up on my page www.myspace.com/redhook23 on my friends list is a guy named nick,u can see i thanked him,he is the one i spoke of who cleared my problem with my insurance and sent me home with my drugs.
He has consisently worked hard to help me,even being an advocate ina fre drug program which required him to make many phone calls and fax many papers,something he did not have to do.
View his pge,if u wanna see a nice guy who truly trys to help people that would be one.
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