Comments on: Tragedy of Errors http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/relationships/tragedy-of-errors.html Information and support Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: laura http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/relationships/tragedy-of-errors.html/comment-page-1#comment-2037 laura Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:33:14 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=319#comment-2037 When I was having a manic attack I took the strongest Ambien CR every 6 hours for a couple of days and did not sleep at all. Nothing works in that state of mind. Now I'm on Seroquel and I sleep very well. When I was having a manic attack I took the strongest Ambien CR every 6 hours for a couple of days and did not sleep at all. Nothing works in that state of mind. Now I’m on Seroquel and I sleep very well.

]]> By: Matt http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/relationships/tragedy-of-errors.html/comment-page-1#comment-1892 Matt Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:56:16 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=319#comment-1892 Joe, Thank you for posting this article and sharing your experience! People like you who are coming forward helps to make this easier on folks who may be dealing with something similar, but don't know exactly what it is yet. Social Security is getting more sympathetic to certain mental health conditions. I know they are considering adding schizophrenia to the compassionate allowance list. Joe,

Thank you for posting this article and sharing your experience! People like you who are coming forward helps to make this easier on folks who may be dealing with something similar, but don’t know exactly what it is yet.

Social Security is getting more sympathetic to certain mental health conditions. I know they are considering adding schizophrenia to the compassionate allowance list.

]]> By: leah osowski http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/relationships/tragedy-of-errors.html/comment-page-1#comment-1882 leah osowski Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:01:32 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=319#comment-1882 Meds and Medicaid, county insurance is great, they pay for all my appointments for my disease(bipolar) but they dont pay for the medications, and the doctors they cover dont do prior authorizations. so i run around in circles, trying to speak with the insurance companies and trying to make the doctors talk to them and the pharmacies talk to all of them. handling 4 doctors and a slew of insurance company mid-level associates and pharmacists who's hands are tied really sucks. especially when i know how easy it is to do a prior auth. they dont even have to write down the diagnosis all they have to do is fax my charted in-take diagnosis. one week of all my meds is over $200. so i have been begging my insurance company for week supplies for the past 4 weeks and now i have to run around to get HAND SIGNED auth's from the dr's because they must all use the same fax machine(no one received the multiple faxes.) Meds and Medicaid, county insurance is great, they pay for all my appointments for my disease(bipolar) but they dont pay for the medications, and the doctors they cover dont do prior authorizations. so i run around in circles, trying to speak with the insurance companies and trying to make the doctors talk to them and the pharmacies talk to all of them. handling 4 doctors and a slew of insurance company mid-level associates and pharmacists who’s hands are tied really sucks. especially when i know how easy it is to do a prior auth. they dont even have to write down the diagnosis all they have to do is fax my charted in-take diagnosis. one week of all my meds is over $200. so i have been begging my insurance company for week supplies for the past 4 weeks and now i have to run around to get HAND SIGNED auth’s from the dr’s because they must all use the same fax machine(no one received the multiple faxes.)

]]> By: Bill http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/relationships/tragedy-of-errors.html/comment-page-1#comment-1724 Bill Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:23:21 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=319#comment-1724 Feel for you guys. My illness has been acting up bad enough for me to start having some really scary thoughts. Hope you don't go there too. Yours, Bill Feel for you guys. My illness has been acting up bad enough for me to start having some really scary thoughts. Hope you don’t go there too.

Yours,

Bill

]]> By: Lex http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/relationships/tragedy-of-errors.html/comment-page-1#comment-1710 Lex Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:30:34 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=319#comment-1710 Hello there: I’m so sorry to hear about the run around you were given with the prescriptions and the pharmacy! I’ve been reading up on your last couple posts and couldn’t find the exact right place to post this response, so I just went with the most recent post. I was curious as to whether you or your wife had any opinions on the recovery movement hitting the mental health field, especially in relation to treatment for bipolar disorder? It’s a bit off-subject, but I thought perhaps it might interest you enough to get a good conversation going. Have you encountered a recovery-based treatment vs. a non-recovery-based treatment plan? I would very much like to hear what you feel the difference is, or if you haven’t had the chance to compare, perhaps just a comment as to what you feel about the movement in general. If you are not overly familiar with the movement, there are a few pretty informative articles about it at: 1) <a href="//www.squidoo.com/whatismentalhealthrecovery”" rel="nofollow">What is Mental Health Recovery</a> 2) <a href="//www.squidoo.com/measuringrecovery”" rel="nofollow">Mental Health Recovery Model</a> If you wouldn’t mind, if you have the time to respond I would very much love to quote you in my blog about the recovery movement, the <a href="//mental-health-recovery.blogspot.com/”" rel="nofollow">Mental Health Recovery Blog</a>. I will of course reference back to you in the posting but if you are not comfortable with being quoted then I’d love to just hear your take here! I would very much value your opinion considering I am trying to get inputs from all sides of the mental healthcare field (practitioners, consumers, advocates, family members, etc.) in order to get a meaningful dialogue going as to what the mental health recovery movement really means. I look forward to talking with you more in the future if this sparks your interest! All the best, Lex <a href="//www.outcomesmhcd.com”" rel="nofollow">MHCD Research and Evaluations</a> Hello there:

I’m so sorry to hear about the run around you were given with the prescriptions and the pharmacy! I’ve been reading up on your last couple posts and couldn’t find the exact right place to post this response, so I just went with the most recent post. I was curious as to whether you or your wife had any opinions on the recovery movement hitting the mental health field, especially in relation to treatment for bipolar disorder? It’s a bit off-subject, but I thought perhaps it might interest you enough to get a good conversation going.

Have you encountered a recovery-based treatment vs. a non-recovery-based treatment plan? I would very much like to hear what you feel the difference is, or if you haven’t had the chance to compare, perhaps just a comment as to what you feel about the movement in general.

If you are not overly familiar with the movement, there are a few pretty informative articles about it at:
1) What is Mental Health Recovery
2) Mental Health Recovery Model

If you wouldn’t mind, if you have the time to respond I would very much love to quote you in my blog about the recovery movement, the Mental Health Recovery Blog. I will of course reference back to you in the posting but if you are not comfortable with being quoted then I’d love to just hear your take here! I would very much value your opinion considering I am trying to get inputs from all sides of the mental healthcare field (practitioners, consumers, advocates, family members, etc.) in order to get a meaningful dialogue going as to what the mental health recovery movement really means.

I look forward to talking with you more in the future if this sparks your interest!

All the best,
Lex
MHCD Research and Evaluations

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