Help Nochi Go To The Doctor
I have BPD2, GAD, and ADHD, and medication is the only way I've been able to be even a little bit functional. At the end of last year, I had to switch from my insurance plan with a Very Reasonable Copay to one with a deductible, because my subsidy dropped dramatically and I could no longer afford my very nice plan that gave me medication and regular office visits.
If you don't know what BPD2 does, it gives me a very low baseline mood, with occasional sharp, brief swings upward into mania. Things I have done during manic episodes while unmedicated: rearrange all the furniture in my room, screaming matches with my dad/boyfriend/mother/anyone in hearing distance, binge-eating to the point of illness, self-harm (cutting, hair-pulling).
GAD, or General Anxiety Disorder, makes it impossible for me to leave my house, sleep, or speak to anyone not immediately in my line of sight. I call it "the meteors are falling"; my mind gets caught in a loop of everything that could possibly go wrong, and then becomes convinced that it either has already gone wrong or will go wrong if I continue on my current path. I lock up, don't make decisions that I know need to be done, and can't sleep with the meteors swirling in my head.
ADHD not only doesn't let me focus on anything I sit down to do, it makes me forget the order of things, or forget steps - like "turn off the stove". It makes me lose track of time, or how much money I've spent, and makes keeping any kind of schedule, budget, or plan difficult bordering on impossible.
These are the things I'm dealing with, that I've managed to sit on with medication thus far. I am at risk of losing all the progress I've gained and the tiny start of an adult life I'm trying to scrape together.
An office visit on the new plan costs $195. The premium is $288/month. I am on a fixed income of $500, with other expenses coming in at around $180. I cannot, at this moment, pay for this visit. But I have to go, because if I lose my medications I will be completely non-functional again, and I can't afford that. I have made too much progress and gotten too many things started that I will lose if I lose myself again.
The appointment is February 26th. I need at least $195 by then.
I've set the goal on this campaign higher than the cost of the visit on the off-chance the medication does something similarly stupid and costs more than I'm expecting. I'm currently on two separate medications and may be started on a new one; this will be my first visit with this doctor so I don't know what she'll recommend.
Even a little bit helps. Every step towards that goal helps ease the weight of this necessary, but heavy burden. Thank you and God bless you.
If you don't know what BPD2 does, it gives me a very low baseline mood, with occasional sharp, brief swings upward into mania. Things I have done during manic episodes while unmedicated: rearrange all the furniture in my room, screaming matches with my dad/boyfriend/mother/anyone in hearing distance, binge-eating to the point of illness, self-harm (cutting, hair-pulling).
GAD, or General Anxiety Disorder, makes it impossible for me to leave my house, sleep, or speak to anyone not immediately in my line of sight. I call it "the meteors are falling"; my mind gets caught in a loop of everything that could possibly go wrong, and then becomes convinced that it either has already gone wrong or will go wrong if I continue on my current path. I lock up, don't make decisions that I know need to be done, and can't sleep with the meteors swirling in my head.
ADHD not only doesn't let me focus on anything I sit down to do, it makes me forget the order of things, or forget steps - like "turn off the stove". It makes me lose track of time, or how much money I've spent, and makes keeping any kind of schedule, budget, or plan difficult bordering on impossible.
These are the things I'm dealing with, that I've managed to sit on with medication thus far. I am at risk of losing all the progress I've gained and the tiny start of an adult life I'm trying to scrape together.
An office visit on the new plan costs $195. The premium is $288/month. I am on a fixed income of $500, with other expenses coming in at around $180. I cannot, at this moment, pay for this visit. But I have to go, because if I lose my medications I will be completely non-functional again, and I can't afford that. I have made too much progress and gotten too many things started that I will lose if I lose myself again.
The appointment is February 26th. I need at least $195 by then.
I've set the goal on this campaign higher than the cost of the visit on the off-chance the medication does something similarly stupid and costs more than I'm expecting. I'm currently on two separate medications and may be started on a new one; this will be my first visit with this doctor so I don't know what she'll recommend.
Even a little bit helps. Every step towards that goal helps ease the weight of this necessary, but heavy burden. Thank you and God bless you.
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Nochi Price
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Dallas, GA