so frustrated right now because I finally found a mental health center that takes my insurance but they refuse to see me since I'm not on medication. I did not know they had this policy. apparently bipolar and in general, anyone with suicidal ideation or history of attempts has to be on meds to be seen. During intake I told them I was trying to see if therapy would be useful in helping me treat my bipolar without meds (btw, I have pretty "tame" bipolar with no psychotic symptoms and no hospitalizations) as the meds came with horrible side effects. After a couple weeks of not hearing back I call to ask what was going on and thats when they told me that. So i guess I should have lied. They said its a pretty common policy and I might find luck with a private practice (not with my insurance though). I'm at kind of a loss here. I don't want to take meds just to get therapy. I've searched high and low and I live in a very small city with no car to travel to a bigger one weekly. There are support groups but I don't think it's going to be enough to manage. I felt so shitty after hearing this I ended up skipping my classes and stayed in bed. Which is a bad move, now I'm trying to pull myself out of it before it turns into a spiral. Why should it be this hard? How is it ok to turn away people who are asking for help? I suppose I could just tell them that I started taking meds again? Could lying backfire on me? I just want a damn therapist.



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