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How to Find Help

by pink fingerprint I've been struggling to replace one part of my team.  The drug prescription part of it.  It struck me that in spite of my mental health education and google savvy I still have struggles getting what I need and want out of the mental health system. Six weeks of research, insurance, doctor calls and referrals and I still don't have a person with a prescription pad to call mine. ( update, I do now! ) So, I decided to write a post about it.  Not being 'normal' I do the next best thing.  I normalize. prioritize needs gender, specialty,  diagnosis, talk, insurance, cost See the link above for a post about what each need can mean for who you want in your corner. start small So, we're deciding between talking and medicating.  Not sure? See link above or go with talking and a therapist.  They are compassionate and do not usually have the highest price tag in the bunch.  A good therapist will guide a patient to other needed...