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Originally Posted by bluenena  Hello,
I have been on 200mg of zoloft for a 1 1/2 years. I dodn't know how I would have survived without it. However, I just moved to CA from AZ and I now have no perscription coverage. I went five days without taking it and felt to ill. Headaches extreme nausia and lathargic. So far I have been able to walk myself through any onset of anxiety. So I went to the pharmacy to get my refill and figured since it was for the generic I could just pay for it. Wrong it was $160.00. There is no way for me to come up with this money. I bought 10 pills. This was the day before yesterday. I took 100mg right away, and 100 more yesterday. Today I took 50mg. I have a little nausia, but overall I don't feel to bad. I will try to taper off. There's not muh more for me to do with only 7 1/2 pills left. |
Dear Bluenena,
My heart goes out you, my friend, & I am so thankful that I live over here, in my homeland of Australia, because I depend upon on a lot of medications to keep me alive.......
If I had to pay the full price for the large amounts of medication I have been prescribed for the many life-threatening disabilities I suffer from, I wouldn't be able to afford to pay for them...
I suffer from high blood pressure, PseudoHypoParathyroidism, Asthma & various forms of severe mental illness as well....
I am on a Disability Support Pension because, at present I am unable to work, although I am trying to improve my health through exercise, a healthy diet & vitamin & mineral supplements, in the hope that one day, I can get back into the workforce again...
Over here in Australia, the government has put into place a medical system which enables those who are unemployed or on disability pensions to buy medication at a relatively low cost....
I would have to be able to find a job that payed
at least $30,000 Australian Dollars a year, to be better off financially than I am on disability, because if I was working I would have to pay full price for my meds.....
For example if my memory serves me correctly, the Anti-Psychotic which I have been prescribed for Paranoid Psychosis, would cost me approximately $300.00 a box, if I was working.....
I will say a prayer for you today, Bluenena & remember, everyone of us who post on this board are your extended family & we are all here for you....
I find it helps me, personally, to keep posting on the mental illness forums here at Sober & Recovery, for it is my experience that you will only find loving & supportive people with beautiful hearts here on the anxiety forum....
Sober & Recovery is a life-line to me as sometimes the only people who can understand the
living Hell you are going through at the present time, are those who have shared your suffering & pain in the past, or are still going through this nightmare at present....
Life can only get better for you, Bluenena, as there's always a light at the end of the tunnel....
God Bless.....