Recently went through something traumatic that shook me to my core and all of my bottled up, very unmedicated anxiety and depression resurfaced. In the process of being diagnosed with acute stress disorder (PTSD Lite™) and possibly a more serious underlying mood disorder, and trying to start medication ASAP. My therapist told me he recommends I have GeneSight psychotropic testing done so that I know which SSRI and anxiety meds to avoid. Turns out, GeneSight is a private company that requires the test to be ordered by a doctor, I cannot order it for myself.
First I called my primary care physician (whom I have only seen once since I had to switch doctors in May after my last one, whom I also had only seen once, left the practice). Found out his practice isn’t registered with GeneSight to order the test. Called GeneSight, spoke to a representative who told me that my PCP was registered to order the test, just at a previous practice and she would reach out on my behalf to my doctor’s office about ordering the test. Never heard back. Called around a bunch of local hospitals at the recommendation of my therapist (I am currently living on my college campus for the summer) and everyone I spoke to either had never heard of GeneSight or said they weren’t registered to order it.
Called the GeneSight lady back, she didn’t pick up. Called my doctor’s office again, the woman with whom I spoke said that it doesn’t matter if my doctor was registered to order the test at a previous practice, since he’s with Duly now and they aren’t registered he can’t order me the test.
I feel like I’m losing my fucking mind, why is it so goddamn hard to get this fucking blood test ordered so I can start on medication. At this point I don’t know if I need to consider switching doctors AGAIN or if there’s something else I can do that I just haven’t thought of yet; I’m 19 and handling all of this healthcare shit on my own is very stressful and new to me.
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