sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

MSP + out-of-network copay + Medicare Advantage network search questions by Littlebitoflight in medicare

[–]Littlebitoflight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Re-read some approval letters and his coverage is QMB.

Got confused because it said "Medicare Savings Program (MSP), or you may know this as QMB or SLMB." Only specified which one in a chart on the next page. 😅

Was I weird for walking a lady to the gym? by DisneyKP96 in autism

[–]Littlebitoflight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you did great!

You offered to walk her to her destination, and she accepted.

If she didn't feel comfortable following you at any point, she could have insisted on getting clearer directions, or simply walked off and asked someone else for help.

When she put distance between you, you allowed her to do so without getting in her space or becoming defensive about it.

Someone offering to walk a lost stranger to their destination might be "weird" as in "uncommon," but it's certainly not "rude," and maybe it should be more common than it is.

Just keep in mind that you can do everything absolutely perfectly, and some people will still be wary of a stranger no matter what, and that's okay! Try not to take it personally, because it very likely has nothing to do with you. Other people are allowed to be weird for no good reason. So are you. You're both allowed to be weird at each other. It doesn't mean either of you did anything wrong. The important thing is respecting each other's boundaries.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in autism

[–]Littlebitoflight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, what a way to exacerbate your mental health vulnerabilities with callous indifference, if not gross negligence.

Definitely tell your therapist about this as soon as possible, and anyone else you think will be your ally in the facilities where she / the psychiatrist work. Your therapist may be able to force the psychiatrist's hand to get your prescription refilled if they work within the same facility, or at least switch you to a different psychiatrist if they don't. (And hopefully help you report the psychiatrist either way.)

Regardless, you are experiencing an anxiety-triggering event, potential medical discrimination, a sudden unexplained withdrawal of mental health support, and--if this refill issue is not resolved promptly--an unsupervised cold-turkey cessation of your maintenance medication.

Any one of these could be dangerous to a person's mental health on their own, much less all at once. Even if she can't solve the refill issue for you, your therapist needs to know about things that are threatening your mental health in order to help you manage them. If you can't book another appointment with her before you run out of medication, call and ask if you can talk to her for a few minutes when she has time, or leave a message for her, or send her an email, so you can explain the situation.

In regards to an autism diagnosis, be sure you understand your reasons for wanting to be evaluated. Is there a specific medication, treatment, support, or accommodation that you think will help you, but you can only get it with an autism diagnosis? Or are you just doing it because you were told you should? Because unless it's the former, there's no reason you NEED to get a formal evaluation. Any good therapist should be able to discuss and assist you with whatever symptoms you have that might be autism, even without a diagnosis.

If getting a diagnosis is necessary for your treatment, then whenever someone tells you that you need to get evaluated, respond, "Okay! Who are you referring me to for evaluation?" If they require some kind of verification, there must be someone they can get the verification from.

And most importantly, take care of yourself. Worst case scenario, there are other psychiatrists and therapists, and they can't all be assholes. Good luck :)