tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275996914383242610.post4821455175987766635..comments2023-10-31T02:27:18.201-07:00Comments on Her Every Cent Counts - a quarter life crisis, and change: Health Insurance Plans & Depressionher every cent countshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559826632110489586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275996914383242610.post-88027375455255815642007-10-11T13:29:00.000-07:002007-10-11T13:29:00.000-07:00I hope that you are doing ok. Please let us know w...I hope that you are doing ok. Please let us know what's going on in your life when you feel up to posting.E.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05595667311126848588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275996914383242610.post-60521384052923930272007-10-03T00:31:00.000-07:002007-10-03T00:31:00.000-07:00I was diagnosed with a "mild depression" when I st...I was diagnosed with a "mild depression" when I started seeing a therapist last year around this time. <BR/><BR/>She offered to prescribe me meds despite the hassle of insurance and how she bitched her weekends were spent calling billing and getting paid.<BR/><BR/>The meds are only changing the chemistry in your brain. Once you're off the meds you're back to square one- that's what one of my friends advised as he was severely depressed after moving. So I set goals for myself and revisted them weekly with my therapist. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad I have an insurance plan that doesn't limit the number of visits. I was going to choose the cheaper insurance plan with it'd limit me to 20 visits which I'd easily max out. <BR/><BR/>I've been depressed my entire childhood and I kept it bottled until I was 24. So her suggestion to avoid medication was to talk it out, use psychotherapy, and even try hypnotherapy. There's a lot of new therapy types such as hypontherapy, cognitive therapy and others. I'm a much healthier person mentally than i was a year ago and slightly more confident.<BR/><BR/>Have you looked into a high deductible insurance plan? you can open a high-yield savings account to save for those expenses. im not sure if the higher deductible would include therapy expenses.<BR/><BR/>i hope everything works out! good luck!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104373921737620949noreply@blogger.com