You may also have luck searching Google, such as using the name of your county or zip code.
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Yeah, the possibilities are pretty much endless with Google. You could do a Google site search of your local newspaper's website.
For example, for the Miami Herald:
site:miamiherald.com lions club - Google Search
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In case you missed this -- it lists every single one in your state alphabetically:
Lions/Leo Club Locator
For example, for the Miami Herald:
site:miamiherald.com lions club - Google Search
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In case you missed this -- it lists every single one in your state alphabetically:
Lions/Leo Club Locator
Hospitalization is not what it used to be. Decades ago, some psych hospitals were more like retreats, with martial arts classes, art therapy, and even gardening. Those days are gone since almost everything is outpatient now, largely due to the availability of antipsychotic medications for disorders like schizophrenia.
Basically, the only way to be hospitalized now for something like depression or anxiety is to be suicidal. And then, once you are there, the goal is to get you out ASAP, even within 24 hours. It costs the taxpayers or the insurance companies often over $1,000 a day. So that's why they are motivated to keep people out unless they absolutely need to be there.
If you cannot afford to see a doctor, I guess your best bet in the very short term is the E.R. in the hopes of getting a generic prescription for a SSRI that will cost you $4 - $10 at Walmart or Walgreens. But I don't know for sure if doctors at the E.R. usually give such prescriptions rather than just refer the person to somewhere else. You may be able to get information by calling the E.R.
Have you looked into applying for Medicaid?
Basically, the only way to be hospitalized now for something like depression or anxiety is to be suicidal. And then, once you are there, the goal is to get you out ASAP, even within 24 hours. It costs the taxpayers or the insurance companies often over $1,000 a day. So that's why they are motivated to keep people out unless they absolutely need to be there.
If you cannot afford to see a doctor, I guess your best bet in the very short term is the E.R. in the hopes of getting a generic prescription for a SSRI that will cost you $4 - $10 at Walmart or Walgreens. But I don't know for sure if doctors at the E.R. usually give such prescriptions rather than just refer the person to somewhere else. You may be able to get information by calling the E.R.
Have you looked into applying for Medicaid?
It seems you would benefit from having a social worker of some sort. Maybe the United Way (211.org) can help you out in that regard, in addition to helping you get mental health counseling and other resources.
You can always get information by calling near-by hospitals and asking to speak to their intake department for the psych unit. Unfortunately, that may be like getting cold water splashed on your face, especially since you do not have any form of insurance.
Another way to get information about resources may be to call a local crisis hotline. Calling the suicide prevention hotline is one way to get routed to such hotlines. But I'm guessing you may have better luck with the United Way if you don't live in a city since there are only 150+ local crisis hotlines nationally.
In any case, you can always the call the suicide prevention hotline if you are in emotional distress (not necessarily suicidal):
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Most people who call are not suicidal.
Another way to get information about resources may be to call a local crisis hotline. Calling the suicide prevention hotline is one way to get routed to such hotlines. But I'm guessing you may have better luck with the United Way if you don't live in a city since there are only 150+ local crisis hotlines nationally.
In any case, you can always the call the suicide prevention hotline if you are in emotional distress (not necessarily suicidal):
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Most people who call are not suicidal.
Your IBS-like symptoms, combined with your related anxiety/depression, may be a good enough reason to get a SSRI from an E.R. I believe, however, that going to a E.R. will affect your credit rating eventually since the resulting bill for being seen in a E.R. -- even if they don't do anything for you except see you -- is basically an expensive, unpaid bill that will be sent to collections.
The same is true with hospitalization. Even if you can find a community-based behavioral healthcare center that offers psych hospitalization without needing to pay upfront, they will still bill you. (But my guess is they will probably be less likely than the E.R. to send the bill to collections.)
BTW, one of my psychiatrists once said that exercise is the "poor-man's antidepressant." So exercising more intensely or frequently can help with anxiety, depression, etc.
My credit is shot already so going there would not effect me. Not sure what you mean about SSRI though
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prozac, for example, is a SSRI.
Prozac, for example, is a SSRI.
That has primarily to do with correlation rather than causation -- people who are depressed tend to think of suicide. The suicide rate went down (not up) when Prozac was first released.
There's also articles in the forum saying that such concerns are not well-founded.
There's also articles in the forum saying that such concerns are not well-founded.
oh well I am going to think it over to Friday or sat maybe sooner about getting hospitalized. Maybe though if I am in the hospital they can get me medicaid and other help.
For a mental health disorder, the only real chance most adults have of getting Medicaid is applying for the federal Social Security Disability program, which is a lengthy process that can easily take a year since most people are initially denied. The earliest time to get a decision is measured in months.
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But the reality is, as Daniel has been trying to explain, that is unlikely to happen.
Well, the decision to re-apply for SSDI benefits mostly depends on your prognosis, your age, your work history, etc. At the age of 39, you are still considered relatively young and therefore more able to work. You can talk to a SSDI lawyer for a free consult, who would probably advise that you apply ASAP and see a psychiatrist regularly.
In any case, whether you try to go back to work sooner or later, you will want to get some outpatient mental health services.
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