Brain shocks

I take anti-anxiety medicine.  Or, more accurately, I TOOK anti-anxiety medicine.  No reason.  My life is good and smooth and every day is a sun shiny day.

I have a bad habit of waiting until the very last day to take care of getting my re-fills filled. It's always one thing or another. Weather, the kids, laziness, what-have-you.

The last time I ran out of re-fills, I called my dr, and he called in a rx, but also required that I come in for an exam before he writes a new rx.  Oh bother (said inWhinnie the Pooh voice).
I don't know if he realized, but when he called in the rx, he called it in with 2 refills- so a total of 3 month rx.  In addition, when I went for the exam, he gave me a paper rx. So I picked up my meds, and just hung onto the paper until I would need it-- in 3 months.

Well, it turns out these things expire.  I didn't know. Seriously, it didn't occur to me.  Call me naive.  I dropped off the paper rx on Saturday (after I'd finished my last rx on Fri).  They called me to tell me that it had expired, but they would call my dr's office, and if I could provide an empty med bottle to show that this was not a new rx, but an existing medication I was taking, they'd give me 2 pills to tide me over through the weekend until I could get in touch with my dr.

Yadda yadda yadda.... when I went to pick up my weekend dose, the girl at the counter didn't know who I spoke to, but said she couldn't fill it for me. Ps, my dr is not in till Monday.  Enter withdrawal.

The medication that I take is not super strong or crazy or mind altering or anything, but it'll mess ya up for a couple of days if you suddenly stop taking it.  So, here are the brain shocks.  It's as though every time I turn my head, or change my posture, or move at all, someone flashed the lights on and off super fast, and also turned my fingers into bean bags.

The pharmacist was somewhat apologetic and explained that it is "a medicaid issue." and that most other insurance companies are good about these situations and allow them to issue one or two doses to a patient in order to prevent any withdrawal symptoms.

While I am extremely grateful for the existence of medicaid for keeping me and my boys healthy, and vaccinated, and up to date on "well checks", damn they are frustrating when it comes to red tape.

Soooo, tomorrow, I go to my dr office to pick up a new rx and then immediately go get my bloodwork done (womp womp).  Thanks again John, for always making my life simple. You are the best husband ever.
And then I will once again spin the medicaid wheel and try to find a dr that won't make me drag me and my 2 toddlers in every 3 months for that stupid piece of paper.. Seriousy, a 6 month prescription would be super. No wammies, no wammies...... STOP!