I currently live in an Appalachian state but it’s pretty much a given that either late this year or early next year I’ll be moving to a Deep South state. I’m intimidated by the prospect of finding a psychiatrist and therapist down there, not to mention a good hospital (I’m sure they have a better variety of them down there than where I’m living now, though, so maybe that’s something to actually look forward to).
Those of you in the states who’ve had to move to a different state since developing sz, what was the process of switching mental health services like? I’m going to do some research on the subject tonight; wanted to know your guys’ perspectives as well. Thank you!
Someone posted a couple of months ago that they moved to a different state but they didn’t plan ahead enough and they ran out of medication before being seen for the first time and the new clinic would not prescribe medication until they are seen for the first time. Their old clinic didn’t give them enough to last. So they didn’t have medication for weeks.
I had been in Department of Vocational Rehabilitation in Connecticut for about two years. Then, I moved to Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Rehabilitation did not want to look at the work done in Connecticut. Sew . . . it was start all over.
As far as I know, they were into responsible use of resources. I had had eight or nine weeks of testing that showed where I would fit best, and then I moved.
It is a long time ago. Naturally, I have PTSD as well as schizophrenia, and I would note anger. Angry people frighten me, that is.
Connecticut had decided the ideal job for me was a bellhop in a hotel, and they were about to place me when I got snatched up and went away.
In Massachusetts, I think they decided I was much too bright to be put in as a bellhop.
But hearing that is the kick in the *** I needed to finally get all this sorted.