Psychiatrist quit
50 yo male. Diagnosed for 3 years. 40 mg dex per day. Psychiatrist quit. I have reached out to one clinic and they want $1600 for 2 appointments (exc medicare) rebate and I can only get a script on my 2nd appointment. I am diagnosed. I manage it. I just need my script. I live on the mid-north coast of NSW. Not many psychiatrists around. My GP won't prescribe. Any recommendations for telehealth clinics that don't rip you off with BS when you are already diagnosed?
Fuck me. I also have MS. Imagine if I changed neurologists and I had to have a lumbar puncture and all the other shit to get my MS meds. Also epileptic, I would need to have a seizure before they would prescribe me my epilepsy meds? Bunch of knobs. How can it even be legal.
And what's with the shit that you get less of a rebate if you don't have a "support person" attend?
Apologies for rant.
EDIT 1. For clarity. I am not pissed at the psychiatrist. It’s a rural area. He was old and from comments he made he was hanging in there to provide a service. I am also not pissed at the practice. It is difficult to get specialists in rural areas. Thanks for the comments on rediagnosis. It makes sense. I was diagnosed late in life and the psych ended questions after 10 minutes and started the conversation about approaches to manage my ADHD. It was cut and dry but it is a qualitative assessment so someone needs confidence before prescribing. Concern is the rigmarole of rediagnosis and going through the process only for a different outcome. Then I seem like a two bit hooker shopping around to get my fix when in actual fact meds have transformed my life. I also doubt the neuro would take on ADHD but will ask at my next appointment.