Damn.

[lillilah]

I got an email from the new psychologist this morning, completely melting down over trying to register with the Department of Labor as a provider. It was indeed confusing, but the level of meltdown was really stressful for me. She also found on the DoL website information that they were going to pay her much less than they were paying my previous doctor, which makes no sense. She wants me to guarantee her that they will pay her a certain amount. I have told her at least a dozen times that I have never had anything to do with billing and that I know nothing about it. The little I know leads me to believe that it depends on the codes she uses when she fills out the forms. My previous psychologist has offered (and I have told the new psychologist this) to help her fill out the forms, but the new psychologist is really fussy and doesn't seem to read all of what I send her. While I think that the DHEA I just started taking may be helping me with anxiety, I still spent five hours feeling like I was shaking, with my poor stomach puffed up like a balloon (IBS, I assume). I may be desperate, but I'm not so desperate as to put up with this crap. I do not need a doctor who makes me more sick.

I have contacted a Russian friend who is a psychologist, in hopes that she knows a psychologist in town who understands English and who has treated people with brain injuries, since the DoL said that it would be okay to see a Russian doctor. I also have a list of psychologists in Florida (where they supposedly have laws that permit doctors to see patients from anywhere), who work with the DoL.

Maybe this time, I'll find the right doctor.