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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi, I am in a seriouse situation and I need help. I am a manic, and > was > prescribed a number of drugs- finally zoloff was the wonder cure all > for > me, and my life "moods" took a 180 turnaround for the better. After > leaving my job of many years to become an entrepruener, I had to get > new > insurance. It was then that I found out the realities of depression. > once > diagnosed with depression, if a person tries to gert health insurance > on > their own, "outside of a large corporate group plan" you may as well > have > the plaque. it was impossible for me to get health insurance at a > reasonable rate "affordable to anyone other than bill gates", I was > denied > insurance by company after company, and the ones that would accept me > had > insane premiums,and extreme deductibles. "SO" my solution had to be > extreme, I had to have health insurance for the bank loans, and my own > comfort, so i had to convince my shrink that my depression was > situational, Doing this took over a year. So now I have affordable > insurance again, and also more depression than i care, damn near > dis-abaling. I would be most grateful if any one has leftover samples, > access, or information on how I can get around getting zoloff without > it > being on my medical record. I am going to be near mexico in a couple > months, can i get it easily their? > If you have leftover samples or access to zoloff, I could give you my > P.O. > box number and you could mail it to me without a return adddress, to > releive you from any legalities. Someone please help with this > problem, > depression is no fun

now this seems to be either a ting operation or a case where someone i am anxious to see how the wonderful advisers here in the group

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi, I am in a seriouse situation and I need help. I am a manic, and > was > prescribed a number of drugs- finally zoloff was the wonder cure all > for > me, and my life "moods" took a 180 turnaround for the better. After > leaving my job of many years to become an entrepruener, I had to get > new > insurance. It was then that I found out the realities of depression. > once > diagnosed with depression, if a person tries to gert health insurance > on > their own, "outside of a large corporate group plan" you may as well > have > the plaque. it was impossible for me to get health insurance at a > reasonable rate "affordable to anyone other than bill gates", I was > denied > insurance by company after company, and the ones that would accept me > had > insane premiums,and extreme deductibles. "SO" my solution had to be > extreme, I had to have health insurance for the bank loans, and my own > comfort, so i had to convince my shrink that my depression was > situational, Doing this took over a year. So now I have affordable > insurance again, and also more depression than i care, damn near > dis-abaling. I would be most grateful if any one has leftover samples, > access, or information on how I can get around getting zoloff without > it > being on my medical record. I am going to be near mexico in a couple > months, can i get it easily their? > If you have leftover samples or access to zoloff, I could give you my > P.O. > box number and you could mail it to me without a return adddress, to > releive you from any legalities. Someone please help with this > problem, > depression is no fun

The medical insurance you have now…does it have any exceptions/exemptions from pre-existing conditions?  I’d try that avenue first..ie, see if you can go back to your doctor and have the health insurance cover it..  If I understood correctly, the reason you don’t want it on your medical record is because you are concerned the health insurance would be cancelled, and cause major problems with your business loan. Lynn — disclaimer:  the above is my opinion.. to respond by email remove the loony.bin

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> Can anyone tell me what Zoloft is about?  Is it like prozac or what??? > Need to know, as my friend is on it and needs some info….She is very > depressed, the kind of can’t-get-out-of-bed-depressed and the doc rx’d > that for her….THANX

zoloft works like prozac chemically. they both fall under the category of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), under which paxil (and luvox?) also fall. like prozac, zoloft slows down the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin (it is not a hormone as some believe) by cells in the body. increased levels of serotonin have been linked to stability and has been inappropriately-termed the "happy hormone". all the GPs i’ve seen have told me that zoloft is their favourite anti-d. it has less side effects compared to prozac, and it (to put it in the eloquent words of one of my GPs), "does what prozac does without zonking you out." mind you, ssris are more unlikely to "zonk you out" than they are to make you so jumpy and on-edge that many manic-depressives don’t take them without also taking a mood stabilizer like depakote. if you need any more info, or if you want references, i can try and get them for you. also, i called up pfizer and eli lilly when i was doing my project, and they sent along a lot of stuff pertaining to their products. regards, Dawn. :) International student Second year Media Studies RMIT University, Australia (Melbourne) "Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed."      - from the Minyos database

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