My Insurance Company Dictates My Bipolar Meds Options

I've recently changed health insurance companies. The new one provides awesome prescription benefits - with one major exception - they will only cover generic psych meds.

Needless to say this is frustrating as hell! I now have to switch from a brand medication that's worked wonderfully for a couple years. Unfortunately, there's not a generic available. Hopefully whatever I change to will work just as well.

I've taken several meds for bipolar disorder over the years but none that have worked as well what I'm having to switch from. So, back to my doc I'll go. It's never fun changing meds; it's like a giant chemistry experiment. Ho hum. Stupid insurance companies.

Did I Take My Meds This Morning?

I'm having one of those days where I can't recall if I took my morning bipolar meds. This is not alarming but rather irritating as I feel more than a wee bit forgetful today. On a minor tangent - both bipolar meds and having a stroke cause memory issues (short-term for me).

How could I forget? I have a system at home to ensure that I take them but I unexpectedly traveled and stayed last night elsewhere. So do I or don't I take them now? I have to weigh the pros and cons - then devise a system so this doesn't happen again. Taking too much of an anti-seizure med (for bipolar) is probably worse than missing one dose but think I need to take it now as I've been a bit hypo-manic lately.

Regardless of your age or reasons for taking any meds, one should definitely devise a system to eliminate those "did I or didn't I" conundrums.