Ds was recently diagnosed by a psychiatrist and we have started him on meds.
Unfortunately the psychiatrist is not on our insurance plan and for mental health our plan does not reimburse at all for out of network providers. We tried to find in network care but the list of providers was very short and either the providers had extremely long waits (the local hospitals) or were completely unknown to us and to everyone we asked (including several psychiatrists who were generous enough to review the list despite having no prior relationship to us). Of course appointments are very expensive. And our insurance only covers part of the meds. So we are spending quite a bit out of pocket.
I am wondering if, once we feel confident we have hit the right med, it is reasonable to switch to using our regular ped to monitor and prescribe? I have not asked him yet if he would be willing to do that. But it would be a huge savings for us.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks,
Catherine