It has been a very dissapointing day for me. I have learned that, at best, my future consists of 13 more nights of a fairly decent night of sleep (something that cost me $60.00) followed by endless nights of only sleeping 2-3 hours nughtly - if I am lucky.
You see, it cost me $60 for 14 Ambien CR tablets to help me fall asleep and then continue sleeping despite the chronic pain that I continue to be in.
After those run out my PCP ( that stands for Primary Care Physician although I think the word "care" should be replaced with something else....) will only perscribe the same 15Mg tablets of a generic sleep aid that just doesn't work that well for me.
The weird thing is that the drug is slso available in 22.5 and 30 Mg tablets - and BCBS will cover me taking 2 a night if needed (at the huge price of $8.00 a month) and yet the doctor refuses to perscribe it.
I just have one question: How the HECK would he know? The last time I tried to see him in person (instead of one of his assistants) I made the schedule two months in advance and they "lost" the appointment and I ended up with the assistant anyway.
But I guess he thinks that sleep is over rated. Maybe I can have his answering service page him every 30 minutes starting about 1:00 AM (and do that every night for a week) and then see how willing he would be to discuss with me the need to sleep each night.
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