No Health Insurance

Hello everyone,

I am new to the Forum.

I joined because no doctors here in Texas seems to care about my condition. Needless to say, for over 15 years since moving to TX I have lost many great paying jobs, and been married 3 times. I am finally taking full responsibility of my lost. I have a mental problem with depression and anxiety.

My first medications were Xanax, Wilbu, depokote, sequel, lexop, prozak, and ambien. The most effective of the drugs were Xanax. It took the edge off. I am now 52 years old, just lost my last job back in Nov 2012 and I have not found a gig yet. I am good at what I do, however I can't trust anyone. I think the world is out to get me when it comes to corporate America. That being said, I am only taking Xanax for now. I can't sleep at all. I have gone weeks without sleeping. I gained a lot of weight with the Anti-depress med. Now that I do not have any health insurance, I cannot go to the doctor... I have no Ambition to do anything, due to my disgust in my weight, midlife crisis, my wife is about to leave me. Can anyone point me into the right direction of getting well. I do admit that I am depressed, have anxiety, and possible bipolar. On top of all this, I was confined to a wheelchair for 2 years from a sports accident. During this time my doctor prescribed sequel & depok. I gained 40 pounds, lost my job too. I rebounded from that only to go back into depression again. It's seem as if I am only depressed when I am over weight and not working or do not have any money. I went to a doctor thinking it was low T. I paid $2500 for injections and for hcg hormones. My body rejected it. I had every side effect in the book. I gained an additional 30 pounds. I cannot get rid of the weight gain around my stomach and chest area. Is there any HOPE for me? Sign... depressed, over weight and no insurance.

Hi Trumpet and welcome!

I too am sorry to hear about your difficulties. You have however made a great first step by coming here and reaching out towards recovery.

I am thinking that self help is going to be your best bet. Lack of insurance makes it very difficult to get therapy, due to the cost...but there are a number of ways to go about helping one's self to feel better.

In our Resource Guide, you will find a number of things that could be helpful to you. I know that when ambition is low, it is hard to get to work...but you must if you want to improve, so check out this amazing and free group of tools!

The other issues that seems to be bothering you is the weight. What have you tried so far...and what are your limitations if any? Could you start with a combination of walking and lifting some weights? The double benefit of cardio and weight bearing exercise, alternating days really put the body into a fat-burning higher metabolism state.

Keep posting with us as well. We are here to understand and care. We will support you through your journey!

Now check out the Resources...main page, 1st post.:)

S.C.