u/SarahSaidSo182

When my clinic first sent the PA, they got a denial letter saying I haven't tried enough antidepressants and that I needed to try more (I've already tried 7). When I called my insurance to get a copy of the denial letter, they said my clinic never sent them a PA. Turns out the clinic sent it to the wrong department, and we would've never known it was being sent to the wrong place if I never investigated it myself.

I'm their first patient with my insurance company, so I think that has a lot to do with it.

After they send it to the right place, I call the clinic for an update and they said I was denied again, and emailed me a copy (also I learned about the first denial only after I called, they so far have never reached out to me about updates). I've been reading through this subreddit for the the last few months while I've been waiting to start treatment, and I've never seen all of this being required before approval.

I'm so concerned with how long it will take for my clinic to get all of this in order, since they didn't know what's required or where to even send the PA in the first place.

I was looking into starting Joyous and trying the troches to hold me over until I can start Spravato because I'm mentally the worst I've been in a decade. But now I'm concerned that if I do that, it'll be the perfect excuse for my insurance company to deny me. Even if I don't tell anyone, would it show up in the to screen?

Any insight or anything would be helpful, I'm losing hope and trying to navigate all of this with my depression and ADHD. I'm unable to work since all of my energy and brain power is going to this because my clinic isn't on top of this.

My stylist used white hair so she could dye it to match my hair, which I guess means the tape is white too. I tried using a red sharpie to try to hide it, but it didn't help. I got these because my hair is thin and I hate when my scalp shows, but now I'm self conscious for a whole new reason 😞

Any tips? This is my first time having extensions.