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Women, listen up....

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When you do not feel like you are good enough....

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02/22/2025

For anyone who gets their psych meds from Walmart.

For folks who do not know, the Pres and RFK have created a Make America Healthy Act.

This act says in several parts that folks with mental health problems, cancers, autoimmune disorders, substance abuse problems, and a whole host of other medical conditions pose a danger to the well being of America.

RFK proposes "health camps" for the above-mentioned where those sent could be "treated" for an indefinite period of time.

Additionally, RFK opposed many medications for mental health, such as meds for depression, PTSD, and ADHD.

The video shows one woman's experience at Walmart, where pharmacist indicated a policy change.

Please let your doctor's know if you are questioned. Pharmacist notes are NOT bound by confidentiality. Pharmacists are also not trained in the diagnosis and treatment protocols for your medical ailments. Pharmacists DO know how all your medicines will interact. And they know side effects like no one else. They also know the chemicals in pills etc. They may know which meds are for what conditions, but they are not trained in the assessment and treatment and complexities involved in your diagnoses. That is what your medical docs are for for medical conditions and your psychologist is for for psychological conditions. Licensed social workers and counselors can also diagnose and treat psychological problems.

Your doctors and therapists can check with their ethics boards about how to help you protect your physical and mental health...as well as your information about your physical and mental health.

I have not heard what the next steps are or how this information will be being used. You can call your insurance companies and ask why they are asking for this info. You can also call your representatives and ask if these questions are linked to the Make America Healthy Act and express your opinion Abt it if yes.

You DO have a right to 1. Ask what that Info is being requested for. 2. Ask how they will protect your Information since it is considered private. 3. Ask is the policy a Walmart policy, insurance or fed regulatory agency. 4. Ask if you can still get meds if you choose to give NO answer, or say "I decline to answer" (bc that is an answer) or say "I don't remember" or you will hv to get that I for from my doc. 5. Ask to have your prescription transferred to another pharmacy. 6. Call other pharmacies and see if they hv same policy. It is possible some small private pharmacies (like eastridge Phelps or hometown pharmacy) may not hv same policies as the big box corporate pharmacies.

As I learn more, I will post something. I am letting folks know because many people I treat will be impacted by this executive decisions.

I will be reaching out to the KY Psychologist Association Board (that I sit on-full disclosure) and the American Psychological Association to see if there is more Info about this.

I will do my best to mention anything I have fact checked pertaining to potential changing laws or rules that could impact your mental health treatment.

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06/26/2024

"Piglet?" said Pooh.
"Yes?" said Piglet.
"I'm scared," said Pooh.
For a moment, there was silence.
"Would you like to talk about it?" asked Piglet, when Pooh didn't appear to be saying anything further.
"I'm just so scared," blurted out Pooh.
"So anxious. Because I don't feel like things are getting any better. If anything, I feel like they might be getting worse. People are angry, because they're so scared, and they're turning on one another, and there seems to be no clear plan out of here, and I worry about my friends and the people I love, and I wish SO much that I could give them all a hug, and oh, Piglet! I am so scared, and I cannot tell you how much I wish it wasn't so."
Piglet was thoughtful, as he looked out at the blue of the skies, peeping between the branches of the trees in the Hundred Acre Wood, and listened to his friend.
"I'm here," he said, simply. "I hear you, Pooh. And I'm here."
For a moment, Pooh was perplexed.
"But... aren't you going to tell me not to be so silly? That I should stop getting myself into a state and pull myself together? That it's hard for everyone right now?"
"No," said Piglet, quite decisively. "No, I am very much not going to do any of those things."
“But - " said Pooh.
"I can't change the world right now," continued Piglet. "And I am not going to patronise you with platitudes about how everything will be okay, because I don't know that.
"What I can do, though, Pooh, is that I can make sure that you know that I am here. And that I will always be here, to listen; and to support you; and for you to know that you are heard.
"I can't make those Anxious Feelings go away, not really.
"But I can promise you that, all the time I have breath left in my body...you won't ever need to feel those Anxious Feelings alone."
And it was a strange thing, because even as Piglet said that, Pooh could feel some of those Anxious Feelings start to loosen their grip on him and could feel one or two of them start to slither away into the forest, cowed by his friend, who sat there stolidly next to him.
Pooh thought he had never been more grateful to have Piglet in his life.

06/13/2024

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