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It is likely that your doctor's visit and X-ray would be billed separately. This is standard because a radiologist has to read the X-ray. However, it is strange that you would get a bill that can't be followed up on by calling the number associated with the company listed on the bill. It's worth calling your insurance company to make sure this isn't a scam of some sort if you have one. If you don't, you can call the original doctor's office and ask how that sort of visit would usually be billed to you. I used to be a medical biller and I saw this sort of confusion all the time. fo

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I used to fall into cycles like that, and I deal with chronic pain which causes me a decent amount of anxiety. I also went to therapy with the specific goal of learning how not to fall into spirals of anxiety anymore. It has been very helpful for me.

I also found it helpful to tell someone I trusted to ask me when they notice I'm isolating if I need someone to talk to about it so I won't have to do the work of reaching out. This was helpful for both of us because they had been feeling like there was nothing they could do to help me if I didn't talk with them about it, and it may be a personal thing they shouldn't bring up, and I was secretly hoping someone would care enough to ask.

Maybe when you're feeling well enough to do so, asking someone who loves you to reach out to you when you need it would be a good choice for you.

I definitely do it, and my friends love that about me. You just have to find the right people, who get your jokes. One of my favorite things about my friendships is being able to joke like this together and have it never feel strange. Maybe strangers won't like it or maybe they will. If they do, they are a potential friend. That's how I look at it.

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I read this last night and I needed time to collect my thoughts before officially replying. This article does a great job explaining how hard it is to know you are going to become dependent on other people for basic needs before it happens and spend your life watching and waiting for symptoms, and how difficult it is to care for people at home who don't want to admit they need help.

Deciding whether or not to get tested is a monumental, life-changing thing because no matter the result, you are either going to be incapacitated or feeling guilty and caring for sick people. There is no escape from it. You just have to try and make the best life you can in spite of it all. Make friends, go on adventures. hold your family close. Find something to do that will leave a mark of some sort.

Obviously, this hits home for me because I come from a family with Huntington's Disease, and I am the first person to actually take the genetic test in my line in 2018. My odds were the same as this family and my disease is similar to FTD but with added Parkinson's symptoms. My mother did not believe she had the disease, even though she was unable to care for herself until I took the test and told her that I was positive, which meant that she was too. I had to ask her doctor to convince her to get tested so I could try to get some help with her care because nothing I said would get through to her. The denial was so strong she wouldn't even say the word out loud. I talk a lot in my therapy about how I feel like I have the weight of many generations of people not talking about this disease bearing down on me, the first tone to test.

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That's really tough. Make sure you're practicing self-care and doing the things that make you feel good about yourself while you work toward better mental and physical health. There are a lot of online resources that are free. I find podcasts helpful personally. I like to listen to people who make me feel good about the world.

This is a nice resource. I'm glad you posted it. I pinned it for you because it has a lot of information that people could use over a long period of time.

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I'm glad this was posted here. It's really encouraging to me that the younger men in my life seem pretty self-aware and willing to talk about mental health. While my young son (18) didn't reach out to me to ask about an increase in his usually mild depression/anxiety and whether he should start medication, his brothers did. He was back to normal pretty quickly. Men and boys need to advocate for each other wherever they can.