How can I get Medicare/Medicaid to pay for a prescribed Light therapy Lightbox for S.A.D?

I started receiving disability benefits from SSDI in January 2009 so right now I have medicaid still but I will be switched to medicare in Jan 2010 so I’m a little confused about my coverage right now. My new Psychiatrist just suggested that I try a light therapy lamp for my seasonal depression but they are really expensive and I can’t just go buy one unless I can get it covered. The shrink says she will sign whatever I need to get it but she doesn’t know the process so I have to figure it out myself which is really hard for me since I tend to get panic attacks when I try to deal with confusing paperwork and agencies. I know someone who got one covered by the VA Hospital but thats very different from what I have. I really have no clue who to even ask about this and I just keep getting more depressed because the sun in Seattle has been hiding for weeks. Anyone have any ideas?

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Am I hallucinating or not? Should I tell my doctor?

I’m 17. 18 mnths ago I had a small breakdown after my best friend’s suicide attempt (and other stuff), and I didn’t know what was real and what was a dream.

I got on prozac, and I still take it now but I’m a lot better. No panic attacks or huge mood swings any more, & I quit therapy as well because I felt a lot more confident. I quit drinking a lot and cutting. For the last couple of months though, I’ve been seeing things.

Started off just seeing spots of colour, like when you look at a bright light, only not like that bc they only lasted a second & weren’t there when I closed my eyes. I didn’t worry. But then for the last month maybe, I’ve been seeing people as well as colours, like seeing my mom or my friends when they weren’t there. Now they walk around and sometimes don’t disappear until I walk into the space where they are, or leave the room. It’s so real, I react to them as if they’re there, but then realise they can’t be (because I see my mom in my classroom or my friend from my old school in my kitchen). Nobody else sees them. Sometimes I don’t realise it wasn’t real until I’ve been trying to talk to what I guess is an empty space for like a minute.

Is this hallucination? I’m not going to the doctor if it’s anything to do with a mental illness, because I’m not going through that therapy shit again, but if it could be a physical thing then I guess I should go :/

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