Overnight stay in hospital for acute anxiety attack, what is my cost without ins!


Question: Overnight stay in hospital for acute anxiety attack, what is my cost without insurance!?
Last night, I was having an acute anxiety attack to the point of heart palpetations and dizziness and turned myself into St!. Anthonys hospital cause I couldn't calm down!. I have temporary health coverage with Assurant health; monthly premium is $84!. I read my policy and I don't think it will cover my incident from last night!. So I'll have to pay out of pocket!. Here's how the treatment went:
It's was about midnight when I walked into the ER!. They checked my vital signs and then admitted me to a room where they prescribed a dose of Xanax; which really helped! Of course, three nurses and the doctor were asking a billion health questions as usual which got on my nerves!. Then they wanted to take me over to a counselor for a psychiatric evaluation!. I was waiting about 3 hours in the ER room cause staff was busy and falling behind!. It was about 4:00 in the morning when I was finally taken over to the counselor; she evaluated me and called the psychiatrist and said that I was good enough to go home--thank god I didn't have to be admitted to the psych ward, I'd be in debt forever! I was finally discharged and able to go home around 5:45 am!. So my total time for staying was about 6 hours tops; I'm not even sure if it counts as overnight!. About how much of a debt would I incur from this incident!? Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc!.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc!.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level!.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication!. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac!. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings!. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac!. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc!.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced!.!.!. you have that "learned behavior" in your mind!. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this!. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction!.!.!. There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to!.!.!.!.

Extracted from Source!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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