Thank you to those who responded.

It sounds like I may be in for a bumpy road. I will see whether my present
insurer will allow me to pay to keep my policy until I transition into
private healthcare in England, if that's even available to me, a non-citizen
on a work permit. Perhaps if that works out, that will beat the
'pre-existing conditions' bit? It does over here, as long as you don't drop
insurance for even a day. Otherwise, will have to take what NHS can give me
unless my partner decides it's worth it to pay full price for name-brand
pharmaceuticals. Yikes!

Brian.... the Abilify I'm taking, along with a low dose of Lexapro, is the
first combination that hasn't taken away my sex drive. I went from 2001 to
most of 2004 without giving a monkey's about sex. Killed a 6-year
relationship! So I am nervous, as you can see, about change. I hope you
and your wife find something that gives you back some zip in your marriage.

Krin, heading to Hampshire soon as I can


>From: Azlan Adnan <azlan088@...>
>Reply-To: BAD_MD@...
>To: BAD_MD@...
>Subject: Re: [BAD_MD] Bipolar & Moving From US to UK (Hampshire). Q about
>Meds!
>Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:55:58 +0800
>
>These meds are available in the UK, if not under the NHS then under private
>medical practice. (The UK is not a Third World country and just about every
>is available ~ albeit at a cost.) Treatment under private practice may be
>prohibitively expensive, unless one has private medical insurance which you
>may be unable to purchase if you have a PRE-EXISTING condition. See if you
>can extend your existing medical insurance to cover the UK. If not, you may
>have to talk to your psych to give you a prescription so that you can
>"stock
>up" now for later.