VA being VA.

VA Medication Mess-up

I have moved to another address and knowing the VA I had made a back-up plan with my psychiatrist if I could not get an appointment in the time needed to refill my medications I would be able to email and have my old one refilled and sent to me. Of course VA did not disappoint me, I still have not gotten a mental health appointment, it is in February, so I emailed and the prescription was filled. Now here is where this is a total VA thing – It was sent to my old address. Not only that but the new prescription, I was given also, got sent to the old address. I changed my address at the VA hospital as soon as I moved (months ago). I went to track the prescriptions and saw they were delivered to the old address last week, all of them.

On top of that my ebenefits account changed my address back to the old one after I put in the new one, again months ago.

So now the new medications that I have been waiting for over 6 months to finally get to help is hours away from me. Plus, the old medications that I have been on for a while, and if I go cold-turkey I’ll be in the ER, is also at the old address. On top of it all the new medication was sent from the old pharmacy – how did this happen, oh yea, it was VA.