People with mood disorders like major depression, dysthymia, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, and postpartum depression face months-long waits for psychiatrists while trying to manage crushing symptoms. When getting out of bed feels impossible or your moods swing between extremes, finding the right help becomes urgent.
Solace mood disorder advocates are experienced medical professionals who:
Your advocate handles the overwhelming search for care while you focus on feeling better.
Best of all, most patients pay nothing out of pocket.
Lori S.
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Lori is a retired nurse with 40+ years of experience. She specializes in home, hospital, and rehab care. She excels in case management.
Ron S.
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Ron is a patient advocate certified by UCLA. He excels in medical billing, insurance issues, and healthcare navigation.
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Jessica B.
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Jessica is a dual-board certified nurse practitioner. She's helped many patients who've had difficulty navigating the healthcare system.
Terri L.
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Terri has 26 years of experience as an Occupational Therapist. She specializes in aging life care and caregiver support.
Mood disorders are often misdiagnosed. Your advocate helps distinguish between major depression and bipolar disorder, identifies dysthymia versus major depressive episodes, and ensures accurate diagnosis. They coordinate comprehensive evaluations so you get the right treatment for your specific condition.
Finding the right medication for depression or bipolar disorder takes patience. Your advocate tracks how antidepressants or mood stabilizers affect you, monitors for signs of mania in bipolar patients, and manages side effects. They help you find medications that work without making you feel worse.
Different mood disorders need different approaches. Your advocate connects SAD sufferers with light therapy, helps new mothers access postpartum specialists, and coordinates mood charting for bipolar disorder. They ensure you get treatment tailored to your specific type of mood disorder.
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With Solace, you get both a patient advocate and a supporting physician, which we refer to as your “care team”.
Your advocate will be there to manage the day to day aspects of your care: coordinating with doctors, researching potential solutions and communicating updates to you.
Your supporting physician can unlock resources for you and your advocate that might otherwise be out of reach.
Major depressive disorder hits hard and fast, while persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) drains you slowly over years. Solace advocates help identify which type affects you, coordinate appropriate treatment intensity, and adjust strategies for chronic versus episodic depression. They ensure major depression gets urgent attention, help dysthymia patients find long-term management, and recognize when both conditions occur together. Your advocate tailors support to your depression's specific pattern.
Bipolar I involves full manic episodes while Bipolar II has less severe hypomanic periods, but both need careful management. Solace advocates help track the difference between mania and hypomania, ensure mood stabilizers are properly adjusted, and coordinate emergency plans for manic episodes. They monitor for rapid cycling between moods, help identify triggers for mood switches, and ensure both depression and mania are treated. Your advocate manages the complex balance of bipolar disorder.
Seasonal affective disorder strikes every winter like clockwork, while postpartum depression blindsides new mothers when they expect joy. Solace advocates coordinate light box therapy and vitamin D for SAD, connect new mothers with perinatal psychiatrists, and ensure these specific depressions aren't dismissed. They help plan ahead for seasonal patterns, coordinate care that's safe during breastfeeding, and validate that these are real medical conditions. Your advocate ensures specialized depression types get proper treatment.
Living with mood disorders means creating strategies that work through ups and downs over years. Solace advocates help build consistent routines that support mood stability, coordinate therapy alongside medication management, and adjust treatment as life changes. They create crisis plans before you need them, help family understand mood disorders, and ensure continuous care through insurance changes. Your advocate provides steady support through every mood state.