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A casual community for people with ADHD

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Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.

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Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay.
Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
Discussions regarding medication are allowed as long as you are describing your own situation and not telling others what to do (only qualified medical practitioners can prescribe medication).

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Questions on confusing situations.
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American ADHD'ers: settle a bet: how cheap+available (uninsured) is dextroamphetamine SR or ER/XR single ingredient? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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I obliquely was referring to how insanely priced Dexedrine Spansules are in America and they countered with (unknowingly) that generics are almost always available for basically every med in America. Which, they're not outrageously (seemingly) totally out there but I dont think it totally captures how fucked US prices are for even the staples sometimes

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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can you talk more about that or why that is? Why is assessment such a problem where you are?

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mentioned it once to my Primary doctor, and he went on a rant about how those are "performance enhancers" and anybody would be able to function better on them and essentially said that he refused to let me cheat life that way.

My insurance has a stupid high deductable, so I have to pay everything out of pocket, so I'm not bothering with the search and paperwork required to talk to a mental health professional.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

K First of all, there are non-stimulants. A diagnosis is seperate from "gets amphetamines/speed". Ask him to let you try atomoxetine if he doesnt believe you

Also, Has to be a psychiatrist usually too eh, dont get pawned off on a psychologist before you investigate if thats a guranteed route to a legally and medically valid D^x^, they might be able to help you perform better but often they cant diagnose you with the good kind of diagnosis that gets meds and accoms. Its like an "I'm in love with the boy"/"The Best things in Life are Free"/ Temu "diagnosis" otherwise even tho it could give you valuable coping skills/life skills a psychiatrist can't focus on