Aaaaaand sometimes is a "controlled substance" so you have to get a new prescription every month. No 90 day supply, refills, or auto renew. 🥲
What's that? You can message through the app to refill all the other ones easily but not the magic one requires calls and in-person visits to remember and juggle? Cool cool cool.
Fortunately they can write up 3 Rx and then send to the pharmacy every month until my next appt.
Of course my pharmacy can't get the stuff due to the shortage so I have been without for 2wks now. It's a process to have the Rx sent over to a different pharmacy. Easy for someone normal. But ADHD without meds? Yeah.
I fucking hate this, and I moved so now my doctor is 30 minutes away. I could find a new doctor but, you know... adhd
I can deal with calling to get a new prescription every month but all the other bullshit that comes with my medication being a controlled substance is what I fucking hate. Oh we are sorry but your prescription is out of stock because the DEA is worried about diversion... Oh and don't call other pharmacies because you are shopping pharmacies and now we are going to flag you...
Also god forbid you might need to refill early if you're going out of town or something. I knew they'd get weird about that so I just refilled it late when I got back and they made me piss in a cup for two months in a row. For refilling late because that could indicate I was selling it apparently???? I still get so upset remembering it. I can't believe how they're allowed to treat us sometimes.
Stratera actually isn't a controlled substance since it's not a stimulant (it's an NRI), but my Ambien is, so I know the pain. It's literally easier for me to get legal weed in multiple states around me than it is to get Ambien, which I've been taking for like 20 years.
Ritalin is the only medication I've taken for the last 15 years and I stg someone still fucking hassles me at least once every few months. Either it's insurance, the doctor, or the pharmacy. Someone ALWAYS makes it a pain in the ass. It's beyond absurd how many hoops I still jump through after over a decade of the same dose of the same medication.
Adderall here, and yeah it's nuts how much I have to fight to get the shit I have been taking since I was 10? 12?, I dunno when it's been a few decades
Pre-authorization gang! Doesn't matter that I'm regularly prescribed by the same doctor for over 10 years... my insurance wants to double check once a year to make sure it's still "medically necessary". Like yeah, my ADHD might just fucking go away one day. I fucking wish it would ya assholes, but could we not hold my script for 3 extra days, every year, just to "make sure" I'm not cured‽
I have to renew mine every 28 days... Because it's so incredibly dangerous that they don't trust the public with any longer prescriptions. I hate it but ahhh, the things I do for that juicy methylphenidate...
Aaaaand if your doctor gets a stick up their ass they can humiliate you with piss tests all they want and you can either endure it or go back into the unmedicated TV static 🥳
That's terrible! Thankfully I've never had a Dr give me a hard time for ADHD meds. Is there any chance you could see a different Dr in your area? You don't deserve to be treated like that.
That's harsh. It's controlled where I'm from but that just means I can't refill on day 89.
Oh my God dude it's such a pain! Also I can't refill on day 30. I have to be completely out, but the pharmacies don't open until 9. So if you need to be a work at 9, you get to pick between being late for work or nit taking medication. 🙃
i understand the sentiment and I appreciate the irony but medication is only as much a 'cure' for ADHD as 'having no legs' can be 'cured' by a wheelchair.
Stimulant medication isn't a cure, you don't have to take it every day, and it doesn't matter when you take it as long as its far enough away from when you sleep.
Nonstimulant medication is also not a cure. There is no cure for ADHD. It's like saying there's a cure for schizophrenia (not comparing the two as issues). Some things don't get cured, they just get the severity lessened.
I could never remember if I took my pills, so I bought one of those weekly pill organizers. I used it for a few weeks...But now I don't feel like filling it up each week, so I just take them in the morning when I go to the bathroom... Then later on in the afternoon I wonder if I have taken my pills because I was on autopilot in the morning.
When I go to bed I put my pill bottle in one place. When I take the pill in the morning, I put it in a different place. I've considered buying one of those timer bottle caps. They fit generic pill bottles and have timer built into the top. You can look at the timer and see how long it's been since you opened the bottle last.
I would go nuts or od if not for the pill organizer. Refilling sucks. But I sigh loudly every Sunday and manage to do it lol
Don't bother filling it. Close it at the end, and pop open the lid for each day. I keep my pills in the bottle.
Oh shoot! My Focalin!! Thanks for the reminder.
My insurance/doctor told me about focalin and I swear it sounds like some made up ADHD med like in South Park or something
soothing voice talk to your doctor about Focusil today
That’s honestly what it sounds like to me
Taking it before dressing up helps.
You've introduced a new problem
Dressing up?
Dressing up as a functional adult.
I.e. “playing pretend”
"I like your outfit."
"Good, because I'm not wearing this uncomfortable outfit for me."
What do you mean at the same time!?
Oh shit. I forgot to take my pill. Thanks for reminding me.
Huh? You don't need to take it at the same time. It'll just impact your sleep if you take it too late. If you have extended release you just have a smaller window of time. Having a structured routine is an important part of tx anyway
I always made it the first thing I did every morning. Get out of bed, pop a vyvanse.
What if getting out of bed is the hard part?
Keep the pills next to the bed, take one, then give yourself permission to lie back down. Eventually your meds will start to kick in and itll be easier to get up.
The lighter side of ADHD
