We will give you just the right amount and you need to remember to call your doctor, make sure to get a confirmation of the prescription renewal, check with your pharmacy that they received it. Go and get your medication. All that within 3 days of you running out. Also the pharmacy is out of your medication and we’ll get it on about 4 to 7 days. Now you need to remember to call them to check if they received it every day. And that’s how I spent two weeks without meds. I didn’t feel any withdraw, but my wife had to constantly remind me to do things that I could do without reminder while I took them. This is the dumbest system ever.
and delays in picking up meds don’t count towards the 30 day wait until your next script can be picked up, so waiting 2 weeks for the pharmacy to figure things out is 2 weeks of meds you don’t get back. the 30 day clock doesn’t start when the script is sent in or even when it’s filled, only when you actually pick it up. so dumb
That part is so frustrating. With the delays now I’m just trying to take less because I know I’m going to be without it.
My ADHD meds are on backorder. I have 4 doses left and no clue about when the pharmacy will get them in. I call my pharmacy every day and they have no clue when they’ll be in.
If you are in the US, try Costco pharmacy. They have been a godsend during the shortage in my area.
There aren’t any cotscos near me. I live in a very rural area. I may see if my pharmacy can send the script somewhere that does have the medication. They do that sometimes, but only if it isn’t a shortage in our entire area. :/
If it’s possible in your area, I’ve had an easier time dealing with an independent pharmacy than with any of the big chains.
I go to a small pharmacy that is located inside a larger hospital. They have more limited hours than the big chains but they’ve always had my meds and been easy to get info from over the phone.
I’ve had lots of shit experiences with CVS/Walgreens/Costco
Yeah, every time I have to get any other medicine I’m always blown away. The doctor is just like “what pharmacy do you go to?” Like, uh, excuse me? They just phone it in??? I have to physically take a physical piece of paper and physically go to the pharmacy but you’re telling me the norm is to just call it in???
Absolutely. The only way I ever remember to take my ADHD meds is by them working as intended.
Turns out that being able to more or less function in a society designed for neurotypicals IS kinda addictive!
I found the the health app in iOS has a pill reminder you can setup. It will pop a reminder to take your pills at the right time and stay on your Lock Screen until you long press it and tap mark as taken. It’s pretty neat. It also keeps a history of all the meds you took. You can also use times reminders for other repetitive tasks (I have brushing g teeth in the morning, taking out trash and starting the dishwasher setup) it’s pretty neat.
I’m on android but have apps that remind me of most of the things I need to remember, including meds, helping me get places without getting hopelessly lost, play audiobooks or podcasts so all the traffic and people noise I can’t otherwise filter out doesn’t completely drain me and much more.
It’s such an enormous help, but without the meds, I wouldn’t have the mental energy and focus to do 95% of it even WITH the app health. I’m so glad that my Strattera is relatively easy to get and refill (as long as I remember to renew the prescription in an app after I run out of refills) here in Denmark!
