Wait, easy? I have to go without from time to time despite multiple diagnoses of it throughout different life stages, including one from a “medication as a last resort” psychiatrist who explicitly said that stimulant medication is absolutely necessary for me.
I’ve gone months without due to shortages, and due to physician issues. I’ve been drug tested to ensure I don’t smoke pot more times than I remember. I’ve had psychiatrists who refused to continue care because they “don’t prescribe that drug/dose”.
Meanwhile I’ve had to shoo away opiates because I’m allergic but get them anyways.
Like I get it, it’s always after surgery. But also that’s the thing that gets me, we need more powerful non opioid analgesics so I don’t have to decide between hives and roughing out shit.
It’s just like, I shouldn’t have to fight this hard for medication that benefits me and society for me to be on. And not like “benefits society” in a capitalist sense, but more in a “it helps nobody if I forget to look before crossing the street” sense
My wife has ADHD and because she’s really a human suit piloted by ten adolescent squirrels, she is prescribed Adderall. It’s often like pulling teeth to get her prescription refilled.
I seriously think that this is why it’s so easy to get ADD/ADHD drugs in this country.
Wait, easy? I have to go without from time to time despite multiple diagnoses of it throughout different life stages, including one from a “medication as a last resort” psychiatrist who explicitly said that stimulant medication is absolutely necessary for me.
I’ve gone months without due to shortages, and due to physician issues. I’ve been drug tested to ensure I don’t smoke pot more times than I remember. I’ve had psychiatrists who refused to continue care because they “don’t prescribe that drug/dose”.
Meanwhile I’ve had to shoo away opiates because I’m allergic but get them anyways.
headass country we live in
Like I get it, it’s always after surgery. But also that’s the thing that gets me, we need more powerful non opioid analgesics so I don’t have to decide between hives and roughing out shit.
It’s just like, I shouldn’t have to fight this hard for medication that benefits me and society for me to be on. And not like “benefits society” in a capitalist sense, but more in a “it helps nobody if I forget to look before crossing the street” sense
My wife has ADHD and because she’s really a human suit piloted by ten adolescent squirrels, she is prescribed Adderall. It’s often like pulling teeth to get her prescription refilled.