Aaaand I’m lapsing my meds again

Once again I messed the pill count and didn’t renew my prescription in time sol I’ll be riding this coming week dry… thanks stupid US medical system.

UPDATE: I had to pay out of pocket. $120 because my doc didn’t fill some random paper so I could get the meds, but insurance won’t cover it. It takes 6 months to get an appointment with my doc. I saw him last week and he said he would send a refill, he did t. My pharmacy the requested after I called to check. No go. I called the nurse and asked — automated voicemail. I’m done. I’m done I’m done.

LazaroFilm,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.film avatar

UPDATE: I got my pills but had to pay out of pocket. Screw this system.

BilboBargains,

I keep screwing up my repeat prescription and going dry. It’s annoying and I worry that it will effect my work but then most of my life has been unmedicated so what’s a few days here and there? One alternative is to use some dark web sourced amphetamine in the meantime. Most of what this condition revolves around is other people’s perceptions of my behaviour. If I’m mindful not to let that get to me, I feel okay about myself.

LazaroFilm,
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Wow dark web amphetamine sounds like a really bad live decision. Please don’t do it.

LegionEris,

Eh. If you can take the appropriate opsec steps to keep yourself anonymous, using the darkweb can be surprisingly safe. You can find darkweb dealers with a full decade of reviews across numerous markets. People sometimes freak out when I say that’s where I used to get my weed, but I always had the best weed in town, and I never had to deal with a creep, and I never had my money stolen. I was using a site that was crazy strict on quality control.

Bloodwoodsrisen,
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The pharmacy that supplies my main med has failed to get things in on time so my brother and I have had to share meds (the medication is just different dosages, I take two 12.5 while he takes an 18.5) a few times. We cannot function without it, we just sleep and do nothing else.

phillycodehound,
@phillycodehound@lemmy.world avatar

Ugh… caffeine helps me.

Contextual_Idiot,

I use the Medisafe app on Android to keep track of my prescriptions. It will remind you to take it on whatever schedule you set. You can also set it to remind you to refill when you have X amount of pills remaining, with X being whatever amount you choose. It’s free, and you don’t have to sign up for anything either.

BilboBargains,

Excellent tip! Why didn’t I think of that? The smartphone has been a game changer for me. I have meeting timers and alarms out the wazu.

Bozicus,

Relatable content, sigh. I get good mileage out of a pill caddy for things I take the same time every day (I can see that I have pills for all the days until Thursday, or whenever, and plan accordingly) but that doesn’t work for everything.

cheese_greater,

Can you explain what you mean? You took too many too often and now you’re out or you forgot to renew script and for some reason you need to wait a week? I don’t get it

LazaroFilm, (edited )
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.film avatar

You get 30 pills every 30 days no more no less . You need to renew in time, you then have to wait for your doc to approve the refill then for your pharmacy to get them and fill the prescription. So until all that happens I will have to wait. You can’t refill early you need to do it right at the end.

cheese_greater, (edited )

LS

What’s that?

Also, your doctor doesn’t do like a 3-month supply (3 x 1 month script fills on same script)?

LazaroFilm,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.film avatar

Typo. 30 pills. And no. You get 30 pills to use within 30 days no more no less because it’s a controlled substance, stupid useless war on drugs (which really is just an excuse to be legally racist). So if you order too late and you have no other choice than to lapse a few days at some point. You can never catch up with a missed day and you can’t create a stock or reserve.

cheese_greater,

Wow, that sounds like a nightmare. So you have to literally see a doctor face-to-face to get a new monthly script and time that perfectly 12 times a year?

LazaroFilm,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.film avatar

I have to call the nurse and have them renew my prescription. It can’t be automated. It has to be within a specific window of days. Then the pharmacy has to have it in stock (and a lot of drugs are out of stock). I’ll spare you the details about getting your ADHD drug accepted by your health insurance in the first place. They denied the drug my doc prescribed and told me to try another one first, it didn’t work then and only then they reluctantly accepted the original one.

cheese_greater,

Wow. Its insane how patients are treated like guinea pigs in a neverending race to the bottom vis-a-vis drug policy. That is absolutely insane and completely inappropriate to the target audience (expecting ADHD people to stay on top of all those moving pieces just to get their f-in prescription that you take forever.

I wonder if you could make a deal with your doc to double/triple the dosage but he’ll only refill it every 2 months or…God-forbid -> 3 months like is normal everywhere else

phillycodehound,
@phillycodehound@lemmy.world avatar

I feel so sorry for you bud. Best of luck. I hate having to call the Pharmacy every month to tell them I want my meds bc they’re controlled. Seriously. Just assume I want them. 🥸

cheese_greater,

I don’t think anyone is ever gonna get around that part (calling pharm to confirm what you want). Its never gonna be that easy and magically appear for you (unless you do mail order or something) but it sounds like it particularly tricky where OP is.

LazaroFilm,
@LazaroFilm@lemmy.film avatar

That’s illegal is “drug free freedom land”

Thehalfjew,

This reads strangely to me. I’m on a controlled substance, but I can still fill my rx a few days in advance of running out. And I’ve been on others before with the same deal. Are you sure you have to wait until the day you run out?

spclagntdanazoe,

not OP, but my doc sends the 90-day scrip but the pharmacy will only fill 30 at a time. It’s asinine.

cheese_greater,

Ya same. Don’t really have so much of an issue with that, the OP’s situation is absurd for anyone to have to deal with chronically. The OP would be much better off if they had that option.

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