Ugh yeah, and it’s so often based on these ideas like “too many people have adhd” or these worries of addicts. I’m sympathetic to addicts and the misdiagnosed, but at the end of the day, I have a medical condition that requires prescription strength stimulants in order for me to contribute to society and not cause accidental damage to myself and others. No choices were made to cause this other than when two people with adhd decided to have kids.
This whole limited supply thing comes from the drug enforcement agency, cops, not from the fda who are public health officials. Hell a lot of the hoops I have to jump through come from a government more afraid of damage done to those actively seeking this medicine who don’t need it than the damage done if I can’t consistently get the medicine I need in order to hold down a job, drive safely (or walk safely where cars may be), and not forget to pay my bills, do my laundry, and take dinner off the stove when it’s done.
Also the “see a psychiatrist every 3 months” thing is kinda funny because well managed adhd should be pretty consistent. Once it’s good annual checkups should be fine to just check you don’t need to change dose or drug due to tolerance.
trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 5 days ago
And to make matters worse there’s some sketchy shit going on with reformulation to reduce euphoria 🙄 I’m so mad that I started taking medication because it changed my life and now I’m unstable due to this shit.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
I didn’t know about the reformulation thing — is it Adderall that’s affected? I’m not personally on Adderall, but I like to be aware of the overall landscape of ADHD meds due to having many friends with ADHD (and also being a nerd)
Sprinks@lemmy.world 5 days ago
If i recall, and someone correct me if im wrong, back in August the ratio of active ingredient allowed to filler allowed went from 2:1 to 1:1 for adderall.
Sprinks@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, the reformulation cut the effectiveness nearly in half for me. I went from stable on the same script for 2 years to suddenly being emotionally agitated all the time, constant headaches, and 0 symptom relief. It took 8 months to figure out, but my provider and I finally landed on using a different manufacturer and nearly double the dose of what i had before to almost get me back to my original stable state.