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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Pfft you think that's bad, what about having to remember to contact your doctor for refills?

Every fucking month.

Now I've got a kid who is on stimulants too. Bad enough I gotta remember to call my doc, now I have to remember to call his, too.

And worse, I'm on Vyvanse 40mg and he's on Adderall ER 10mg. These are both blue-and-white capsules. I freak out every time I give him meds that I'm accidentally giving him mine.

He has one left. I need to call his doctor. But instead I'm thinking of making a meme about it.

But if either (or god forbid, both) of us go unmedicated, we set each other completely off. We are so alike it's uncanny, and I have no idea how to deal with myself from the outside. I was handled with verbal abuse so I learned to internalize everything. That's something I try very, very hard to not pass down.

Update: I called the doctor, they are submitting a refill. Thanks op for reminding me, kinda.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 25 points 4 months ago

ADHD: When you use social media as a scheduler

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

And gosh forbid they are "out", cause you can only check 3 days before you run out. Nothing like being treated like a criminal because of a medical condition.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago

Nothing like being treated like a criminal because of a medical condition.

I swear to god. This is the part that makes me really angry. Sorry I can't help my invisible medical condition.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

Oh I know. Especially with Vyvanse. It's better now but between the generic shortage and then the precursor "shortage", it was bumpy.

[-] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

God damnit I need to message my doctor. I've been trying to remember for like a week.

Edit: thank you for the reminder, now maybe I won't run out of meds. Maybe.

[-] marzhall@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

If it helps: I asked my pharmacy and they now send me a text asking if I would like to refill the prescription explicitly shortly before it's out, so the scheduling is (mostly) no longer my problem. Might be worth seeing if they can do that for you. Good luck!

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

That's what my pharmacy does. They're a locally-owned joint, too, which is really nice.

[+] jnod4@lemmy.ca -11 points 4 months ago

Low key I don't think you should've made a kid... Adhd here and I just to end it, all thanks to selfish fucks who had nothing better to do than pass down genes

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

ADHD is not a curse. Hell, it’s probably not even a bad thing it’s just that the world has been built for neuro”typical” people and, even though it doesn’t work for them either, it makes you feel bad.

You aren’t broken. All this other bullshit, on the other hand…

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 months ago

On the other hand, 6 years in the industry and every actually good software engineer seems to have ADHD. I'm sure this is similar in some other careers too. So maybe it's less of a curse and more of a... Side-step from the norm?

There's this innate curiosity and tendency to learn a lot more than strictly necessary, that seems to come with ADHD.

So I'll have trouble doing the dishes, but it also seems that sometimes I can solve multiple difficult problems in one sitting, essentially do a week worth of work in one night.