Absolutely. Just the fact that I have to call my doctor every month to get my prescription renewed, rather than it just being a normal refillable prescription feels like it's intended to make me forget, and go of my meds.

My partner's doctor actually told her that they probably wouldn't continue prescribing her stimulant if she were to become unemployed. Because everyone knows you don't need executive function for your life! Just for work.

It's a cruel situation where you need a lot of executive function to get meds to treat your lack of executive function.

That said, I don't have to drive more than ten minutes for my meds. But I'm also in the suburbs. If you're in a rural area, your medical access possibly sucks.

Once you get the script it honestly gets even more Kafkaesque. You can only fill the prescription every 28 days, which virtually guarantees that you will slowly lose a day or two every month just because everything doesn't align properly between your appointments, the pharmacy filling the script, and you picking it up. Be the timer actually starts when you pick it up. God forbid you are out of town the week you need to refill, because it means you are just going to be down a whole week of meds.

I'm experiencing this. Shortages, and constantly adding hoops to jump through. Drug testing that I have to pay for out of pocket, missing doses because I can't get meds filled anywhere, when I had insurance it would constantly switch from requiring name brand, to not covering name brand. It feels bad to be treated like I'm on fucking parole.

Yes, absolutely. My doctor refuses to prescribe more than a month at any time. So I literally have to go to the doctor physically every month and be drug tested like a fucking felon on parole. Not only that but the state limits how much can be distributed to me. So, even if I got a 3 month subscription the pharmacy can't fill it.

Not only that, but the office refuses to schedule a reoccurring appointment. Why does that matter? Because the doctor is booked for at least 3 months. So, now my choice is to either stop taking my meds or get them for one month and spend 2 months waiting to get a new prescription.

It's a bunch of complete bullshit designed to squeeze more money out of me and my insurance company. Unfortunately, there is no way around it.

"Healthcare" in the US is a joke. It's not healthy or anything resembling care. It's about stealing as much of patient's paycheck as possible while trying to avoid malpractice lawsuits. I know this because I work in Healthcare and I have heard the conversations.

No thankfully I don't because that is frankly inhumane and I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

I have only to leave a message for my doctor requesting a refill every 90 days. Then a few days later I get a text with a code. I use the code to pick up the meds from a pharmacy vending machine (open 24/7) a 5 min walk from my home.