#adderall shortage

[adhdandcomics]

full time job ☑️

[thesnadger]

If you live in the US and can't get generic Adderall because of the shortage, this might help.

I don't know how much this will vary across insurance plans/states, but it worked for me:

Step 1: If you haven't already, call other pharmacies in the area. Find out if they have the generic and if they have brand name Adderall.

(In my experience, it's mostly the generic that's out everywhere. Fewer people get brand name because it's $300 for 30 pills and not all insurance plans cover it.)

Step 2: Call your insurance company. Ask them if they cover brand name Adderall. If they don't, tell them the generic isn't available in your area because of the shortage (mention that you've called multiple pharmacies) and ask if they can give you a temporary brand override.

(If they do cover it, you may still need your doctor to call in a new prescription for the brand version, but then you should be all set.)

Step 3: If they can do an override, call your doctor next. Have them send a new prescription for your usual dosage to one of the pharmacies that has Adderall. Make sure that the prescription is for brand name Adderall and says "brand only."

(I had to explain why I needed this new prescription to my doctor's team a couple of times, but they put the request through.)

Step 4: When the prescription goes through, call your insurance company back. Explain the situation to them again, and ask them for a temporary brand override.

Step 5: Go pick up your damn pills.

Sincerely, the tired bitch who got her meds.

[morlock-holmes]

'The whole thing's a mess': Anger and panic as ADHD drug shortages drag on

“Everyone’s angry,” said Dr. Leila Javidi, a primary care doctor in Ohio. “Panic is a daily occurrence with my patients.”

American Adderall manufacturing really just is a master class in doing a thing as poorly as possible.

[3liza]

do we have confirmation yet, via corporate leaks or something, that pharmacies are accidentally on purpose having "errors" filling Adderall prescriptions in order to shuffle around supply shortages. because that observationally seems likely I just haven't seen any confirmation

[thehigherthefewer]

Here are just a few ways the national Adderall shortage in the US affects people who don't take Adderall:

(1) People with ADHD rely on our medication to function, to get through the day, to do our jobs. People who can't work, or can't work as much, because they can't get their meds will contribute to labor shortages during a time when there are already labor shortages.

(2) I've had to call my doctor's office four times now in an effort to get my prescription filled. This takes up the time of the people who answer the phone, the medical assistant, my doctor, the people who man the refill department, and multiple pharmacists and pharmacy techs. Everyone struggling to get their medication is further taxing an already overtaxed medical industry.

(3) People with ADHD struggle with regulating our emotions, which can include severe anxiety, depression, and irritability. Our meds help with this. When we can't get our meds, we become more easily frustrated, which is exacerbated by how difficult it is for us to just keep track of things and function. This makes us harder to deal with - for our families, our friends, our coworkers, and anybody else we have to interact with.

All this is in the wake of the COVID pandemic as the nation and the world are struggling to recover economically, medically, and socially.

This crap isn't going to just affect us. It's going to affect everyone. People with disabilities do not exist in a vacuum.

[roseapprentice]

I wish there was a political movement to ask the IRS to postpone the filing deadline in response to the US's Adderall shortage.

Unfortunately that would require a bunch of people with unmedicated ADHD to organize a political movement.

(It would actually benefit the IRS! They're having paperwork delays too, and this way they'd owe less interest on late tax refunds!)

[chronic-cane]

Why are a bunch of cops (the DEA) allowed to decide what medications are needed for the healthcare of the American public? Why do they get to decide how much a drug should be produced? Why are they able to continue dropping the quota for opioids despite the constant plea from both patients and doctors to stop?

Why are a bunch of cops in charge of who's able to get their meds?

[underwhelmingalchemist]

T-shirt shirt says "sorry I'm like this" on the front and "my ADHD meds are on backorder" on the back