Broken brain

[textualdeviance]

So, thanks to my idiocy in thinking I had another month's prescription hanging around, I ran out of my ADD meds last week, and couldn't get an appointment with my doc until the 15th. I just called and asked them to mail me a prescription to get me through, but it'll still be a few days before I get that.

This is the longest I've been without my meds since I started taking them, and I'm really starting to feel the loss. I'm screwing up at work left and right, and can't focus on anything at all for more than a few minutes. It's incredibly frustrating to feel this incompetent.

More than that, though, it's frustrating that this stuff is so heavily controlled by the fucking DEA that I can't just get an emergency prescription called in, nor can I get a large supply all at once. I have to have actual paper prescriptions, one each for every 30-day supply, and I have to have appointments with the doc to get them.

It's not my fault my brain is broken and that only a special version of meth fixes it. I wish I could just carry around some sort of ID card or something that entitles me to get the stuff when I need it, instead of having to jump through hoops like I'm some sort of criminal.

Comments

[shadowcat]

Gyah.

I'm sorry, hun. I thought what I go through to get my neurontin is bad and annoying, but this is so much worse.

It would be great if we could kick the asses of the DEA and were able to get cards or something that explained what we needed and why so you would never have to go through this again.

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

I've been on these meds for... 8? 9 years? Something like that. And they really have done miracles for me. Helped me go back to school, get a new career, decent job, etc. Among other nice things.

I'd forgotten how screwy I get without them, though. And I'm also kind of amazed that I managed to function at all before.

[jessytemple.livejournal.com]

How did you found out you had ADD? Like what exams must people make? I think I might have it for a while now.. but my physician doesn't seem to care.. i can't concentrate at all and i'm feeling very tired the whole day. i never felt like that before, it's so not me!
i think i totally get how you're feeling..

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

Well, ADD is generally something you have your whole life--it's not adult-onset. I was diagnosed several years ago, but it was based in part on reports of having the same problems even when I was a kid.

If you're just suddenly having concentration problems and it's not sleep or caffeine-related, you may have a vitamin deficiency (D, iron, B12, etc.)