Do y’all ever feel anxious about taking medication and just stop for prolonged periods of time?

I’ve stopped my meds for 6 months for reasons I’m struggling to discern… And I also have a tendency to skip doses and save my pills in a stash I never touch. I’m not even sure if most of them are useable because they’re so old… For some context, I’ve been using Adderall XR 20mg for 10 years now so I have a pretty good idea of how it affects me.

I finally took one of the newer pills today and I feel unbearably anxious about it, even before doing so. And it’s not like I’m anti-medication or anything, I’ve encouraged others to get tested and medicated because it substantially increases quality of life but there’s something about it that personally is causing distress.

Just looking for some insight with others that have felt the same.

  • Jessicat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Assuming you’re in the US otherwise please disregard the following.

    Nurse practitioners can also prescribe ADHD meds so that widens medical professionals to consider and their appointments also generally cost less. In terms of provider availability many states allow telehealth appointments so that’s another thing to consider.

    To avoid surprises you can ask when you schedule the appointment if the healthcare provider treats ADHD with stimulants. They should generally know or can find out what that policy is. Last time I moved I did have to call around for a bit but then found a practice that does my refills with a nurse through telehealth.

    Availability is nothing to trivially disregard. I know that it was stressful for me to not know when I would be able to refill. Try to keep the meds in the right bottles though so you know when they’re expired. I used to combine pill bottles but then I didn’t know which ones were which age and yeah it was not helpful.