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.
it really fucking sucks when a doctor just refuses to believe you. sadly they arent all good people. what finally got me medicated was contacting an organization specifically interested in ADHD and they were able to refer me to some people to get evaluated and diagnosed. it might be worth trying that. id go straight to a psychiatrist if you can since they’re the ones who can actually give a prescription. its worth trying to find a psychiatrist that specializes in ADHD because some of them will be huge cunts about it too. theres a fucked up gate keeping they do to prevent “drug seeking”, which might make things harder if you go to a psychiatrist who doesn’t see a lot of patients with ADHD.