Perfect Storm of ADD Misery
I have ADD. I take medication for it that helps me immensely. In North Carolina, prescriptions for Class 4 drugs (like stimulant medication for ADD) can not be mailed. Also, only one month can be prescribed at a time. What does this mean? It’s a perfect storm ADD nightmare. Once a month, I have to remember that I’m running out of meds, then I have to call my doctor’s office and have them write a script for me. This usually involves waiting until the doctor has a break. I ask them to call me when the prescription is ready. They usually forget. I have to remember to call back and find out what’s going on. Once it’s ready, I have to find time to drive to my doctor’s office to pick it up. Then, I have to take it to the drug store to get it filled. Generally, there’s some problem. It seems like it’s different every time – the meds are out at that location, I don’t have time to get the prescription filled during the same trip as the doc, there are a million other people waiting, the insurance company hasn’t approved it, whatever… Always something. I have to deal with this every month.
I’m not exaggerating when I say that getting my prescriptions filled is about the most stressful task of daily life I have to deal with. I feel like there must be another way. After a particularly stressful trip to the drug store tonight, I felt damned determined to find a way to deal with this that isn’t so stressful. A workaround. Something. Anyone got any ideas?
Comment by Kab
February 18, 2009 @ 11:03 am
Could you get your dr. to write out 6 or 12 prescriptions at one time – like, 6-12 prescriptions for 1 month of whatever – pick them up at the same time, and then just take 1 a month to the pharmacy? Or is that a cheater-way around the 1-month at a time rule and not allowed?