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How do y'all cope without meds? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently had to stop taking my vyvanse due to some bad side effects and holy shit I forgot how bad this was. I can't do anything. I have so much shit I need to do but I sit down to do it and it genuinely fills me with dread. I am just staring at my computer. Even getting to the webpage I needed took hours of convincing. This is horrible, even caffeine isn't helping. What do y'all do? How do you manage?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Poorly. I'm unmedicated and trying to get on meds.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wish you the best of luck, it took me years to get the right diagnosis and then about 7 months to get the appointment with a doc to prescribe me some meds.

Hopefully your journey is smoother than mine was.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Thank you. It's... a bumpy ride, lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are you in the US? What difficulties are you running into?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My current psychiatrist doesn't want to prescribe me any stimulants because of the potential for abuse. For the record, I have no, uh, record of drug use. I don't even fucking drink. I get the caution, but it's deeply frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I found my current awesome psychiatrist at growtherapy.com. It took me a couple tries; I honestly don’t know how the first one still has a license to practice. No problems getting Adderall after that (other than the ridiculous hurdles the pharmaceutical industry has put in place). The behavior you are describing from your current psychiatrist is exactly the shit I was trying to avoid, and I spelled that out clearly in my first appointment with my current psychiatrist.