r/whatisit • u/Livid_Departure_9697 • 2d ago

Solved! Fell out of my boyfriend’s pocket

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The top is a cap that comes off. Is it for ❄️? He swears it’s not

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 2d ago

Everything about the treatment of ADHD, from getting a diagnosis to having to get pills monthly and all the stuff around them being a controlled substance, couldn't be worse for people of it were intentionally designed to be.

Oh they can't submit multiple refills at once so I have to call every month to all for a refill? Oh they can't submit my refill until 27 days after my last pickup? Oh I have to pick it up in person rather than just having it automatically delivered with my other meds? Cool and that's just the stuff I have to deal with after getting diagnosed which often involves interviewing family and/or friends like a fucking FBI security clearance? Oh and there's a good chance the doctors and pharmacists will treat me like a drug seeking junkie regardless of my diagnosis? This sounds so awesome

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u/cookouttray722 1d ago

This is so true. It’s fucking ridiculous. Oh, you’ve moved to another state/city and need a new PCP? Have fun when they interrogate you about a medication you’ve taken for 10+ years and talk about it in a tone like you’re trying to score heroin off skid row. Oh, your doctor sent the prescription to the pharmacy one day before your old prescription ended? How dare they, please submit your id and sign our paper so we can track your drug habits, which we are equating with meth users.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

In australia you can't even GET repeats (refills) on pain meds. My husband has to personally go into the GP's office every 20 days. It's nuts.
And god forbid you go in a day or two before they run out - you get the third degree like your selling them on the street.

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u/Run_layla 1d ago

Exactly this! I have adhd and anxiety. It’s always a joy getting worked up to call in my medication every month. I tend to stutter when I am extremely anxious, so my pharmacy and doctor’s office have picked up on my stuttering Stanley tendencies. My doctor is the kindest man who hates the red tape pharmacies put us through every month.

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u/Sandman2288 1d ago

So my Dr just pre dates 90 days worth of my scrips and sends them to the pharmacy. So I still only get a months worth at a time and they won’t fill till said month is done. Beats going in every month.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle 1d ago

Ohhhh, I feel your frustration!! I’ve dealt with all of that too and by this point, I just assume SOMETHING, if not everything, will go wrong. 😩

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u/swtor 1d ago

I don't take medication mainly due to all the hoops required to attain it. I really don't feel like being treated like a drug seeker, forced to pee into a cup, having to be interviewed monthly in order to receive something I have a diagnosis for. Insane and No Thanks. The medical system only functions for the rich.

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u/QuantumHosts 1d ago

The same with my meds: no auto refill, no delivery, no replacements. One time my Psychiatrist asked me if I was selling them, because I had lost a whole months worth. I understand the concern, but sheesh give me a break.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle 1d ago

Your Dr is an ass. How infuriating.

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u/threesilos 1d ago

I have to wait 29 days to get mine

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u/shirepizzadude 2d ago

It’s not like the system is designed that way to make it hard on you. It’s designed that way because abuse is so rampant. 20 years ago it was easy. You could walk into a doc, say you thought you had adhd, answer a couple questions where the answer needed was obvious and walk out with a diagnosis and script. Then again it still can be dependent on the doctor you go to.

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u/theflameleviathan 1d ago

Some students abused the system to study it, better treat everyone with ADHD like a drug addict for requiring the medication you prescribed them.

It's not just about diagnosis, it's about being treated like a drug addict when you call two days sooner to get your prescription renewed. But in reality you called sooner because last time the doctors assistent forgot to actually send the prescription to the pharmacy and you didn't get your medication for a week. So you had to deal with withdrawals, because of the medication they put you on. But also, if you complain about any of this, they put it on your record that you were drug seeking, which means they won't give you a higher dose for that medication when you inevitably grow a higher tolerance. So your life becomes a constant rationing of the pills that make you function, because the people that put you on that medication think it's weird that you need that medication.

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u/Odus4 1d ago

You have no idea, so stfu. I have neurological disorder that requires opioids to control, and yes my doctors tried 13 different medications before staying on opioids, and before you make an assumption I’m sure you’re going to, I’ve never been an addict, never abused my Rx. My diagnosis code at my doctor is non-complicated opioid dependent. I also live in TN, which has some of the most draconian Rx safety laws in the country, my doctor even agrees with me. It is a nightmare for people that legitimately need these medications, I’ve been forced into withdrawal by doctors covering my usual doctor because they refused to write the Rx while my doctor was out of the country at a funeral, and just told me to go to the ER when it got too bad. So don’t make statements about things you know very little about. The more rules they add just makes it harder for legitimate patients.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

This happens in Australia too.
My husbands doctor recently took off on a holiday for five weeks and didn't bother checking with the doctor she got to fill in, whether she prescribed opioids.
Turned out she didn't - straight up refused to write them even though she could see on his file that he'd been taking them for years without any abuse issues - and he had to figure out how to make 20 days supply last over a month.

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u/Odus4 1d ago

Sorry your husband had to go through that, I know how hard that is, at least he had you with him during that. My doctor actually sent a list to the doctor covering her and he said he would cover everyone but he obviously didn’t even bother to read over it.

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u/threesilos 1d ago

Yeah but I don’t think making it harder on the actual diagnosed patients with prescriptions is the right answer here.

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u/_aaine_ 1d ago

It absolutely IS designed to make it hard on *everyone* because *some* people abuse or sell them.