• jeffhykin@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Also don’t forget your mandatory call to the doc each month for every refill
    and don’t forget to call a day early when it lands on a weekend
    and don’t forget to setup the mandatory appointment every 6 months
    and don’t forget to actually go to the appointment
    and don’t forget to schedule a drug test once every whatever-amount-of-time it is for your state
    and don’t forget to not eat or drink or take the medication the morning of the drug test

    Cause if you forget just 1 of those they’ll obviously have no choice but to deny you the medication you’ve been taking every day for 10 years. But you understand because punishing disabled people for mistakes/crimes of able-minded people (who don’t find those things challeging), is clearly the only option they have.

      • onoira [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 months ago

        They’re primarily checking for proof that you’re taking the medication.

        • If levels are too low: they assume you’re not using it, and if you’re not using it you must be selling it.
        • Levels too high: you’re abusing it.
        • Levels of something else (usually alcohol or cannabis): you’re a junkie.

        All three can get your prescription revoked, and the testing requirements change based on the weather and what your doctor had for breakfast last Tuesday.

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        10 months ago

        In certain states in the US they require a drug test to make sure you are infact taking the medication yourself. Its almost like a reverse drug test; you get in trouble if you’re not taking drugs.

        So I guess also don’t forget and/or try to get off the medication otherwise you’ll fail the drug test and also loose access.

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          10 months ago

          The punishment for not taking the drug is that they don’t let you take the drug?

          That makes as much sense as suspending a student for not attending classes.

          You’re just making the problem worse.

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    10 months ago

    I had to get illegal adhd meds in order to get through the process of getting my medical approval to take legal adhd meds

  • onoira [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    … there’s forms you can fill out yourself? Late 20s, i was sent a 40 page workbook and told to give it to my parents. My parents were dead (and they would’ve never helped me anyway), so I was rejected before i’d even seen a doctor.

    A nurse suggested getting an old teacher to fill it out. They’re all dead or retired. On the opposite side of the planet. And they speak a different language. And they wouldn’t recognise me or my name. Every single one of them would invariably describe me as violent and lazy, just like my parents did. but apparently i need a neurotypical to vouch for my disability in person, and this neurotypical has to be someone who had power over me as a child. Countless referrals from other psychologists do not count. Partners and friends I’ve known for decades also do not count, and they matter even less if they are also neurodivergent.