“Stop Treating Us Like We’re Addicts!”
Securing stimulants amid the unrelenting shortage requires countless calls and visits to pharmacies, which can arouse unwarranted suspicions. Readers sound off about being misunderstood, invalidated, and treated like criminals.
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OMG…I felt like I was the only person experiencing this. I don’t take Adderall for my ADHD, I take a really old medication called Dexedrine ER and can’t tell you the countless hours I’ve spent trying to get my prescription filled and shouting matches with various pharmacists. I had a pharmacy that I was using for a couple of years, but because I don’t take any other medications on a regular basis, the Pharmacist told me they could no longer fill my prescription and that I would need to go elsewhere. I found a well known chain pharmacy that guaranteed my medicine would always be in stock, but of course they never did, and they would short me 10 pills for a few months. When I called to let them know I didn’t get all of my pills (my prescription is always 120 pills) they would argue that I did, and then tell me that they’d have to check their cameras. Low and behold, I was right and they’d have to apologize. I’ve finally found a pharmacy I can trust and they will evern mail me medication (since they are a few cities away).