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"stOp reLYiNg on mEdiCInE! juSt be hAPpy!"
(lemmy.ca)
Discontinuation Syndrome goes brrrrr... [Error, brain.exe has crashed because antidepressant.dll is not found]
My parents used to be against me taking my meds. Been on them for nearly 9 years now.
I was forced to stop taking them for months due to a shortage last year.
My mother came over one day to find my house absolutely trashed, my mail piled up, my water shut off, I had gained 20 lbs, and all sorts of other "fun" things I was unable to address thanks to my condition.
She no longer encourages me to stop taking my meds.
Meds can be good. They may not be right for everyone, but take them if they help (while working with a qualified medical professional).
Now you have an emergency stash of meds, I hope?
Certain medications, such as scheduled drugs, can only be prescribed on a month-by-month basis for exactly 30 pills. You have to get a new script every month.
Next, you have to be lucky enough that your pharmacy has your medicine and specific dosage in stock. If not, it can take several days for a new order to arrive, and other times, it might take more than a week. If you're out of medicine, and nothing is available nearby, you're out of luck.
In the exception of either not taking your meds on certain days or intentionally taking less than your prescribed dose--and both of these scenarios can potentially leave you unable to function--there is no other way to create an emergency stash.
I'm lucky my pharmacy gets shit by the next day pretty much every time.
That's horrible! What country are you from?
Idk if they're in the US, but that's how it is with pretty much all ADHD medicine here. It feels extra malicious because executive disfunction means jumping through all those hoops feels almost impossible.