charons-voyage t1_jd0r1is wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:11 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ADHDers of Boston: Stimulant shortage advice by [deleted]

No it’s not lol don’t go spreading misinformation. Demand rose a shit ton during the pandemic because telemedicine quacks are overprescribing and manufacturers can’t keep up. Someone below posted a nice link on an article. I work in the industry. Take your conspiracy theories elsewhere since A) they aren’t helping OP and B) it’s bogus.

ichigo841 t1_jd11soc wrote on March 21, 2023 at 1:29 AM

The DEA did not raise production caps for 2023 despite knowing demand has skyrocketed. It's also very convenient that they engineered this shortage right before Vyvanse is about to go generic, forcing a lot of patients to switch to a very expensive alternative so Big Pharma can get one last hit of record profits.

I honestly don't give a fuck if telemedicine is giving scripts to dead people. When's the last time a fucking cop got into med school? Being a fucking moron is a job requirement to become a cop. Show me the DEA agents' medical license. These unelected thugs need to be brought to heel. Drugs won the war on drugs. Send the soldiers packing. Abolish the DEA, they contribute absolutely nothing to society.

It just goes to show how deep the stigma on mental health runs, that y'all think it's acceptable for us to be collateral damage. Imagine if they did this for insulin, or any other medicine that doctors consider medically necessary. These unelected pigs have no right to decide any of this. They are lawless and unaccountable. It took them four months to bother responding to Rep. Spanberger's letters on this topic. They even refused the president's direct orders to reschedule cannabis. Who the fuck do they think they are?

CoffeeContingencies t1_jd1ekcf wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:06 AM

Adderall IS medically necessary. Especially if you take it for narcolepsy. The general public doesn’t understand the complexity of ADHD, especially inattentive type. It’s not just hyperactive little boys who are impulsive, it is a disorder that can cause significant impacts to quality of life and even life in general for some people.

And it doesn’t just magically go away when you turn 18, in fact more and more women in their 30-40’s are being diagnosed because we were overlooked when we were children in the 90’s since people did think it was just for hyperactive little boys.

ichigo841 t1_jd87kta wrote on March 22, 2023 at 3:17 PM

Then they look at those 30-40 year olds getting scripts at record rates and use that as justification to refuse to raise the supply limits. It's all absolutely maddening.

The C2 classification is becoming more and more unjustifiable. It's not fentanyl for god's sake.

OleUncleAlbenBarkley t1_jd0xkdm wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:58 AM

As an ADHDer who desperately needs at least one dose/day to be my very best, Telehealth scares the bejeesus out of me.

I tried Cerebral on a 1 month-free promo for a refill and an ESA waiver (r/LifeProTips) and the guy I talked to asked zero questions after "Tell me why you think you have ADHD" and signed off on everything. A lot of false diagnoses or rushed diagnoses led to an overprescribing epidemic.

Now, that's not to say there aren't a TON of currently undiagnosed folx out there who greatly benefit from stimulants, but the exponential increase of prescriptions isn't because of any sudden increase in actually-diagnosed individuals.

And with that said, the FDA and DEA's regulations on production caps and distribution laws have strained the system just not exclusively because of the drug maker's and distributor's ability or lack thereof to produce a larger volume of these medications at a faster rate. So in short: a little column A + a little column B, if you will.

Can you tell I took my afternoon dose today? Lol

Have a great week to those who read this ramble.