The good news is vyvanse (which turns into adderall after it gets in the body) has a good patient assistance program. I'm a physician who treats many AD/HD patients. I promise I'm not affiliated with vyvanse in any way. If your son makes below a certain amount per year (and most college students meet this criteria) and vyvanse works for him, the company will send him a card that pays for vyvanse for a year. Just google "vyvanse patient assistance" and that should get you to the form you can download and fill out. The doctor also has to fill out a portion so you may want to have the form handy. Of course, he would have to try vyvanse to see if it worked for him. One month usually costs about $140, but there are coupons on the website and I usually will prescribe 1-2 weeks at first if someone is paying cash so that brings the cost down to less than $50. I hope this helps.

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thank you so much i will try that right away and post my results

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Thank you so much for this information! I'm only sorry I didn't see it earlier. I lost my health insurance in June, and my job in July. I've been paying for my Vyvanse out of pocket (with a 50% off card which expires soon), but after looking at this program on their website, I should have no problem qualifying. ThankyouThankyouThankyou!

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For anyone that is in need of Concerta but has no insurance and a smaller income (the income limit is surprisingly high) you can get it for free here http://www.jjpaf.org/. My husband has been using it for a couple years now.

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If there is a Walgreens pharmacy in your area, I suggest talking to them about their generics discount and prescription plan.

I started out at Fred Meyer pharmacy, where the name brand Aderall XR I started with was $385 per month with no insurance, and the generic amphetamine salts started at $85 and was bumped up to $100 (when I asked them why, I was told "basically because we felt like it/wanted more profit"). I asked about Fred Meyer's generics discount, I was told that ADHD and psychiatric medication of ANY sort didn't count since it was a "controlled substance."

I asked at Walgreens out of curiosity and they told me that they did count ADHD medication for the generics discount because, well, it's a frickin' generic so they're going to charge it as such. I was looking at about $60 a month for my amphetamine prescription, and they also suggested a prescription discount card that I pay $20 a year for which brought the price down to $47.

I'm not sure if these rules vary state to state (I'm posting this from Western Washington) or from store to store (maybe stores in troubled areas are more strict?), but it's worth a shot. If you still have insurance of your own I would also check if you can get your child back onto your insurance once the new laws take effect in January/February (that's what my own dad is trying to do).

Hope this helps, and good luck!

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