5 years & still not prescribed medication
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November 8, 2020 at 5:58 am #187423jordan2317Participant
Living in Massachusetts with Masshealth has giving me the run around when finding A) a Doctor who knows what they are doing. B) finally found one got diagnosed but she got promoted and they told me that they didn’t have anyone else I could see! I was very close to finally getting properly medicated then nothing! Then corvid! I finally started to work and I’m already having problems! I need help! I a, so frustrated I really don’t even know if I can continue trying so hard while they do not give a shit
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November 9, 2020 at 1:15 am #187443lynneihaParticipant
HI,
I feel very bad for you, as I have experienced similar problems with the medical community-still experiencing them. I live in what I had considered a fairly thriving metropolis-Kansas City area-and yet for years I have not been able to find even one medical professional who understood ADHD better than I did. I would request a specialist in ADHD, and four different times I was referred to, and saw, four different doctors who knew SO little about ADHD.
I was lucky in that one of them tried me on Vyvanse which worked wonderfully for me until he retired. And now I can’t seem to get anyone to prescribe it to me anymore. I’m not giving up. I have an appointment with a general doctor who was recommended to me. For some reason, I have heard that some general practitioners are more inclined to give a new patient ADHD meds if they’ve already been diagnosed. Maybe the general physicians are just more willing to admit they are fairly ignorant on the subject of ADHD?? I don’t know.
If this doesn’t work, I’m taking some of my inheritance I was left recently and going to see a woman who was highlighted in our “Kansas City” magazine. She is a psychiatrist who specializes ONLY in ADHD. Potential patients are welcome to email her for help. It would be expensive, but it would be worth it if I found someone who understands me, and prescribes to me the proper meds.
Don’t give up…keep trying alternate avenues. I wish you much luck. -
November 11, 2020 at 11:03 am #187546Penny WilliamsKeymaster
Unfortunately, you sometimes have to visit several doctors until you find one who truly listens. Don’t give up.
Penny
ADDitude Community Moderator, Parenting ADHD Coach, Podcaster & Author, Mom to teen w/ ADHD, LDs, and autism
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