It's not a supply issue.
Apparently, every controlled prescription requires approval from some corporate office, and they haven't replied to my pharmacist's requests. I have to follow up every day but I often forget to.
Something about my physician's DEA number conflicts with Walmart's database. I'm never told the details. It happens nearly every time.
If I finally get it filled on the 12th, a couple days from now, I'll have to wait until December 12th to request again. That means, effectively, I get a 30-day supply every ~42 days.
I'm coming to the end of a three-day weekend. I had nothing but free time and a dozen creative TankieTube projects on my mind's desk that would have brought me joy to work on. However, because I've been rationing myself only three capsules per week, I lost all that time to attention traps on the internet. I'm grieving it.
Previous Adderall lore: 2023 October, 2024 August
I have an appointment on Wednesday and I'll definitely mention this grievance.
I've heard doctors are more hesitant to prescribe the fast-acting stuff because it's more "abuseable". I'm fine with simply getting more of the extended release stuff. I make it work longer throughout the day by taking half of the capsule at 8 AM and the other half at ~10:30 AM.
Cool cool.
The other option that I didn't mention (We don't get adderall here so I forget how it comes - it's lower on my priority list. Take that, America!! 😤) is that with certain extended release meds you can split them so it's possible to angle for a higher dose extended release stimulant med and then split the capsule and ration that out so you can run up a surplus gradually over time that you can dip into later (the ideal is having a double dose and splitting it in half but it's possible to do things like reserving ⅓ or ¼ as well.) Gram scales are your friend here.
It gets a bit finicky though, especially working with smaller fractions, which is a large part of why I didn't mention it. You can dissolve most extended release stimulants in a measured amount of water then dose out the stimulant from the water (e.g. taking 80mls from a capsule that has been dissolved in 100mls) but you need to keep it in the fridge, it's really not ideal for if you have housemates or kids, and you can't keep dissolved meds for more than a short period of time.
It's doable if you have the right meds, the right system, and the motivation but it's a pain in the ass.