I'm so fucking stoked.
I've wanted one for a long time but was afraid to ask my psychiatrist.
I mean I probably do have ADHD, and I was prescribed Dexadrine and Ritalin when I was a teenager, but that was a long time ago and I thought I'd be denied.
Finally asked him and he prescribed me 60 pills a month of 2--20 mgs a day.
He was open to giving me any of the classic stimulants, both longer and shorter release Dex and Adderall and also Vyvanse, and i keep hearing good things about Vyvanse but I decided on Adderall for 2 reasons:
1) My insurance MIGHT not cover Vyvanse, whereas it does cover Adderall, so if so I'd have to pay out of pocket which would be super expensive (I'm gonna see if I can find out if it does cover it though), and the doc said that actually if I do want it I'd be smarter to start with Adderall first because sometimes the insurance company will decide to cover it if you switch because you can make the argument that the other medication was not working the way you needed it to or had side effects (honestly, I don't know how an insurance company can actually make that call, but whatever)
2) Mainly also, I like the option of being able to have the drug wear off sooner or take more and have it last longer. I may not always want to be on it for 12 hours or I might decide like in the middle of the day that I need some energy and coffee's not doing it for me and I want to take it, but then I can't cause it'll last too long and keep me up at night.
So maybe next time I'll try for Vyvanse and maybe not, but yeah, I'm pretty excited.
I've wanted one for a long time but was afraid to ask my psychiatrist.
I mean I probably do have ADHD, and I was prescribed Dexadrine and Ritalin when I was a teenager, but that was a long time ago and I thought I'd be denied.
Finally asked him and he prescribed me 60 pills a month of 2--20 mgs a day.
He was open to giving me any of the classic stimulants, both longer and shorter release Dex and Adderall and also Vyvanse, and i keep hearing good things about Vyvanse but I decided on Adderall for 2 reasons:
1) My insurance MIGHT not cover Vyvanse, whereas it does cover Adderall, so if so I'd have to pay out of pocket which would be super expensive (I'm gonna see if I can find out if it does cover it though), and the doc said that actually if I do want it I'd be smarter to start with Adderall first because sometimes the insurance company will decide to cover it if you switch because you can make the argument that the other medication was not working the way you needed it to or had side effects (honestly, I don't know how an insurance company can actually make that call, but whatever)
2) Mainly also, I like the option of being able to have the drug wear off sooner or take more and have it last longer. I may not always want to be on it for 12 hours or I might decide like in the middle of the day that I need some energy and coffee's not doing it for me and I want to take it, but then I can't cause it'll last too long and keep me up at night.
So maybe next time I'll try for Vyvanse and maybe not, but yeah, I'm pretty excited.