Having them was really nice. I had such an easier time staying on top of my health and fitness, the tidiness of my home, getting my work done, and working on hobbies. I didn’t love feeling drained at the end of the day when I crashed, but on balance, it was an improvement to my life.

Then there was a shortage, so I couldn’t get it, and my doctor said that she wouldn’t prescribe it for me any more anyway, until I stopped using cannabis (even though it’s legal here). And now my new doctor can’t get any of my diagnosis paperwork and doesn’t want to prescribe it until I get tested again.

It’s like the process for getting ADHD meds is uniquely designed to be difficult to navigate for people with ADHD.

[–] dai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ahh man, I'd almost missed my appointment with the psych' recently. At least my new one is local and easy to schedule with, get along well and are happy to trial Dexies' (been on Ritalin for ~1yr)

Previously I could only find someone to prescribe me remotely, I'd spent ~10 months waiting for an appointment for the Psych' to quit that clinic. Waited another 6 months and landed a script.

For me it's been a significant improvement to my life, just took me until I was almost 40 to get diagnosed.

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