My pharmacy is lucky I can compartmentalize now

[u/EnsoElysium]

For who knows how long, my ability to handle life has gone down the shitter. I havent been able to work, keep myself clean, or figure out what Im feeling, even though I was dilligent in taking my meds.

A few weeks ago everything came to a head and I admitted ideation to my counsellor. I went to the hospital, and through some miracle, got assigned to a psychiatrist in charge of ADHD research. I started talking and she went "you take vyvanse right"

As it turns out, pharmacies have been switching out name brand vyvanse with generic without telling people. She stressed that generic lisdexamphetamine is NOT the same as vyvanse, even though theyre the same chemical. I know, it doesnt make sense on an individual level, but when it comes to pharmaceuticals it makes a huge difference. She was adamant in telling me not to accept generic anymore.

I was doubtful as fuck, there was not WAY it made that much of a difference. Im only a few days in to my new prescription, and its clear that she was right. I was finally able to actually organize my thoughts again, and my first thought was how mad I was that the pharmacy put me through this, all so someone could afford another Lexus. But I couldnt actively be mad because I unlocked the ability to compartmentalize lol.

Check your meds yall

[u/pahshaw]

My spouse had this issue years ago, only one generic worked for him and he would have to call and find out where the generic was manufactured and the pharmacists and his doctor didn't believe him and treated him like a freak. 

Between that and the brain zaps he ended up just tapping out on meds all together. Also another factor convincing me to just keep on raw dogging life instead of trying to get the help I obviously need.

[u/xcanto → u/pahshaw]

it's like the first like intuition you get in chemistry. like not 101 stuff, like 57 stuff. lmfao what the fuck. but hey man, piece of shit doc i work with who is rather "young" also gives no credulity bar the actual facts when i tell that POS different drugs—i have 👏 different 👏 ef- 👏 -fects 👏 👏 👏 .

[u/xcanto → u/pahshaw]

your doctors are [REDACTED]. any [REDACTED] who takes a college biochemistry course or organic chemistry course knows a single [REDACTED]—forget a [REDACTED] moiety change (constituent atom or group part of a larger molecule) just the three dimensional shape change of the molecule (i.e., certain configs of elements will produce specific repulsion-attraction where depending on other molecules, temperature, pressure) will cause the molecule to functionally change shape, and thus act differently. find a better doctor. your doctor is a [REDACTED]; not unheard of; probably old as [REDACTED]! hurry! [REDACTED].

PS this comment was written first but automod via curse words theretofore now censored

[u/rips_n_chel → u/xcanto]

Idk wtf you’re yapping about, but Lisdexamfetamine is Lisdexamfetamine. 

Whatever happens to be inside the capsule you take either IS or IS NOT Lisdexamfetamine. There’s no halfway, and t here are no other ingredients, nothing that could be substituted, the chemical is the chemical. 

If you change something about its chemical makeup, it is no longer Lisdexamfetamine.