On those rare occasions,
things will go awry between our health
insurance, who second guess the doctor’s expert opinion, and the pharmacist,
who accidentally identifies the prescribed medication.
In December of last year, my doctor increased my ADHD
medication by 10mg and my health insurance went NUTS because the dosage was too
strong for the plan I was enrolled.
I wondered if it could have been that I do better on a generic form Dexedrine rather than a brand name?
I found myself having to explain the madness to my doctor's office and learning my
doctor left for the holiday. and another doctor would made changes to my afternoon
dosage for another type Dexedrine. Later that day, my pharmacist expressed that my second dosage was changed to Adderall.
I heared myself saying,"WAIT? What? I don’t do Adderall. It makes me sick. Hello!!!!"
I had officially become confused and went home because it was a day before Chanukkah and
Christmas Eve, and there were no doctors in the office. Since, I was out of medicine, I began to take the Adderall with my Dextroamphetamine and
became ill with a migraine from HE double-tooth picks. When I returned to see
my doctor, he became mystified with the turn of events, and issued a new script
to which the pharmacy gave me Adderall again. All I could think, "I should be home! I have a migraine. I'm nauseous and you do this?" My doctor’s office had to explain
the difference between Dextroamphetamine IR and Adderall to the pharmacy.
This situation led me to take a step back and consider the turn of events. A
pharmacist and the technicians deal with a high volume of patient
prescriptions and refills, interruptions, phones, customers, health insurance,
emails, drive thru, and the responsibility of avoiding malpractice. As well as,
the multitude of drugs with similar names, letters, and milligrams that
surround them from wall-to-wall. I’m not certain how they do not become dizzy.
I guess it’s up to us to make certain
we fully understand our ADHD medication and carry or
save a list of drugs with names, letters, milligrams,
dosage, and what the medication is designed to do. Even on the days, when we feel
overwhelmed, upset, or confused, we must ask ourselves, “What do they look like? What is the exact spelling of my
medicine? What is the milligram and dosage?”
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