I'm back on the ADHD meds again, after several years off. Pharmacy shenanigans abound. Last month, because I have to slowly increase the amount when starting to avoid potential liver issues, the pharm tech was confused by a 1-month prescription for 90 25mg pills that involved taking 1/day for 7 days, then 2/day for 7 days, then 3/day thereafter. It took a long phone call, at one point during which he triumphantly claimed to have my 3-week course of medication put in properly, so I had to inform him this was not a 3-week-course type of medicine, it was an ongoing maintenance med. And then after he figured that out, and had to call the pharmacist over to override the computer, they didn't have the full amount of pills so I got a partial scrip that day and came back the next for the rest.

And then I didn't realize until Dec 31 that they hadn't given me enough for the full month at 3/day for the final two weeks, and I figured that the holiday would make things worse, so instead of wrangling with them again I opted to drop down to 2/day, which lasted me until today, when I had my next appt. The doc* concurred that that was a reasonable thing to do.

Today, when I have taken my final dose, I have a new prescription in for 80mg this time because she decided that was less likely to confuse them than 3 25mg pills, so naturally the Walgreens app says my prescription is delayed because they're out of the 80mg pills, the bot that answers the phone says the prescription will be ready after 12 noon, and the website says I don't have a prescription.


*technically a psychatric nurse, but that's too long to type out every time.