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It depends on the prescribing doctor. When I’d get meds from my general practitioner (who was associated with a big hospital chain, i.e. more CYA red tape), the
by halfcat 2y ago
It depends on the prescribing doctor. When I’d get meds from my general practitioner (who was associated with a big hospital chain, i.e. more CYA red tape), there were all kinds of hoops. No teladoc, in-office only, hard copy prescription only, urine tests and subsequent interrogation, etc.
I had a psychiatrist start managing it, and it’s a breeze, a 5-minute video appointment every 3 months, sent electronically.
- _boffin_ 2y agoThat’s fantastic to hear that you were able to alleviate those issues! Finding the right person to treat, amazing things can happen. If I may ask, why did you go through the first approach in the first place?
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoA lot of insurance plans require you to get a referral from your general practitioner before you can see a specialist. If the GP wants to handle it, I’m not sure what else you could do.
- halfcat 2y agoWhen you know better you do better. I was originally diagnosed 20+ years ago. Back then it was even worse, appointments with an “ADD specialist” were 3-4 hours, blood draws, etc and it was all very thorough. So once my meds were stable and not changing, going through my GP (and not having to take a day off work) was an improvement.
- _boffin_ 2y agoI guess one thing I got lucky with was that I got into the federal MTA study when I was a child and then was with it for a long time. Anytime a doc wanted to play games, I’d just refer back to that and it pretty much quashed any issues they had. The changing of meds was and is a horrific experience. I still remember the last time I took Adderall, it made me feel like I was locked in a jail within my own body. Glad I’m now on something else.