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Fear of taking medication- thoughts?
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this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2026
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Assuming you’re in the US otherwise please disregard the following.
Nurse practitioners can also prescribe ADHD meds so that widens medical professionals to consider and their appointments also generally cost less. In terms of provider availability many states allow telehealth appointments so that’s another thing to consider.
To avoid surprises you can ask when you schedule the appointment if the healthcare provider treats ADHD with stimulants. They should generally know or can find out what that policy is. Last time I moved I did have to call around for a bit but then found a practice that does my refills with a nurse through telehealth.
Availability is nothing to trivially disregard. I know that it was stressful for me to not know when I would be able to refill. Try to keep the meds in the right bottles though so you know when they’re expired. I used to combine pill bottles but then I didn’t know which ones were which age and yeah it was not helpful.
If I was in the US this would certainly be helpful! But alas…
I appreciate the effort anyhow! Something I can mention to the american friends in my life :)
Arf. Hope you’re able to sort it out :)