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Just a quick status update to tell you guys I'm back to work after an unscheduled delay. Venting ahead, just a warning lol.

I had a hell of a week just now as my adderrall refill fell on a weekend and there was shenanigans involved in getting it filled leading to a very bad, very rough 5 days. I couldn't focus on shit and was practically vegetative. I swear to god I hate the system so bad. It was almost comical what happened this time which is why I'm even writing about it.

First they didn't fill it because they wanted me to come in for a yearly checkup and that was like okay, I can handle 3 days without my medicine, so I'll make an appointment if you just fill it this one more time, which is cool except come friday they never did. Still okay. I can handle like 3 days without my pills so I just chilled for the weekend. Come monday the pharmacy told me they had the RX but the amount wasn't ready and it'd be easier to just wait till tomorrow to fill it when they had the full amount since otherwise it would've taken two RXs. Okay. Whatever. 4 days it is, but I'm not happy.

Today started with even more bullshit. Pharmacy says my manufacturer cancelled my RX since they don't have enough, so after calling other pharmacies to check who has it in stock and could fulfill my order if we sent it to them, I message my doctor and manage to get a note to them high priority thanks to their front desk... but the nurse checked it and apparently didn't listen to the full message saying that I needed a brand new RX sent to a diff pharmacy than my standard because I just got a stock reply saying 'yeah we sent it all in yesterday'. Was beyond frustrated at that point because I didn't think we'd still get it in today, but after replying to THAT and saying no I clearly said it needs to be sent to a diff pharmacy because of shenanigans, it FINALLY got filled and as of about two hours ago I'm starting to feel human again.

Have just now resumed work on editing/rewriting chapter 73. God. Fucking hate how dependent my brain is on this medicine to function, because I sent in for a refill a whole week ago expecting it to be ready to pick up by last friday when I would officially run out, so its like, I can't even plan ahead to make sure things like this don't happen. So fucking frustrating.

Anyway, my plans for the near future remain the same. Keep editing 73-85 and write a new 86 to serve as vol 2's finale. Need to see what my pacing is like but I'm still aiming for a q1 release. Back to work, I just really needed to vent about that.

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Kusarscout

Damn. I hope that shit show is over for good and doesn't happen again! Thankfully I was able to stop medicating a while back but I remember how bad days without meds could be. 🫂

Alex PvS

❤️🙏🏻

mhfap

Yeah it’s a nightmare, and it usually happens a couple times a year. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if it weren’t specifically my adderall it happens with but there’s always complications with it since it’s more anally regulated or whatever. What was really bad was a few years back my disability insurance continually tried switching me to tablets instead of XR capsules. Tablets are effective for me for like, 2 hours tops, whereas XR I can still feel the effects even when I lie down to go to bed that night. I would put in for a refill, doctor would inform me that they’re not going to cover it, I would have them put in a note to insurance that, no, I cannot take tablets as a substitute for XR, and they’d reluctantly do it or make me do tablets for a month ‘just because’. It got to the point where I literally just started paying out of pocket for them (with GoodRX, but still) because I can’t just fucking compromise what works for my brain. This country is a hellhole, sorry for ranting lmao.

Kusarscout

You're all good. It's definitely a situation worth a much longer rant 😅. Maybe look into the possibility of legal action against the insurance since they keep denying needed medical resources and next time they try it you will be able to tell them to give it or pay up in cash. Admittedly, even if you have to take it to legal action you probably won't see anything from it for a while but I know that tactic has helped me with some companies in the past. Basically you're telling them "you're in the wrong. I can prove it. Do it right or I will punish you as best as I can".

mhfap

This was like 3-4 years ago and I’m not about to pick fights with disability lmao. It’s not a huge deal since it’s only like $35-65 a month with GoodRX (without it’d be like $400+ for a 30 day supply…). I’m not talking about a private health insurance agency but federal like actual federal disability. As far as I know this is just something you have to put up with from them. I appreciate the enthusiasm and advice, though.

Kusarscout

Yeah definitely don't push it till they F up again. Though federal is actually worse about trying to get out of legal responsibility and easier for you to point out why they are wrong. Glad to hear it's manageable with goodRX though. Take care of yourself 🫂