Shortage

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

The last few weeks have been bad… but I have a theory.

Where to start? Well, I have insomnia (still), drastic weight gain (I seriously cannot stop eating), my depression has worsen, my concentration is all but gone, and I generally feel like dog poo. Granted, none of this is exactly new, but it is worse. After much discussion, my step-mom came up with a possible cause, and the more I think about it, the more I think there’s validity to it.

There is a nationwide Adderall shortage. The ACTUAL Adderall, the name brand stuff, the ones that I take. When I last had to get my prescription filled, the pharmacy didn’t have any and didn’t know when they would be restocked. Because Adderall is a controlled substance, my doctor would have to call to cancel the order, then call a different pharmacy in hopes they would have it. Not to mention that my insurance only covers the name brand and not the generic. It just so happened, that I was flying out the next morning to go to our Southern California office for 3 days. I couldn’t fathom going that long without my medication. So, I bit the bullet and paid the FULL price for the generic. Well, looking back and the timeline, it was around the time that I started taking the generic version that I noticed my symptoms worsening. Considering that was the only real change, it seem to reason that it’s the generic meds that are to blame. The silver lining is that I have a doctor’s appointment next week and I am hoping that she has a solution. I did some reading, and it looks as if the Adderall shortage will last until January.

When I got around to my art piece today, I grabbed a contrasting colors, the Tiffany blue is calm, but combined with the way I poured, plus the stark black, gives off the push and pull, the dizzying effects, and the general unrest I currently feel.

I really hope this can be resolved soon.