I just wanna bump for visibility, since I don’t have much advice on the actual drugs. Depending on where you are, trying different pharmacies (pretty far away) have been the best bet for friends also experiencing this. Sometimes stores like Costco, Wal-Mart, and grocery stores have them in stock but they won’t disclose that over the phone, so you’d have to ask in person. Hopefully someone can chime in with better advice, best of luck comrade!

I’ve only ever taken Adderall, so I can’t compare it to the other meds.

My son takes it too, he is on 20mg and I’m on 30. We are currently getting it through Kroger pharmacy, and they’ve only delayed refill for supply issues one time, and they got more the next day. They have their own coupon program, so I pay slightly less than I was paying through GoodRx at Rite-Aid and Walmart; it’s about $21 for son’s prescription and $23 for mine, versus $27-30ish with GoodRx.

We have had much less issue with supply this year than we did last year, but I don’t know if that’s because we’re using a different pharmacy or because there’s a greater supply available.

We originally were going through Rite-Aid because there was one close to my son’s school, and they were happy to take telehealth prescriptions from doctors on the other side of the state. (Sometimes huge corporate chains have a limited radius from which they’ll accept a controlled substance prescription.) That Rite-Aid closed down, so we switched to one a few towns away, but the staff were absolute shitheads in person.

I’m not trying to get shamed for being a queer-looking person wanting to pick up my fucking prescription in rural Ohio, so I switched to Walmart, which is closer to the university and thus more accustomed to people who don’t look like the average kkkracker. Walmart had consistent supply issues and needed to reinput the GoodRx stuff every time (which was a hassle and they tended to be very pissy about), so we only used them for two months before switching to Kroger.

Advice: Switch doctors if your current one is being weird about your legitimate need for medication for your actual, diagnosed disorder. I’m going through ADHDOnline right now, and it’s very low-stress and easy.

Tips & Tricks:

• try to be the nicest, easiest, most appreciative customer anyone has seen that day, it really will get people on your side and make them want to help you, which can make a huge difference
• sometimes the generic is out but they have name brand in stock, and they just assume no one wants to pay for it; if they say they’re out, ask about name brand and tell them you know it’s gonna be more expensive, you just really need your medication (this got me a partial fill of the generic last summer - the tech felt bad for me and got the pharmacist to dispense what they had instead of just telling me to fuck off until they had a whole month’s supply)
• the closer to a university your pharmacy is, the harder it tends to be to get your prescription, especially if you’re using a very large chain - if you’re having trouble, try using a smaller chain (or a mom-and-pop, if you’ve got good enough insurance to cover the lack of coupon program) or going to a smaller town nearby

Stuff You Should Know: You’re awesome. ❤️

I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask me anything, I’m happy to share.