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Hello, I’m at 29-year-old male who is just now getting around to taking care of himself. I’ve always struggled with ADHD symptoms my whole life. I was on medication as a child but quit taking them. I was in a facility when I was younger for years and the, diagnosed bipolar schizophrenic as mentioned Adderall to my primary care physician brought that up on my record and told me he wanted to try Wellbutrin first I always looked at ADHD as a crutch people use but this year I’ve done a lot of research on it and then explains my life so well I literally have every single symptom and I struggle every day. I’m just asking what I should say. If anybody’s got any advice on what to tell the doctor to persuade him more and to prescribing me what I actually want instead of just trying to go get it somewhere else. This is my first time using doctor.
- Your age is a masssssiiiiiiveee issue in this. The days of easy or even equitably accessible Amphetamines died during Covid and this applies quintuply if you're a day over 16
- Wellbutrin is very efficacious for many people
- Do NOT request a specific scheduled drug EVER. Being known as a schedule drug pez dispenser is as bad as being known as a surgeon with a record of dead patients in today's climate. This has gotten so bad that people with utterly dysfunctional levels of anxiety have been told to take an antihistamine and suck it up and 15/10 levels of pain have gotten treated with Aspirin. Getting anything scheduled is closer to a mixture of puzzle, job interview and courting someone ten tiers above your league so you need patience above all else.
- Take it for a few months and if you don't find it effective go back to your physician and ask for a referral to a neurologist
When you try to obtain a scheduled substance through the medical system you're entering into an adversarial role towards your doctor. It is your mission to convince them you're not a threat to everything they'v built and it's their mission to try and dissuade you from your quest.
Convince them that you're sane, agreeable and not a threat to the decades they've invested into their education and career.
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Wellbutrin for ADHD is technically off-label but so widespread it might as well be recognized as official.
Also u/Relevant_Bathroom_96 is somehow completely unable to reply under the right posts what's up with that even