I’ve been off of mood stabilizers for the past six months after moving states, primarily because I haven’t had the time or resources to find and intake with a new doctor (which, FWIW, I know it’s completely my fault for not prioritizing it, but it’s been a ROUGH few months, mentally).

I had 6 months of prescriptions my doctor in the old state sent to CVS so I’d have some wiggle room before finding a new doctor. However, after I moved, CVS informed me that they couldn’t transfer those prescriptions across state lines. So I go without. I did it before, surely I can do it again? (I shouldn’t have. lol)

Well I finally got in with a new Doc, get the prescription, and turns out my local CVS doesn’t carry CAPSULES, but they have TABLETS, so they need a new script from my doc. BUT THEN, I’m told “you’re fine for today, you have an old Rx for tablets here that we can use” and proceeds to USE MY OLD SCRIPT ACROSS STATE LINES.

The anger and annoyance I’m feeling at CVS rn is unbridled. You’re telling me the last half year didn’t have to be as bad as it was??? I’m just thinking about all the good things I could have accomplished and all the bad things I could have avoided had I not been rapid cycling all fall.

I know I’ll chill down in a bit, but wanted to share this with someone who would understand.