Hi everyone, Years ago I was on a Ritalin generic, and it ended up just being like strapping a jet engine to a bicycle: couldn’t focus at all.
And now I’m trying it again, but I’m on Concerta. Was on a starter dose, didn’t feel anything, now I’m on double that dose from today, waiting to see if I can feel anything.
How do you know if it’s working?
Pure Dex was covered but racemic amphetamine wasn’t? That’s super odd
Its better anyway but if you must, just do that thing where you ask for something not covered thatyour dr affirms might be helpful and gives them a history to check all the little boxes
Whatever the reason, pure Dex is a fraction of the cost here in Canada. With both pure and racemic being a generic XR capsule, racemic is $120/mo and pure is $30/mo, that’s probably 90% of the reason.
Pure is in the provincial formulary and racemic is listed as only approved if others didn’t work. Despite the big insurers being national corporations, they go by the provincial formularies in terms of what they cover for some reason. My doctor didn’t know this and prescribed racemic (“Adderall”) just because it was considered a standard treatment.
I felt personally like racemic gave me more energy and drive, but pure gives me a clearer mind and doesn’t drive my blood pressure up as much. It’s a trade off.