u/-shadowball- — reddlx

this has been a nightmare but if you check my account I've made multiple posts about it over the past few days. on the 19th of April i got prescribed a generic after taking brand Vyvanse for the past 4 years with no issue, decided lower cost was worth trying a generic again. awful, horrible mistake. in the first week of taking it, i experienced 3 days straight of heavy sobbing over nothing, extreme brain fog and dissociation, and it culminated in me having a 5 hour long panic attack after drinking two energy drinks at work to try to counterbalance the lack of focus. typically caffeine isn't recommended with these meds, but i've never EVER had an issue with energy drinks on brand vyvanse. i stopped taking the generic the day the panic attack happened, and have been entangled in a 3-way fight between my pharmacy, insurance, and prescriber trying to get clearance for early pickup because i CANNOT continue taking Amneal's generic. long story short still don't have the new script i was prescribed and at current it's a $400 sink without insurance doing what they're supposed to.

ANYWAY, yesterday I decided to start taking the generic again, side effects be damned, because the withdrawal was making me extremely depressed and my BED was making me go crazy over cravings. the only thing this generic does right is appetite suppression. yesterday i felt fine, no issue. however, i didn't eat until well after it had worn off.

today, i am currently in the middle of yet another random panic attack after... eating a lunchable at work. that is the only thing that has changed, genuinely. it feels just as worse as the energy drinks.

throwing myself a little pity party here, but christ, this is so fucking unfair. i just want to feel normal and take my meds, my entire life has been thrown upside down because of Amneal's awful awful generic. i've got one sick day left for this year at work because of having to take time off and leave early over the side effects. i wish i could hold literally anyone accountable, between the manufacturer that did this, to any of the insurance companies and pharmacies whose incompetence has stopped me from getting the replacement i need and forcing me to continue my suffering. this is hell.

i've been trying since monday to get a switch on a controlled substance med because they put me on a generic and it made me have a mental health crisis. it's bad for me to just stop this med suddenly, but it was so bad that i was advised to stop taking the generic and go pick up the new script. after finally getting my script filled at the pharmacy four days after getting a confirmed override from my insurance via phone, suddenly it doesn't exist and i also apparently have no account with them. spent the afternoon friday calling and being told that i'm not in the system, then used the chat once the phone lines had closed and had the most obviously bullshit generated conversation of all time. they were clearly just copypasting responses into the chat and it's clear how much health actually matters to these scumbag companies.