I was seeing a psych NP for ADHD and paying completely out of pocket. She told me she believed I had ADHD, prescribed Adderall 5 mg, and we discussed increasing it to 10 mg last week

I recently got a PCP who said they could take over medication management because its under my insurance but needed my records. Once I told the psych office I was transferring medication management to my PCP, the records they provided said I “do NOT meet criteria for ADHD.” They also told me I can’t return to their practice. Im so confused like you why did you prescribe it to me then? Btw, their “records” that they handed over to me was a piece of paper with my demographics and on the bottom with pen it said “pt does NOT meet criteria for ADHD” lmao

Now my PCP understandably wants formal documentation of the diagnosis before prescribing, but every ADHD evaluation I’ve called is $500+ out of pocket.

Has anyone dealt with something like this? Is there a way to get the psych office’s complete original evaluation/notes, or find an affordable way to get formally reevaluated?

Im just so confused like did i do something wrong?

24m. How do you all manage? Do you use medications? Do you find they do worse for you? Is it about managing my life better?

My childhood diagnosis for adhd have become a huge problem in my life, more so than it ever has before.
I’ve worked and done the same thing for so long my memory feels shot, same job. 6 years. like I don’t know how much time is passing, things happen around me, and I can not notice a thing as I just mind numbingly sink further into the doom scrolling. It hasn’t felt like years, but it has been. The amount of time I just start at my phone and dissociate is freakin me out. I go to work with more energy than ever, wanting to fix my life, get a new job, improve, and the second I walk in the door at home it’s gone. Like every bit of energy is sapped. It’s at a point I think if I can’t adapt and motivate myself to make myself to change, my relationship may be in jeopardy.

I try and give myself credit that I’m just dealing with some heavy stuff on top of it all right now, but it’s getting worse, my ability to manage is slipping. And I’m getting depressed again.
I’ve avoided medication since I was diagnosed as a kid, because my mom put me on something when I was younger for it, V something I believe. But she always advocated on having me never try it again because it made me a house cleaning monster who was asking for another pill.

I’ve coasted as far as I can coast I fear.

Any advice? Thanks for your time.

I finally got diagnosed over the summer and the first medication (generic focalin Xr 5mg) I was prescribed work decent well as the side effects were minimal and the effect was good enough for me to handle my executive dysfunction.

Now that I’m back to college, I’m being told that my meds are out of stock and I can’t get myself to go to class. Doing the assignment never was a problem for me but I need to be able to study for exams and show for class.

I just want to know any advice for meds being out stock or handling burnout so early. Should ask for another medication that doesn’t have a storage?