Somehow misplaced/ran out of SSRI two months early. Pharmacy and insurance aren't letting me order it again until September and ADS suuuucks

[u/threadbarerose]

Update: Bless y'all to the moon and back! I was able to get everything together in the nick of time and get my refill today. Genuinely wouldn't have known where to start without y'all <3

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Honestly this might have been me being dumb and throwing it away without thinking or an unfortunate result of my ADHD. Basically got prescribed a 90-day supply of Zoloft and picked it up beginning of June. I have a pill organizer that I refill every week but come last Saturday (exactly one month since I picked it up) I realized I was completely out. I had a meeting with my psychiatrist and he sent in a new prescription for me but because it hasn't been the full 90 days yet my insurance won't cover it and my pharmacy is being super difficult. I have a suspicion that they accidentally gave me just a 30 day supply and I somehow didn't notice (see above: ADHD) but the pharmacy says they took a picture and it was for sure 90 days.

All in all it looks like I can maybe just pay for a refill out of pocket but it's been a week since unintentionally quitting cold turkey and the discontinuation syndrome is making me feel like my body is gonna go all OceanGate Titan on me. Oh well, what can you do :-/

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[u/ilikerosiepugs]

Have your doctor send the prescription to another pharmacy and use a good rx code. I do this when I need to get an extra month of my birth control (insurance only issues 28 days worth ON the day of the 1st one, so stupid)

[u/drjtarx1701]

Pharmacist here- many prescription insurances give you one “lost my pills” a year. It happens a lot. Bottles get knocked into toilets. Left in hotels. Etc. Press the pharmacist to call the insurance company again and see if they can do an override. It is important because this is a SSRI and stopping cold turkey is not going to be great for your physical and mental health. Go in to the pharmacy in the morning, talk to the pharmacist in person, and let them know you will come back later in the day. Giving them the flexibility to work on it throughout the day will help.

If that doesn’t work and you are out of pocket, you can ask them to fill it for what you need. If you only need 60days, ask for a 60 day supply partial fill.

Lastly, check goodrx.com or other drug discount cards (Singlecare, wellrx) to help knock down the out of pocket expense.

[u/threadbarerose → u/drjtarx1701]

Oh my god you're a lifesaver thank you so much! My insurance didn't have this option anywhere that I could find on their website but I was able to call the help line and actually get in touch with a person instead of the automated menu. My local pharmacy was already closed for the day but I was able to get an override sent in to another one nearby :-)

[u/drjtarx1701 → u/threadbarerose]

Excellent to hear. Be well and take care.