Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
I’m so happy I got a job so I don’t have to stress about paying for my psych app.
I took psychology in high school and learnt about who can and can’t prescribe certain meds, but it’s wild that I have to go see some dude for 15 minutes every three to six months to just get a script. Like, come on!
I’m hoping my GP might be able to prescribe repeats as I’m pretty sure he’s schedule 8 authorised. But then I’m tossing up the idea of moving interstate next year which probably means starting the whole damn thing all over again 🙃
Yeah my local docs don’t have the authorisation. Just… ugh. At least it doesn’t take me 2 hours to get there and back.
The amount of admin required to manage a condition that affects one’s very ability to execute that stuff is pretty insane, hey. I had a long chat to my GP recently after my diagnosis and the difficulty of getting diagnosed, specialists being booked out forever, etc. Turns out there’s sort of a hidden network? of GPs and psychiatrists who have no problem treating and managing ADHD and have plenty of experience, GP authorisation etc… but won’t mention ADHD at all on their profiles because the reality is they’ll get swamped and be unable to do anything else ever again. I got absolutely lucky on both the GP and psychiatrist front, and it still was a long journey
