I don't know what to do. Just started treatment for my son's ADHD and about to get his first prescription filled. We tried once before about 5 years ago, and I didn't like how his reaction to the medicine was and just took him off it and let things go. It's been 5 years and can't really let things go anymore. This is mainly to help him focus on his schooling so he can do better, and, as the doctor said, prepare him for life after school, which has me a little worried right now. He also has some mental disabilities and Asperger's. The thing is, the doctor insists that I don't just drop the medication if I don't like how he reacts on the medicine. He wants me to keep in touch so we can try different medicines and dosages til we get one that works that he seems to do well on. We can't afford all the tweeking around of medicines, though. It's hard to tell how much this one (Focalin) is going to cost even with a prescription card; and if he shuts down on this I definitely want him off and try something else, but we can't afford to buy medicine after medicine til we find one we're happy with. We have $500 to get through this week on, not having paid some bills yet or done the grocery shopping, plus gas for the week. We can't fall behind on our bills to do this. We just got a new house a few months ago after we lost ours to fire in December. The last thing in the world I want right now is to fall behind on house payments. I'm also dealing with some bad anxiety and feel almost unable to cope, mainly because our money and bills, and my mom is wanting me to get therapy and medicine but just don't see how we could do it at all. We don't have insurance and so little money out-of-pocket to spare. I don't even know how we're going to deal with my son much less myself.