[TPizzle83]

I've been diagnosed with ADD since I was 12 or 13 and 3 months ago my doctor of 4+ years told me I needed to find another doctor for my prescriptions of 20 mg Adderall I've been prescribed for just as long as I've seen him and he no longer sees me because I turned 19 and he's a child doctor.

I wasn't prepared for this at all, regular monthly prescriptions from him had allowed me to actually function in daily life for things like getting my GED earlier this year in March. Thankfully he gave me two prescriptions for two separate months to do me until I found another doctor otherwise I probably never would have.

Well, I've found another doctors office and saw another doctor early last month who was completely unfamiliar with this particular practice I needed help with and she recommended me to another doctor, gave me an appointment for sometime this month (I've already forgotten when exactly this is) with another doctor who'll hopefully be able to give me regular prescriptions again, and one full prescription along with another prescription of 22 pills to do me until I see that doctor.

My question deals with what the doctor I seen last month mentioned, a re-evaluation. I can't remember if she said it was necessary or not, but I'm wondering -would- this be necessary before the appointment this month to still receive my medicine, should I call a mental health agency immediately, or what?

I'd really rather not go without the medicine that has impacted my life so much for the past 4 and 1/2 years and has allowed me to function as a normal person.

If you are in college and might want to ask for accommodations for your ADHD in any way, a current evaluation is going to be necessary anyway. I don't know if the doctor would prescribe before the evaluation or not, but I would suspect he would continue your current meds until he has a re-eval that says anything differently.

[Miswimmy1]

I think your new doc could get the dx from your old one. He may want to do his own dx, just to make sure, but I think he can start you on medication with your old one, until he redoes it.

[BlueInanna]

They may re-eval or not, depending on the doctor. If you are worried about running out of the meds, the old doc might be able to give you more refills. In US it's called a triplicate rx, so they have to see you and actually hand you the rx's on paper, can't be called in like most meds. My pdoc used to give me 3 rx's at a time, to cover the 3 months until I see her. It's very understandable that you don't want to run out of the med, or mix up your routine, since you've found one that really works.

[TPizzle83]

Thanks for the help guys.

I've been worried I'd have to have a re-evaluation before the appointment that I was reminded is on the 18th to keep my meds, and that'd be impossible at this point to schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist before then.