I was diagnosed about three months ago, in my mid 30s, then started on atomoxetine a month ago after getting a psych appointment. I paid out of pocket with GoodRx since it was cheaper than the expected insurance coverage. So I put in my refill for atomoxetine on Friday, pharmacy called Saturday morning and let me know that my insurance requires a prior authorization for and ADHD meds if your over 18 (because clearly an arbitrary age would just make ADHD not a problem anymore…). Checked GoodRx and it’s like 4x the price of insurance. Told them to start the PA. Got confirmation from my psych office they put it in on Saturday. With the holiday though it’s take a while to get anything from my insurance company. I only have one dose left for tomorrow and it looks like it may be a few more days at least before I can get my refill filled.
That is all to ask, what are the side effects of missing doses? I expect I’ll have the same side effects when I start up again (which were tolerable but not fun), but anything I need to watch out for as it wears down?
When I was on Atomoxine, my experience was that if I missed a dose my ADHD felt more pronounced and I was a little bit more dysfunctional for a couple days than I would have been if I was unmedicated. Hard to tell how much of that was just the contrast of not being on it, vs an effect of coming off it, but it felt like more than just not having the meds’ help
Wish you the best!
Currently on it, same experience.
Same (and I learned this because my latest batch of pills seems to have been messed up, possibly missing the actual active ingredient)…