#was gonna pick up my rx but they didn’t get the refill request for some reason! so i’ll be heading back for that in a couple days

[mars-ipan]

had such a good productive day today and now i get to reward myself with Sour Candy <333 yaaay

[hashire]

This fucking week. What happened was that I needed a prescription refilled. It's specifically to help with my premenstrual dysphoric disorder because I really struggle in that week or so before my period. Well, suffer would probably be a better word.

Anyway, I submitted the refill request because it needs to be approved by the doc before it's filled. I called the next day to set up an appointment with the new person. When I made the appointment, they asked if I needed a prescription refilled. I said yes, I do. I told them the prescription and they said they had a refill request with a note about me needing to make an appointment. Great! I made the appointment. It's going through, right? This was around 1:30 on Tuesday.

No. I called Walgreens later because I hadn't gotten a notification that the rx has been refilled. Walgreens said they'd sent a request for the refill and still hadn't heard back. This was after 6, so I couldn't call the office. I had been too busy before then to even step away from the front end.

All right. Tomorrow then? Nope! I wanted to call the office around 3:30. Things ended up being too busy at work for me to do that. I was not doing well. I called just after 4 and asked to speak to the nurse. They took a message instead. Apparently, they had the request. It just needed a signature. I said twice that I needed the prescription now. They were gonna mark it as high priority but also the nurse wasn't there that day so someone else would do it. I was going to get a call when it happened. Did I get a call before the office closed? No.

The next morning, I had something I needed to do. The rx still wasn't in. I couldn't function. I couldn't do what I needed to do. I called Walgreens to confirm that they hadn't heard back and asked how many times they'd faxed the office. They'd sent three faxes! And nothing!

I called the office crying. I told them that I could not function without the rx and that this was torture. Apparently there was a note saying the nurse was "working on it." OK. Cool. I messaged my PCP to ask if she could cover my prescriptions because I didn't think this new psychiatrist would work out.

I called the office at 11. I went to work at 1 without my rx. I decided that, if nothing happened by 3, I would call and cancel the appointments. I got an email at 2:49 saying the prescription was not approved. I was so mad.

I called and cancelled the appointments. Told them I didn't want to reschedule because I never wanted to see him. When asked if I wanted to tell them anything else, I explained what happened. It would get passed along, they said. I called my PCP's office to confirm that they could cover things, because I hadn't gotten a response to my message from the morning. I was told they could and that they'd send in the refill order as soon as they could (this morning, possibly). I got a response to my message while on the phone. I responded to it to explain what happened and that I would be very much appreciate if they could have it done today, but I understood if they weren't able to do it. I felt so much better now that I had the weight off my shoulders.

Some hours later, I got the notification that my rx was ready to be picked up. Weird how that worked out!

There could have been an issue with the fact that it's xanax. Thing is, I only get seven pills at a time. I requested the refill a month after I last picked it up. It's for my fucking period. If they were suspicious of drug abuse, I would be very concerned for them. Seven days of pills, requested once a month, no asking for more when I contact them or anything that should set off alarms.

I had trouble sleeping during the week and felt absolutely terrible. I took the pill last night, slept 12 hours, and felt amazing today. It was a weird day, busy and just...weird, but I didn't feel stressed or overwhelmed or exhausted. I also don't feel reliant on the medication when the seven days are up. Dunno what the hell their problem was, but it shouldn't have anything to do with this.