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self-medication..... how do i tell/ bring it up...

ReedNotRed
ReedNotRed
I know this is stupid and dangerous on my part.... but its actually worked out for me....
So I take conerta for ADHD, affexor and wellburtain for depression and anxiety.... i take them in the morning and all that, but for months i have felt like it wasn't enough, so i started to take an extra dosage of it in the afternoon to keep me more stable emotionally and have less down moments and mood swings.

But now its coming time for me to re-fill my perscriptions, but one of them is 30days early then what its suppose to be.... what am I to do???

thanks for any kind of advice or support
Community LeaderWanderingVet
WanderingVet
First thing I would do is look each one up and see what overdosing has done to you .. except it will only tell you about that single med .. you have been overdosing on 3 of them .. so it will be hard to deduce the risk.

Next thing to do is tell your doctor what you have done. If all is OK with it, he/she can increase you dosages and issue new prescriptions. There is no legal way to get prescription meds without a prescription.
Community LeaderWanderingVet
WanderingVet
How to tell her/him? Just like you told us.
ReedNotRed
ReedNotRed
i looked into each pill, and they seem to be jelling together.... all the pills at their regular levels are okay to take, and the increase is no big deal.... by big-deal i mean no sidefacts that I can tell of......
and for the telling of my doctor..... well doctors, they don't like to be told that sort of stuff, they usually freak out!
Community LeaderWanderingVet
WanderingVet
and for the telling of my doctor..... well doctors, they don't like to be told that sort of stuff, they usually freak out!


agreed .. but you are now 'short' in supply. you are not the first to do this .. I bet doc has heard it b4. Sounds like you need a new prescription with an increased dose .. and I don't know how else you will get one .. besides from your Doc.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Your doctor needs to know what you are doing to make sure it's OK or to change your medication. Don't worry about his or her not wanting to hear it, because it's their job to hear it. There may be risks you don't know about. Sometimes things happen asymptomatically for awhile. Or maybe you're right and nothing is going to happen to you if you take more. If your doctor agrees he or she may call the pharmacist and override the time limitations to get you more pills.