r/ADHD • u/Space-Useful • 2d ago

Seeking Empathy My medication went from $31 to $130.

I'm really frustrated right now and I would like to know if anybody has experienced sonthing similar. So I'm on Methylphenidate and I would pick it up from my local walmart for $31 dollars. Starting this month, it randomly shot up to $130. I called my insurance, they said it was somthing up with walmart. Talked to my walmart pharmacist and she said that nothing has changed with walmart in terms of a manufacturing change and no changes to my prescription has been made.

I had to bite the bullet and pay to get the medication (I'm afraid of abruptly stopping it). I plan in calling my insurance again but this is just very upsetting.

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u/ImportantRoutine1 ADHD 2d ago

I pay over $400 because I can't tolerate any of the generic.

This is usually an insurance thing though.

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u/dbeat80 2d ago edited 2d ago

I pay $5 for whatever they got. Never noticed a difference.

20mg Vyvanse

Edit: hating because I got decent insurance?

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u/bromanski 2d ago

I think it’s more the implication that if you DON’T have good coverage, or can’t tolerate the generics, it’s some kind of personal failing. Why else would you respond like that except to invalidate? I had the same experience back in 2019 in CA, multiple pharmacies stopped accepting goodRx, can’t transfer controlled prescription, pharmacies treat you with suspicion for “shopping around,” the generic made me feel too sedated to function, and the formulation that worked cost $450 without insurance. So I went without and have been struggling since. But good for you that you don’t have that experience.

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u/Bitter-Breath-9743 2d ago

Yes, people are literally downvoting if you have good coverage. Wild