In my experience, hospital pharmacies tend to be really good for filling out stimulant prescriptions. The shortage issue basically comes down to Schedule-II quotas and those are generally set per-pharmacy based on patient volume vs. controlled substance fulfillments.

This unfortunately means that low-volume convenience pharmacies tend to hit their quota maximum rather easily. Hospital pharmacies on the other hand tend to get fewer visits related to chronic conditions (e.g.: ADD/ADHD) and obviously have way more patient volume than the average Walgreens, so they're a lot more likely to vend to you without putting up a big fight.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately my experience with my insurance provider (Kaiser) has been a refusal to respect my out of network diagnosis and insist that I get rediagnosed through them, a process which will take months as my GP refers me to a psych who are all booked for 3 months minimum

The other hospital in the area also refused to fill due to the shortage

I fucking hate this system and have had 3 doctors agree with me on that

I'd also like to point out that Kaiser cut me emergency supply of these same fucking meds at the order of that doctor after I was in the ER and didn't have them on me so like wtf