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Ha ha - looks like we were typing at the same time!Lol. Have you ever heard of HIPAA? "Health care providers, health insurance companies, and other entities involved in the administration of health care may not share personally identifiable medical information without your consent". If they do, they risk being prosecuted by the department of justice. Privacy of health care information is extremely serious.
Admissions committees absolutely can NOT look up a person's prescription history. First, there isn't a national centralized database of a person's health history. If you go from one GP to another, if you don't sign release forms for your previous records, your new doctor has no way of accessing them. The exception is obviously if you are within a health system (at your University, for example) that multiple doctors work for (and can access the same records). Of course, even then, your records can't be released to any other entity without your consent.
Admissions committees can't and won't access your prescription history. It's illegal.
Are you talking about the state controlled substance record? It varies by each state but doctors and pharmacists CAN look you up and see what controlled substances you're using.Hi all,
I'll be seeing a psychiatrist next week but I wanted your opinion before I saw him.
I've never had a health insurance and it's been 13 years since I've seen by a doctor (I was hella poor as well).
Since high school, I've been struggling with focusing. I cannot focus on something, especially when it comes to studying, more than 2~3 minutes. I have to read same information over and over and over again to barely understand it; I'm also forgetful and I have poor information retention.
I've spent 3 months "studying" for DAT but it was very ineffective.If I were to sit down on a desk for 8 hours to study, only about 30 minutes will go to actual "studying". I'm the most easily distracted person. I'm done with undergrad and even though I made it out alive, I'm sure I've had ADD my entire life (ADD because I'm never hyper). I just never had a way to verify my belief so I set up an appointment with a psychiatrist who specializes in adult ADD/ADHD.
My concern is that I've read somewhere on this forum that Adcom will look at your prescription history (I don't know how exactly but few people attested to it in that forum) and deny your admission to dental school if you're taking stimulant such as Adderall. So I'm afraid to be prescribed even if I have ADD. I just wanted some feedback here since I'm concerned about this. I need help studying if I really do have ADD but I don't want to be denied of my dream of becoming a dentist.
Are you talking about the state controlled substance record? It varies by each state but doctors and pharmacists CAN look you up and see what controlled substances you're using.
I doubt adcoms will look into that record though.. they might background check/drug test you when you get admitted though.. it's a valid concern. We just don't know lol.
Have you been prescribed this medication yet? If a legit medical doctor prescribes you a medication I would not be overly concerned, excluding things like anti-psychotics. If the medication helps you to function properly without any ill effects on your ability to treat a patient, I'm sure adcoms won't worry even if they can view this information, which I sincerely doubt they can. That's just your anxiety talking
There's this thing in the health field called HIPPO. When your doctor tries to discuss protected health information a hippo comes and sits on them, preventing them from discussing any such thing. Look it up.
I agree with your advice aside from saying "excluding anti-psychotics". That's a dangerous thing to say because people reading this who have been prescribed anti-psychotics could stop taking them "for dental school admission", which is not a good idea.
Hi all,
I'll be seeing a psychiatrist next week but I wanted your opinion before I saw him.
I've never had a health insurance and it's been 13 years since I've seen by a doctor (I was hella poor as well).
Since high school, I've been struggling with focusing. I cannot focus on something, especially when it comes to studying, more than 2~3 minutes. I have to read same information over and over and over again to barely understand it; I'm also forgetful and I have poor information retention.
I've spent 3 months "studying" for DAT but it was very ineffective.If I were to sit down on a desk for 8 hours to study, only about 30 minutes will go to actual "studying". I'm the most easily distracted person. I'm done with undergrad and even though I made it out alive, I'm sure I've had ADD my entire life (ADD because I'm never hyper). I just never had a way to verify my belief so I set up an appointment with a psychiatrist who specializes in adult ADD/ADHD.
My concern is that I've read somewhere on this forum that Adcom will look at your prescription history (I don't know how exactly but few people attested to it in that forum) and deny your admission to dental school if you're taking stimulant such as Adderall. So I'm afraid to be prescribed even if I have ADD. I just wanted some feedback here since I'm concerned about this. I need help studying if I really do have ADD but I don't want to be denied of my dream of becoming a dentist.
Have you been prescribed this medication yet? If a legit medical doctor prescribes you a medication I would not be overly concerned. If the medication helps you to function properly without any ill effects on your ability to treat a patient, I'm sure adcoms won't worry even if they can view this information, which I sincerely doubt they can. That's just your anxiety talking
There's this thing in the health field called HIPPO. When your doctor tries to discuss protected health information a hippo comes and sits on them, preventing them from discussing any such thing. Look it up.
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If you are prescribed, then there is no "getting off" of it. It's a medical treatment; he's not going to be using it so he can get better grades. He's using it to function normally.You ain't gonna be popping the A pills when yo are in dental school, best to get off that habit.
Why not? Why won't he be "popping them" in dental school? And why is it a "habit?"You ain't gonna be popping the A pills when yo are in dental school, best to get off that habit.
There is also "only a thin line" between vicodin and heroin... what will you be prescribing after surgery?There is only a thin line of difference between methamphetamine and the A pill. Stop trying to defend whatever you are proclaiming.
Rubbing dirt on itThere is also "only a thin line" between vicodin and heroin... what will you be prescribing after surgery?
Did you just compare AD(H)D patients who take Adderall for treatment purposes to meth addicts?There is only a thin line of difference between methamphetamine and the A pill. Stop trying to defend whatever you are proclaiming.
How do you know what I'm defending if you don't know what I'm proclaiming?There is only a thin line of difference between methamphetamine and the A pill. Stop trying to defend whatever you are proclaiming.
Not so much of an amphetamine base, but it's a more sophisticated mechanism of action than adderall and adderall XR. It'll take longer to feel the effects, but it has a lower potential for abuse and is longer lasting than adderall.Thank you for your reply, guys!
I went to see a psychiatrist today and I was diagnosed with ADHD (he told me the term ADD is no longer used; instead, both ADD and ADHD are called ADHD but ADHD now has 2 categories: inattentive and hyperactive&inattentive).
I belong to ADHD-inattentive category and apparently, I have a severe case of it. Funny and frustrating at the same time how I lived 24 years with it.
My psychiatrist prescribed a stimulant called Vyvanse (he told me it's an amphetamine base so should work like other amphetamine base stimulants) and we'll see how this goes.
Again, thank you for your responses!
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Oh and I hope you have good insurance because it is EXPENSIVE.