QELBREE (viloxazine) availability in Thailand (non stimulant adhd treatment)

[notrub]

12 10 2024  

 

Seeing This YT video by Dr. Tracey Marks, has me wanting to try this medication.  Currently on 10mg ritalin 2xday and is ok but would prefer non stimulant if poss.  Thanks for any comments🙏🏼  (cost of medication now is  18 thb per day - 2x 9 baht)

 

[Sheryl]

No brand of this available in Thailand

[notrub]

Goodmorning Sheryl, Thank you.  Do you know of any groups or organizations that address adhd here in Thailand?  Canada has taken adhd seriously and there are many such groups there. 

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[Sheryl]

No, I do not.

 

In Thailand there is very little awareness of ADHD in adults, even among health professionals. 

[JackGats]

How easy is it to get this kind of kiddie coke prescribed in Thailand?

[marin]

4 minutes ago, JackGats said:

How easy is it to get this kind of kiddie coke prescribed in Thailand?

Do you read threads or just post?

 

21 hours ago, Sheryl said:

No brand of this available in Thailand

 

24 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

In Thailand there is very little awareness of ADHD in adults, even among health professionals. 

 

[JackGats]

45 minutes ago, marin said:

Do you read threads or just post?

 

 

 

Well, maybe I am ADHD too, that's why.

[mokwit]

1 hour ago, JackGats said:

How easy is it to get this kind of kiddie coke prescribed in Thailand?

Ritalin and Adderall can only be prescribed by a hospital doctor (might be further restrictions beyond this, but I think not restricted to only Govt hospitals).

[NativeBob]

We searched for Ritalin, Adderall (just to prove) around Victory Monument. No have.

[notrub]

ADHD?  Here is a TEDx talk by a young woman who was diagnosed adhd and how she is coping with it.  This vid is about 6 years old and is still very relevant.  She has published a book by the same title and has many many YouTube videos.  Help is on the way.

 

'Official' estimates in the west have around 12% of children affected by this condition.  Some experts (physicians, neurologist, physiologists etc.), however, suggest that as many of 50% of adults may have this condition in the west but have adapted or masked some symptoms.

 

For you clowns who want to dwell on prescribed 'speed' please inform yourselves about this condition and its remedies.  Ignorance is boring and offensive.  

 

Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story | Jessica McCabe | TEDxBratislava

 

[Sheryl]

5 hours ago, NativeBob said:

We searched for Ritalin, Adderall (just to prove) around Victory Monument. No have.

These are strictly controlled drugs and it is completely illegal for a pharmacy to sell them.

[watthong]

7 hours ago, notrub said:

Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story | Jessica McCabe | TEDxBratislava

Thanks for the link. After of nearly 5 yrs into our relationship, it recently dawned on me my 46 yo Thai partner may have ADHD (and now thanks to this thread, with the suffix -i). Among the many things that make me notice his brain is not functionally normally, one stands out:

 

Let's say an average adult would place a glace of water somewhere near the center of the table, but he would place it at the edge. A kid might do it  the same way, but said kid is expected to improve with time and learn to move the glass toward the center so you won't knock it over by accident. My partner does it 10 time out of 10, by the rim of the table. That fits one of the characteristics of ADHD, "tendency to make careless mistakes." I remember seening a Carol Burnet skit in which Harvey Corman taking his accicdent prone wife Carol to dinner at a restaurant. She immediately ordered  something flambee - so you could imagine all the catastrophes that could and would ensue.

 

My partner would usually take the longer, more circuitous road to achieve a lesser result. It seems like he - or his brain's eye srather see things peripherally, instead of what is straight ahead. He's on meds throughout his adult life, presumably for bi-polar disorder (Van Gogh category where he would hear noises that bother him noticeably). I ask him if one of his meds are among those cited here, he says no. The one he shows me is Risperidone GPO for his bi polar. He would go to the hospital every 3 months when he runs out of meds and come home with a bushel of them. It always takes less than 5 minutes at each visit for the doc to ask, is everything ok?  Yes? Then prescribe a refill. I'm at a loss at how he arrives at a daily schedule of taking his battery of meds. I don't think he has one.