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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
Go to walgreens and get a tray for your meds. They have all kinds of trays. I use a twice a day tray. It is very convenient. I can post a picture if you like. each compartment has its own "door". the "doors" are color-coded for time of the day. So a PM pill cannot possibly roll into the AM compartment. You won't be taking Trazodone with your morning coffee if you have that tray. And it is very tidy and even a bit aesthetic. I absolutely hated having the pill bottles clutter my kitchen counters, not just because of clutter per se, but because they were a constant reminder that I am sick. Now, I have a nice straw basket which is surprisingly soft and pliable (from Target) and I keep the medication bottles and supplement bottles in it. It fits inside a kitchen cabinet. Once a weak I fill the tray with pills and back into the cabinet the basket goes. I only see my medication bottles for 10 minutes a week. It has made a very positive change in my life. Note that I MUST take PM meds because otherwise I would not sleep. The morning meds are optional - if I skip Prozac for a day, nobody would notice a difference. So I have to be disciplined in the AM, which does not always happen (discipline is not the funnest thing around), but in the PM, I cannot possibly skip taking the meds because I would not fall asleep, period. So I took the supplements - vit D3, magnesium, etc. - and started putting them in the PM slot to make sure I would take the supplement.
I can post pictures of the basket and the tray and links to bigger trays at Walgreens, if you tell me how many times a day you are supposed to take pills.
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Fantastic idea! I'm getting one today. I forget my meds all the time.
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