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Originally Posted by scatterbrained04
I've never taken them twice. I've gone to take them, and forgot if I took them or not. Usually if that happens, I don't take them to avoid taking them twice. So I get unsure if I took them at all or not.
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This was my initial thought. And to be honest, it was kind of stupid of me to ignore the risk, if I was so afraid of overdose. I was just thinking, "if I didn't take them, I will never get to sleep." I am aware that's no excuse, but I took a chance and it worked against me. Your way of thinking is the safer way, so I think if I am unsure in the future if I took them, I will take just the Melatonin if I am worried about sleeping, that way it wouldn't be so bad.
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Originally Posted by Hopingtrying
I have definitely accidently forgotten or doubled my daily doses despite having a pill tracker (compartments for each day of the week). Thankfully, none of my meds are at high enough doses to be dangerous when doubled. Really scary!! Forgetting or doubling meds messes you up at least temporarily even at lower dosages. Yes, I am sure it is dangerous if your meds are higher doses. The side effects and long term dangers are bad enough.  |
I totally know what you mean! I mean thinking about it a day later, and it coming out of my system has made me feel a little better about the situation, and definitely less dramatic about it, but honestly, it was really scary feeling like I had made such a huge mistake. I am glad you are okay though, and nothing happened when you too double your dosage by accident. I guess both of us learned a lesson.
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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
I believe I took my evening meds twice in the past, despite having a pill box. I wasn't as worried about my Seroquel XR, which would have been much higher dose than yours, but my Tegretol XR. I take a huge dose of that anyway, doubling my evening dose was a bit worrisome. I feared double vision. Anyway, rather than worrying, consider calling a pharmacist to ask how concerned you should be.
The worst case of medication taking mistake was by my husband. Instead of taking his meds (antidepressant, stimulant) he took my evening meds instead by accident. He made it to work, but his work friend had to call me to pick him up. He totally passed out almost, sleeping the whole day away.
The scariest thing I experienced was mixing my meds with too much alcohol. My husband had to call 911.
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You're right, calling the pharmacy is a great idea, but I actually didn't think of it at the time. I do have a long session with my pdoc coming up, so I will be sure to mention this incident with him. I am sorry that you have these scary situations with medication mistakes, (especially the one with your husband), and I am so glad that when you took them with too much alcohol everything turned out okay. That has always been my biggest fear you know; mixing them with too much alcohol.
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Originally Posted by TheSadGirl
Glad you are okay. I keep my pills in a pill caddy so I know if I've taken them. Otherwise I can't remember.
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Thank you SadGirl
I am glad I am okay too. It's really smart that you have yours sorted that way. I mean i am only on two pills so I don't really think I need one of those caddies, but if I making mistakes like these and gettign scared about them, maybe I should.