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Old Feb 12, 2020, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ~Christina View Post
Hey, Id not waste time taking about France.. I’m sure he will help you feel better. You really must have him order lab work... you might need to skip a few days to let your level drop.

Yes the mixing up of pills. Years ago like 9 when I just imploded I was at one time taking so many doses of meds a day ... I screwed up a lot.. the only thing that saved me was taking different colored markers and drawing an X on tops of any pills that could be confused. So when I picked up that bottle I was reminded by that big blue X .. Red , green etc to pay much closer attention. A few times I’d ask my husband if I was holding X Med in my hand.. maybe ask your husband to just watch you fill up the box ?

Anyway it helped remind me to double check..I was so drugged when I was recovering from my descent into hell. It’s so easy to get them confused ! My new PsA Med ? It looks exactly like my cholesterol pill

Fantastic news about enjoying your French class !

Hope you have a great appt with your Pdoc
Thanks, Christina! I will talk to pdoc about my med accident. I'll see what he suggests. I have a feeling he'll just tell me to go back to my usual dose of 1,200. I wouldn't want to skip them entirely. Tegretol is somewhat like Lamictal in that big jumps could increase SJS risk.

The system you used to ensure correctness with the meds sounds like a good suggestion. Maybe I'll create a spreadsheet and mark the Xs near the med line on a printout. You know what makes it even harder? My husband expects me to fill his pill box, too. I do keep his pill bottles separate from mine. His are in the kitchen pantry. Mine in a tray upstairs. I do fill them all at once, but keep his on the opposite side of the table. In total (his and mine), including the multi-vitamin, there are 13 different pill bottles for me to deal with once per week, when filling the weekly boxes. Once when I didn't have breakfast with him, he accidentally took MY evening medications (the wrong pill box) in the morning. A couple hours after he got to work, he was nearly passing out. I had to go pick him up, and when we got home, he slept for 14 hours straight. I couldn't believe he did that. At the time, my evening cocktail was even bigger than it is now, and far larger than his morning med pile has ever been. I think that day he took Lithium, Tegretol, Geodon, Seroquel XR, Klonopin, and Propranolol -- some at pretty high doses. Oops!
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bpcyclist, Nammu, Sunflower123
Thanks for this!
~Christina