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Originally Posted by ~Christina
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 
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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!