Hiya bpcyclist. Assisted living can be expensive, but I don't think you need that, my friend. Hiring a person to stop by or call reliably, once or twice per day, is less expensive but I doubt that's necessary, either. At least not when we're relatively stable.

There are a lot of ways to remind yourself to take your meds. My most effective way is to put them in a place where I routinely go at pretty much the same exact times every day. Do you have such a place? I put mine in weekly pill boxes, because I just have way too many pill bottles to deal with. I'm lucky that my husband takes both morning and evening medications, too, so if I don't remember, he does, and we remind each other.

I have often heard that "doctors can be the worst patients". I'm not saying you're a bad patient, but just responding to what you wrote above. My father-in-law was a neurologist/psychiatrist and a real humdinger when he got sick. My husband also said he often "tried" the medications he prescribed for his patients. [Well, maybe it would be nice for the pdocs to try an antipsychotic, or two. ] My sister-in-law and brother-in-law are both retired doctors. Both have bipolar diagnoses. My sister-in-law has always self-medicates to chase hypomania. My brother-in-law used beer all of his life, until it ruined his liver. Now he finally takes medications, but the damage was done. Their mother (different than my husband's) died as a result of bipolar disorder.