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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow
I don't have young children but I do have nieces. For a long time they just knew that "sometimes my brain doesn't work quite" and that was fine with them. I know the oldest now knows I have bipolar but I don't know how much she understands that. I have mostly let her parents talk to her about it since that's where she's most comfortable asking questions.
How my pills do you take daily?
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My psych med list is shown below, but I also take Synthroid, a statin, a beta blocker, a blood pressure med, and a multi-vitamin, each day. As for the total number of pills, it's even more than it would seem because some medications' pills don't come in my exact dose, so I need to take more than one pill to get to the dose. This is even more the case where I now live in Europe, than in the US. Also, I take some Seroquel XR and some Seroquel IR, for a good reason. So even though they are basically the same med, the "action" is a little different. To tally them up:
Morning:
Synthroid 150 mcg - x 1
Rosuvastain 10 mg - x 1
Hydrochlorathiazide 25 mg - x 1
Lamictal 100 mg - x 1
Lamictal 25 mg - x 2
Pregabalin 50 mg - x 1
Carbamazepine ER 400 mg - x 1
Total: 8 pills
Evening:
Multi-vitamin - x 1
Carbamazepine ER 400 mg - x 1
Pregabalin 50 mg - x 1
Seroquel XR 300 mg - x 3
Seroquel IR 25 mg - x 2
Metoprolol - x 1
Total: 9 pills
So, in a given day, my usual is 17 pills. No biggie, really. They go down the hatch in one fell swoop. I've taken more in the past. Even back then I decided to get rid of pills that were seemingly unnecessary (i.e. too many supplements). One multi-vitamin is just fine for me, as I have a good diet.
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