[wiretwister]

I was cleaning out the cabinet … found the following … got a kick out of it … from 2011 – 2015

Ambien , lisinopril-hctz , buspirone hcl , lamotrigine , trazodone , alprazolam , quetiapine fumarate , abilify , doxazosin mesylate , diclofenac , clonazepam , clarithromycin , doxepin , escitalopram , divalproex , ziprasidone.

Some with multiple doses and multiple bottles … (not all bp meds)

Thought it time to give these back to the pharmacy before I decided to take any …

(except my current rx's) …

Anyone else willing to admit to what they are holding back … or just forgot … ?

Time to clean out that cabinet …. (early spring cleaning) ….



Tigger has been better , but I still love you guys and want you safe ...





ps: losing my obsession , losing it again … thought it best to remove temptation while I was still in a good frame of mind …





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[gayleggg]

I need to do that.

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[BeyondtheRainbow]

When I went home on suicide precautions I had to promise to throw out every med I wasn't taking. I filled a pint jar and I'm pretty careful about getting rid of things b/c years ago I realized I was stockpiling for bad reasons and I try to avoid that now, but even then 2 cups of excess meds, most of them not really very safe.

[wiretwister]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow

When I went home on suicide precautions I had to promise to throw out every med I wasn't taking. I filled a pint jar and I'm pretty careful about getting rid of things b/c years ago I realized I was stockpiling for bad reasons and I try to avoid that now, but even then 2 cups of excess meds, most of them not really very safe.

I had to promise (family did) to remove all my guns ...

Beyond good to hear from you ... pray it is ok with you ...

[Ocean Swimmer]

Yes. I have pills everywhere.
I didn't know you could take them into the pharmacy.
I thought about the Fire Station.

[gina_re]

I emailed the nurse from PHP to find out the correct way to dispose of medication. She never got back to me. Not intentionally I'm sure.
I too have several bottles that I need to get rid of as well..

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Usually pharmacies sell a thing to mail them off. Sometimes police stations will take them. If you need them out of your house rapidly you can mix them with kitty litter and water and put it in the trash. It dries into a hard rock. Not environmentally friendly but what hospice used to do where I worked and it worked for me when I had to get them out of the house immediately. Much easier than flushing pills that float right back up to the surface.

I have a truckload of pills from med changes over the years. They just sit there. I'm lazy about it lol

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[BipolaRNurse]

Only a few weeks after I'd been inpatient for suicidal ideation, I ran across a full bottle of Methadone tablets. My sister had lived with me for a while and she used them for chronic pain; by that time she'd moved to an assisted living facility and there was no use for those pills because they were giving them to her at the home.

I think God must've been watching out for me, letting me get past the worst of the depression before finding the Methadone. There must have been 100 of them in that bottle. Way more than enough to finish the job my depression had started. At first I just sat down on the toilet with the bottle in my hand, thinking (very briefly!) that I ought to hang onto them, just, you know, in case. Then I stood up, poured the contents into the toilet and flushed. It may not have been environmentally correct, but better to sacrifice a few fish than my life. I was so proud of myself for doing that. I still am.