[alf0156]

I need someone to slap me around so i will take my medication. I keep forgeting to do so and whin i remimber to take them i am no where near them. i have tryed to take some with me but it works for a day or so because i forget to reload so i have more. any sudjustions would be helpfull. because if i can get my depresion under controle then i might acualy remimber on my own

[(JD)]

Grrr I hate it when this happens, don't you? I carry my pain meds in a little metal vial on my keyring. I keep some in my wallet, and I also have some in the car, and naturally by the bed.

What time of day are you trying to take it. Morning and you aren't getting up at the same time? Do you leave the house the same way each day? Can you put a sticky note on the door you leave by? Of course it would be nice to have an alarm set on a 24 hour basis to remind you...

[Bethsway]

OH Alf if I was there I would give you a slap...lol...only kidding...but please remember to take your meds...before you go to bed at night...make sure you reload your meds...make it a ritual like brushing your teeth...or instead of brushing your teeth...lol...anyhow, put your meds in a small pill box and put them in the pocket of your pants you will wear the next day...then in the morning they are there for you if you forget to take them...they are with you already!!! Do it please...slap slap slap....lol

Not sure how we could help you with this. we are on line so we would not even know for sure if you took your medication or not and so on. So you might want to talk to someone in your real life and local locations about being a medication buddy - maybe a friend or your prescribing physician or even keeping a chart system with your therapist might help. When I am on medication I keep a medication log (chart) in with my nightly journal and take it at the same time that I write my journal and at the same time of day. I write down the medication, dosage and time that I take the medication. That way I always know if I have taken it or not and when I am supposed to take it.

Hang in there.

[alf0156]

i take 9 pills. 7 in the morning but i wake any where from just enought time to get out the door for work or if i close the night befor then i am sleeping in (7am - 11am) i am supose to take 1 at noon and 2 befor bed bit whin i close i am not home till 2am and so tired i fall asleep in the chair. I have pur teminders in my phone but if i am asleep i don't hear it. and if i am at work i don't have my medication

[biplol]

let me tell you, I felt like an old lady when I went to Target to get one of thos S M T W T F S plactic continers, but it helped, and I try really hard because i know what can happen If I don't take it.
Good luck!

[Bethsway]

sky gave a great solution...carry some everywhere,,,in your pocket...in the car...buy a vial to fill and wear around your neck...take them the same time every day...even if you are at work...don't wait until you come home...bring some with you...always...!!!reload in 3 different places and that way when you run out of one you still have back-up two more times...

[(JD)]

Ok... yes it does take consistency to take them on time and all, I agree.

Hmmm. what if you bag up your meds into those little plastic bags once a week, 7 bags? Would that help? Yes, you would have to fix the bags up...

Put a bottle of water or glass of water by the chair where you generally crash on the late nights...and by your bed? That way you won't have to get up to get that...

I have a similar problem in the middle of the night, when I need the pain med, often I wake but am in too much pain to take medicine! (and half asleep) I set the pill out in a pill holder, and I have a half pint of bottle water with a no spill sippy top so I can drink the water while lying down. But it's taken me a long time to put things together that work for me.

Hope someone comes up with ideas that help you!

[alf0156]

my trubble is remimbering to reload. I will talk to my boss and see if i can keep some at work so they are there whin i need them. whin i get a car it is a good idea accept winter is aprotching and cold is bad for them

[arod13]

alfo156 do you have a cell phone? how about setting an alarm on your phone for a time maybe bfore you leave your house o remind you to reload and then you can set an alarm to also remind you to take them too ive done that it has helped

[alf0156]

yes i do have a cell. that is where my reminders are set, and set in my PDA too. i just never know whin i am going to wake up, sometimes i have time others i bairly get to work on time

[arod13]

me too! i know that feeling maybe if you set it before you go to bed so you can perhaps reload before the morning

[alf0156]

i will try

[arod13]

i know it seems tedious
but i would forget my head if it wasn't attached.....lol
i need reminders for everything

[alf0156]

i am going to do it. i am taking my pill now.

[Bethsway]

hurray alf..one pill down...and lots more to go...you can do it!!!

[JustAPixie]

Can't you said an alarm at the time you need to take them? If you can remember to set the alarm....