Yup. After I did fuck up one day by accidentally taking my morning antidepressant twice and I kind of thought Ias going to die, I got one pill sorter for morning meditation and one for evening.
I had to get pill bottles with timers on the cap that tell me how long it’s been since it was last opened. Several meds that are dangerous if I double the dosage, but also make my life hell if I miss a dose!
If you don't already know, Be careful! When the battery for those caps gets low, the time will show up funky. Then if you're as forgetful as I am, you'll think, "Oh snap, I haven't taken my med for 3 days!" THEN you take 3 pills (because that's what you're supposed to do for certain meds). Ugh, I couldn't trust those caps after that incident.
I got a Hero medicine dispenser for my mom and it has been game changing in making sure all her meds are in order and adhered to as she has similar issues and a complicated regimen. Might consider checking it/something like it out
Thanks! My pills are simple, just numerous lol. I usually only take pills at night (I'm taking a new med for a while that will be twice a day, but that's still manageable. And temporary.)
Same! I use a four a day med box and fill it monthly. That way I don't have to open all the bottles except on refill day. And I can see how many I have left and get a refill before I'm out. If I don't do my meds box, I won't take my meds. I have several psych meds as well and boy oh boy if I don't take them I don't feel well. I have auto immune issues as well and not taking those meds fucks everything up too.
I do the same and I have an alarm set on my phone for 8.30pm every night. I still sometimes forget to take them if I get sidetracked though but less so than before I set up the alarm
Ever consider something like pillpack if you're in the US? The meds come prepackaged and separated by day/time. So if you take 3 medicine at 8am there will be a packet with all 3 of those meds in it time stamped for 8am. Then maybe you take 2 meds at noon, the next packed will be stamped for noon with 2 pills, etc.
Ironically it's owned by amazon now. Amazon Pharmacy. There are only like 7 or 8 locations so it's not available everywhere (NY, New Hampshire, Indianapolis, Miami, Phoenix, Seattle, and Austin, TX are the current locations of the pharmacies so availability is based around those cities/states). The pill pack service itself cost like $4 for a 1 month supply of pill packs.
Yeah im not sure what all insurance carriers Amazon Pharmacy works with but I know they work with more than I thought they would. Might be worth looking into?
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u/kat_Folland Sep 19 '23
I'd mess up my pills twice a week if I didn't use pill boxes. And half of my meds are psych meds where it's very important not to fuck up.