• pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I could never remember if I took my pills, so I bought one of those weekly pill organizers. I used it for a few weeks…But now I don’t feel like filling it up each week, so I just take them in the morning when I go to the bathroom… Then later on in the afternoon I wonder if I have taken my pills because I was on autopilot in the morning.

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      9 months ago

      When I go to bed I put my pill bottle in one place. When I take the pill in the morning, I put it in a different place. I’ve considered buying one of those timer bottle caps. They fit generic pill bottles and have timer built into the top. You can look at the timer and see how long it’s been since you opened the bottle last.

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      9 months ago

      I would go nuts or od if not for the pill organizer. Refilling sucks. But I sigh loudly every Sunday and manage to do it lol

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        9 months ago

        I am currently sitting on the edge of my bed, scrolling, and most definitely not starting the ritual of opening a half dozen pill bottles, divvying them up for the week, and then opening one more bottle and going through the hassle of cutting some in half to get the right/current dose.

        One of these hours that will change. Probably when the bladder starts screaming.

    • Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 months ago

      Don’t bother filling it. Close it at the end, and pop open the lid for each day. I keep my pills in the bottle.

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            9 months ago

            Mate I’ve forgotten the concept of eating food, I’ve misplaced my phone that I was holding 30 seconds ago, I’ve not been able to recall every card in any of my magic the gathering decks from memory ever since I started playing about 10 years ago.

            I’ve forgotten what I was talking about mid sentence because I had to get a sip of water. You can forget about anything with ADHD, just different people remember things differently. I can recall my partner’s favorite colors and hobbies, I can barely recall my own favorite media I saw.

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          9 months ago

          What about those fidget popping things? Label each with a day press in the day when you take a pill. Then just flip it over when the week starts over.

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          9 months ago

          I keep a bottle of Irn Bru or something else too revolting to forget washing the pills down with next to the pills.

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          9 months ago

          I don’t! I also have a task reminder, and I sometimes still forget. I finally got every day one week in December. Then, 5 weeks later, I missed every day. It sucks!

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          9 months ago

          What about those fidget popping things? Label each with a day press in the day when you take a pill. Then just flip it over when the week starts over.

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          9 months ago

          On Sundays, I close them all. I also have a calendar task and still forget, it’s just better than without one or the other.

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          9 months ago

          Not really! because even if you’re on autopilot the next morning you’ll go into the bathroom and you’ll see all of the lids open, there’s no reason that you would have left those Lids open if you took your medication prior which means you haven’t taken your medication yet

          So you just close the lids and only open that day then you take your med

    • nessie@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      I bought a replacement pill bottle with a digital timer in the lid that resets when you open it so you can always see how long it’s been since you last took it- it’s been a huge help and managing my medication. It’s called the BudCapTimer or TimerCap. Here’s a link - https://a.co/d/iZJilMh

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I had 3 or 4 of those organizers. I’d fill them all up at once and then only had to remember to do it, while medicated, once a month or so.

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      9 months ago

      Maybe get a 1 month organizer or a few more weekly ones so you only have to refill once a month. There are also timer lock box or pill cap gadgets.

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        9 months ago

        I attempted to get a month one before, the problem is that they’re huge and take up a lot of counter space.