[kjauron]

Nighttime meds I have no problem with. I have a good bedtime routine and it's easy to add any number of pills without incident. But whenever pdoc instructs me to take something in the morning, I find myself forgetting all the time. I don't have a set morning routine in the same way, I get up at different times and do different things before work, depending on how I feel. Sometimes I remember but other days I've been at work for a couple hours before remembering.

I know I could keep some at the office for when I do forget - but mostly I'm thinking that I hate to be varying the time I take them so much (anywhere from 6am to noon), so I really want to get to a point where I remember. Any suggestions?

[buddha443556]

I have seven day pill box. It helps keep me straight. I have a small bottle that I keep in my pocket for emergencies.

[Phoenix_Rising]

I do the pillbox and emergency pill bottle like Buddha.

I also tape notes to my bathroom mirror (or some other location that I'm apt to see first thing in the morning.

Good luck!

[Entities]

I usually remember the morning meds but I -always- forget the bedtime ones. I just say " Oh I'll get them in a minute after I close my eyes for 2 minutes..." Bam wake up next day don't even know I forgot to take them. I have someone remind me online usually works. My friend reminds me to take my nightime meds a 1am cause we stay up late. I'd invest in a pillbox but I couldn't really be bothered.

[recoverymouse]

I forget my morning meds a lot too. If I leave out the dose where I will see it in the morning (I do my night and morning doses together in the evening) I tend to remember it more often.

[gizmo]

I forget morning meds so much that I *have* to take all my meds at night, or I won't take them at all. Seriously, I have major brain fog in the morning, and forget to take morning meds 4 out of 7 times a week, on average. It was really bad when I was on geodon and had to take it twice a day. But every other med schedule has allowed me theraputic room to take them all at night, thank goodness.

It may not be perfect, but it just has to work for me.

(And yes, I have the pill boxes and such. It's the brain fog.. I'll walk right by it and forget I have pills to take)

And to think I'm on my son's case all the time to remember to take his ADHD med every morning

[resonance]

You could try getting a cheap alarm and attaching your morning pillcase to it. That way when the alarm goes off and you go to turn it off your meds are right there.

[Persephone]

Put your meds next to your toothbrush, coffee pot, or anything else you always use in the morning.

[r2mnot]

I use google calendar to text my phone, and I have never forgotten my meds since I set it up. It's easy. You can also have it send pop ups to your pc, or it can send you an email. Since I have meds to take 6 times a day, I really couldn't do without this service.
I also don't have a pill organizer, but I have an old ice tray that I use for morning meds/supplements. (Not recomended if you have kids around.)

[olga]

I like everyone's suggestions. I do the pillbox routine, and we have one for breakfast meds and one for dinner meds. For me, the morning routine always includes breakfast. I know a lot of people don't want to eat breakfast, but a little cereal or a granola bar and a piece of fruit will help those meds settle in your stomach.

I'm a broken record about food, but you really will have more of a morning routine if you get into the habit of eating something. And if you eat something, you can keep your pill box right next to the cereal box or the coffee pot, as was previously suggested.

olga

[kjauron]

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions! I do have a pill box so I can keep track, but I don't even look at it most mornings when I forget so sadly that is moot. Also, there is nothing I do *every* morning without fail...sometimes I eat breakfast, sometimes not, sometimes I have coffee...sometimes I shower....well you get the point. I do brush my teeth every morning, but the meds just kind of blend in with everything else in the bathroom so I just ignore them anyway. Thankfully the stuff I'm on now doesn't need to be taken with food, but if that changes I'll have another problem since I don't often eat breakfast.

The Google Calendar seems like a good idea, I may try that. I'm pretty much a technology slave anyway so that will go well together.

While we're on the subject though, are these hard and fast rules about when you need to take meds? Pdoc always just tells me when and I've never strayed from it...but I might bring it up next time that mornings are forgetful for me. Right now she's having me take my Abilify in the morning, Lamictal at night, but I hadn't asked why...maybe just to help with sleeping?

[Her Tommy]

I also take my Abilify in the morning and my Lamictal at night, but my pdoc never specified that I was to take it at those times.

Tommy