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Just wondering what time people take their meds, and why.

I take abilify (10mg), neurontin (800mg), effexor (150mg) at night.

I take lithium (600mg), provigil (200mg), and effexor (150mg) in the morning.

The abilify used to knock me out when I took it, but no more. I am thinking about switching that to the morning dose. I split the effexor to twice a day because it seems to help me fall asleep at the lower dose at night; however it might be making me drowsy during the day. I tried taking the whole dose in the morning and was having trouble sleeping.

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How about "all of the above"?

I take toprol, Metformin (diabetes med) and one mg xanax in the morning.

At noon, I take two mg xanax and another 1 mg around 4 pm. I also take 80 mg of geodon around four or five.

I take all the meds that make me sleepy at night (geodon, seroquel, cogentin and metformin).

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I take most of my meds in the morning. Abilify, Wellbutrin, Buspar, and pain meds, then I take buspar and pain meds at 1 pm, then the rest at bedtime, trazdone, lovastatin (cholesterol lowering drug), and pain meds. I couldn't take abilify at night it's too activating for me.

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lamictal 300 mg and lexapro 20 mg in the am [5:30 ish on days when i work, 8:00 ish on days that i have class]

also, multivitamin, b-complex 100 and biotin in the am with morning meds...

seroquil 50 mg in the pm [usually around 6:30 or 7:00 to be asleep by 8:00]

debating trying high dose omega-3 but not quite sure how to go about taking that, how much and when.

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I don't have to worry about much, but still find myself thinking "Did I take it or not?" So:

AM: Effexor XR- Because p-doc said to take it in the morning, though I'm wondering if I can start taking it before bed because I think it makes me really tired.

2X per day, usually evening and night time- .5mg klonopin. I wait until the afternoon because that's when the shit hits me the worst.

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When I wake up, I take Keppra. Five hours later, I take more Keppra. Five hours after that, I take Keppra again. Another five hours after that, it's Keppra time. I take lots of Keppra lots of times. My brain gets cranky otherwise. At the moment I also take propranolol in the morning with the first Keppra, although that may change if it's established that propranolol isn't going to kill me. I may also be taking something sleep-related at night, also provided that it doesn't kill me.

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I take them this way because its what the doc's told me to.

Wake up time - Lithium 600mg, "Wellbutrin XL" 450mg, Nexium 40mg, Fluphenazine 10mg, Cyclobenzaprine 10mg

In between - Cyclobenzaprine 10mg

Bed time - Lithium 600mg, Trazodone 300mg, Cyproheptadine 20mg, Fluphenazine 10mg, Mirtazapine 45mg, Cyclobenzaprine 10mg, Nexium 40mg

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Morning: Dexamphetamine 60mg, Citalopram 40mg, Clonazepam 2mg, Modafinil 200mg on occasion

Around 2: Clonazepam 2mg

Night: Seroquel 300mg, Zyprexa Zydis 10mg

I was taking the Clonazepam 2mg t.i.d (morning, noon and late afternoon) and 600mg of Seroquel up untill a week ago but dropped the dosages due to adding the Zyprexa.

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Bright and early: Abilify, geodon and various vitamins

Noon-ish: usually time for clonazepam, prn

Bedtime: Geodon, lamictal, clonazepam and more vitamins

I've played around with what's activating and what's sedating, or neither, and this is what works for me.

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In the morning, I take tegretol and effexor

At 4pm, when I get home from work, I take more tegretol and effexor, and neurontin

At bedtime, tegretol and effexor, remeron and risperdal.

I take a multivitamin morning and bedtime, and calcium citrate all three times a day.

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Just wondering what time people take their meds, and why.

I take abilify (10mg), neurontin (800mg), effexor (150mg) at night.

I take lithium (600mg), provigil (200mg), and effexor (150mg) in the morning.

The abilify used to knock me out when I took it, but no more. I am thinking about switching that to the morning dose. I split the effexor to twice a day because it seems to help me fall asleep at the lower dose at night; however it might be making me drowsy during the day. I tried taking the whole dose in the morning and was having trouble sleeping.

Remeron and risperdal together in the late evening. Also dose of trazodone right before bed on the nights where I can't sleep.

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mine has some variability to it, but not much...

when I wake up (roughly 7:30am) - 0.5 mg lorazepam (ativan); birth control; 75 mcg levothyroxine; 150 mg effexorXR

when I get home from work (roughly 6:30-7) - 1 mg lorazepam (ativan); 250 mg lamotrigine (lamictal)

I needed to shift the evening stuff to after work b/c I was hitting post-work/arrival at home anxiety issues. The lorazepam was initially designed to help w/ sleep also, but it doesn't always cause enough of that...so benadryl every now and then if not tired enough by bedtime.

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I take my medication this way as of right now for the following:

AM:

Centrum (for general health)

Fish Oil (too raise HDL cholesterol)

Lithium 300mg (for bipolar disorder)

Lexapro 10mg (for depression/anxiety)

Cogentin 1mg (for muscle stiffness/akathisia)

Valium 5mg (for anxiety and restlessness)

5pm:

Valium 5mg

Cogentin 1mg

Bedtime:

Valium 10mg (as two 5mg tabs)

Lithium 600mg (as two 300mg tabs)

Invega 6mg (visual hallucinations)

Lunesta 3mg (for insomnia)

(In my signature you will almost always find my current daily total of what I'm taking.)

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Morning: Dexamphetamine 60mg, Citalopram 40mg, Clonazepam 2mg, Modafinil 200mg on occasion

Around 2: Clonazepam 2mg

Night: Seroquel 300mg, Zyprexa Zydis 10mg

I was taking the Clonazepam 2mg t.i.d (morning, noon and late afternoon) and 600mg of Seroquel up untill a week ago but dropped the dosages due to adding the Zyprexa.

who gets amphetamine/provigil cocktail, followed by a benzo (clonapin) chaser for mystery diagnosis? I'll have what you're having thanks! I'd say you're feeling really good, which is a great meds schedule.

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