TOT Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I had 3 new meds added this week and I went from taking meds twice a day to 5 times a day. Well, technically, meds 4 times a day and a vitamin once separately from all the meds. The new ones apparently don't play well with others. Or food. How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notfred Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Morning, evening and at bedtime. The bulk is taken morning and evening. I end up taking a lot of pills for diabetes and its complications plus allergies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koa Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Once a day, but I also take ativan as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtlessAesthetic Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Morning, lunchtime, dinner, and bedtime. Like notfred, I have physical issues as well, so a good whack of my meds aren't psych meds. Edited September 29, 2012 by ArtlessAesthetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtlessAesthetic Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Morning, lunchtime, dinner, and bedtime. Like notfred, I have physical issues as well, so a good whack of my meds aren't psych meds. Actually, if we count Gaviscon, I actually take something every two hours. Oh dear god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Generally twice unless I need my Valium. I take one dose of lithium in the morning and another one at night along with my Lamictal and Valium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revan Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) 3 times...Klonopin in the morning risperdal and klonopin together in the evening (about 8pm), and a little extra risperdal before I jump into bed at night (11:30 ish) with some trazodone if I think I need it. I'm currently trying to minimize it to two times a day right now. Edited September 29, 2012 by Revan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirazh Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Variable. Valproex in AM & PM, spaced 12 hours, on the tens. Concerta can be up to twice a day, very very rarely taken at the same time as a valproex dose. So, not counting my multivitamin which goes with a meal and spaced out from any other med, up to four times a day. Clonazepam as needed, used maybe once a month to once every few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Morning meds, night meds, 2 meds every 8 hours, vitmains (if that counts), iron pills, and prn's if needed (although that is rarely needed these days). Also need excedrin and naproxen sodium a lot, taken whenever I need them, randomly during the day. I feel like I am constantly swallowing pills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveyoursanity Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Twice, but if you asked this question a year ago, it would've been 6+ times a day, all psych meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanoid Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Twice a day. Abilify, Dexedrine, and Trileptal in the morning, then Prozac and more Trileptal at night. Thrown in Vitamin D twice a week in the morning, too. I don't know if I could keep up with more than twice a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enlightened_plutonian Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Twice a day for my psych meds. But if you include all my meds it's 3 times a day (3 in morning, one with evening dinner, one late evening). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedoubt Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 (edited) WHAT THE FUCK, MY POST DISAPPEARED. GRAH. Fuck it. Four times a day-- levothyroxine first thing when I get up; Adderrall, lithium and fish oil an hour later; Adderall and fish oil about five hours later; then Stellazine, lithium, nortriptyline and fish oil at bedtime. Edited September 30, 2012 by dedoubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I take meds twice a day - when I wake up and about an hour before bed. It's pretty close to a 12 hour, more like a 11/13 hour split. I just started taking a supplemental stimulant at 3 pm every day. I generally find it hard to take mid-day doses, because I forget them or am out and about. So we'll see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen78 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I roughly take pills 4 times a day betweem my psych meds and my tummy meds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjimjam Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Twice. Prozac and Concerta with breakfast and Lamictal and Seroquel with dinner or at bed time. I'm probably going back to Ritalin so will have to take that in the middle of the day. I find that annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vapourware Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I'm pretty lucky in that I take my meds once a day. I take all my meds in the evening, after dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Thankfully I only have to take my meds twice daily, morning and evening. I never forget to take the evening ones but because I'm not a great morning person I often forget to take the morning ones and only remember hours later. At the moment I'm on an antibiotic for a tooth abscess to be taken 4 times daily and I'm having a hard time remembering to take them but thankfully that is only short term!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cemetery Weather Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Once a day, and Klonopin as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicchick Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 two-three times a day. Adderall XR, Wellbutrin and Prozac in the morning, Adderall/Ritalin afternoon, and often an antihistamine to sleep at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werehorse Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Just once a day at the moment as I'm currently only on lamictal - so I take it with my first cup of coffee in the "morning" which might be anything from midnight to 3am the way I'm sleeping at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netsavy006 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I take medication(s) 4 times per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimmeree Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 i take meds morning and night, but occasionally extra gabapentin in the middle of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagar Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Once a day, at night. It's weird not taking a pill every morning, but I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raux Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Twice a day and as needed. Zoloft, Propranolol, Wellbutrin XL, and Lo Lo Estrin FE in the morning. Topamax and Lamictal at night. Valium, Nucynta, and Propranolol as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revan Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I think I may have posted a response to this thread,but my cocktail is ever changing so...right now.twice a day 150mg wellbutrin,with 1mg risperdal and 2mg klonopin in the AM...then risperdal 1mg (sometimes more or less depending on how the day went) with another 2mg klonopin in the PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyMe Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 4 times. morning, evening, bedtime, middle of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I take the mirtazapine and allergy meds in the evening, and usually hydroxyzine in the morning or early afternoon to head off anxiety. Â Sometimes I will need one of my stomach meds in there as needed, or tylenol or ibuprofen for headaches, which are frequent at times. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Twice, morning and bedtime. I also have PRN meds that don't get taken every day or at the same time of day when I do take them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eardstapa Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I only just realised while answering this poll that I take meds 5 times a day, vitamins and PRNs not counted. Never really actually thought about it, for some reason.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radicalfeminist Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Morning, evening, and bedtime for me but this is including non-psychiatric medication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara Dactyl Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) 3 times a day for me.  Morning: Abilify 10mg, Prozac 20mg (both for bipolar 2), Diovan 80mg (for my kidneys), Metformin 1000mg (diabetes), aspirin 81mg, Vitamin D 1000IU, assorted OTC dietery supplements  Evening: Metformin 1000mg, simvastatin 60mg (cholesterol), Tricor 145mg (cholesterol), Spironolactone 25mg (PCOS), Generic birth control  Bedtime: Doxepin 50mg- up to 3. I take 1 or 2, but sometimes will take another if I wake up at a strange hour. Edited February 6, 2013 by Tara Dactyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaeden Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Four times a day and I mostly blame my ADHD meds for this as they are short-acting. Morning, lunchtime, mid-afternoon and after dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netsavy006 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Right now I take meds 3 times a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingbat Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Once a day, because I'm so absentminded I couldn't manage twice a day, even with alarms (Med Helper is my best friend). I can't even manage to take Lithium at the same time every night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartanForce Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 2 times. Â morning: saphris 5mg, artane 5mg, clonazepam 0,2mg. night: saphris 5mg, artane 5mg, clonazepam 0,2mg, seroquel xr 50mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exl2398 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 5 times. Morning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, bedtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix_Rising Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Four: Morning, noon, 2:00 and night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genevieve Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Psych meds: AM, 4:00, bedtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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