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BabeGirl · 08-14-2003, 06:23 PM

I keep forgetting to take my meds. Ever since I got this computer I have had weeks that go by where I'll take my meds on and off cause I'll forget them. Forget to take them forget to get them refilled..ect I end up manic or depressed. I don't know what to do. I've tried putting time limits on computer time but that don't work. All my friends are on here. When I get upset I get on to talk to my friends about whatever just happened. My therapist wants me to get out more but naturally I don't like going places by myself. I don't drive so that makes it hard. I used to be so good with my meds. I want to get everything in order again before my boyfriend comes home but I don't know what to do. Please help me! Give me ideas to try!

Juls · 08-14-2003, 08:17 PM

I use a seven day pill holder. I fill it up each Sunday night for the following week.

Put a big note in red on your refrigerator.

Put a rubber band on your wrist.

Juls

BabeGirl · 08-14-2003, 08:22 PM

I use a 7 day pill holder too. Maybe I should move my pills to where they are in sight. I have them kinda hidden cause when my brother was out of jail I didn't want him to be in them but he's back in.

Mamabear · 08-22-2003, 06:39 AM

Do you have a coffee cup you like? Do you have a glass on your sink that you use for rinsing after you brush your teeth? Literally place the plastic pill holder in the cup or glass. You must remove and be reminded each day. I forget a lot. Can you tell???
Mamabear

BabeGirl · 08-22-2003, 09:04 AM

wow never would have thought of them. lol too bad I don't drink coffee. lol

2stop · 08-22-2003, 10:55 AM

LOL!! I had to forget about pill holders altogether....I put all the pretty "happy" pills in and hid the 'good"one s that I REALLY needed out of sight..oh man, thank God I don't do that anymore!!!:p

Lilya · 08-22-2003, 12:58 PM

I keep mine in a cosmetic bag with other stuff I badly need for the night, like my toothbrush. This is good for traveling as well, because you never go anywhere without the toothbrush - and my first order of business when I wake up is to brush my teeth. Foolproof!:p

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LettingGo · 08-22-2003, 02:24 PM

Why not put the pill holder on the computer keyboard. Then you know you will remember it (unless it is not safe to do so cuz of kids). I used to have to put my toothbrush and my birth contol pills on top of eachother, it was the only way I could remember. Obviously I did not continue on with that, since I am as knocked up as they get right now! LOL.....
LG

2stop · 08-22-2003, 02:42 PM

{{LettingGO}}~LMAO girl!!~

BabeGirl · 08-22-2003, 04:29 PM

I can put them on my key board...but I moved them to right infront of my computer so I see them but I just got to remember to refill them box. My bf comes home soon and he keeps saying he'll be my pain in the butt cause he'll follow me around asking if I took my meds. lol

Juls · 08-22-2003, 07:43 PM

Letting Go,

That is too funny. I have to take mine at night when I go to sleep, because they help me for sleep, so I never forget that one. The other one I don't much care if I forget or not because I don't think it's really doing much for me, and I'm on a very low dose.

Juls

ButterflyChaser · 08-25-2003, 09:58 AM

I was just gonna say that one...Put your pills right on top of your computer, or next to it!!

BabeGirl · 08-25-2003, 04:03 PM

Well I put my pills next to my comupter and so far so good! I've taken em everyday for the last week! I know I can keep going! :lol :clap

ButterflyChaser · 08-25-2003, 05:35 PM

You go girl!! lol i have to do thesame thing ya know!! and I thought it was old age!! ahhahahahaha! how old are you BTW?

BabeGirl · 08-25-2003, 07:15 PM

I just turned 20 the end of June but I get distracted soo fast!

ButterflyChaser · 08-28-2003, 01:35 PM

I'm a PRO at distration! hahaha we'll be ok though! lol

08-14-2003, 06:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
BabeGirl Paused Join Date: May 2003 Location: York,Pa Posts: 34	Keep forgetting I keep forgetting to take my meds. Ever since I got this computer I have had weeks that go by where I'll take my meds on and off cause I'll forget them. Forget to take them forget to get them refilled..ect I end up manic or depressed. I don't know what to do. I've tried putting time limits on computer time but that don't work. All my friends are on here. When I get upset I get on to talk to my friends about whatever just happened. My therapist wants me to get out more but naturally I don't like going places by myself. I don't drive so that makes it hard. I used to be so good with my meds. I want to get everything in order again before my boyfriend comes home but I don't know what to do. Please help me! Give me ideas to try!

08-14-2003, 08:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Juls Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,095	I use a seven day pill holder. I fill it up each Sunday night for the following week. Put a big note in red on your refrigerator. Put a rubber band on your wrist. Juls __________________ Think World Peace

08-22-2003, 06:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mamabear Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: phila, pa Posts: 231	Do you have a coffee cup you like? Do you have a glass on your sink that you use for rinsing after you brush your teeth? Literally place the plastic pill holder in the cup or glass. You must remove and be reminded each day. I forget a lot. Can you tell??? Mamabear __________________ Mamabear

08-22-2003, 10:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	LOL!! I had to forget about pill holders altogether....I put all the pretty "happy" pills in and hid the 'good"one s that I REALLY needed out of sight..oh man, thank God I don't do that anymore!!!:p __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-22-2003, 02:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,794	{{LettingGO}}~LMAO girl!!~ __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-14-2003, 08:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
BabeGirl Paused Join Date: May 2003 Location: York,Pa Posts: 34	I use a 7 day pill holder too. Maybe I should move my pills to where they are in sight. I have them kinda hidden cause when my brother was out of jail I didn't want him to be in them but he's back in.

08-22-2003, 09:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
BabeGirl Paused Join Date: May 2003 Location: York,Pa Posts: 34	wow never would have thought of them. lol too bad I don't drink coffee. lol

08-22-2003, 02:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
LettingGo Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 330	Why not put the pill holder on the computer keyboard. Then you know you will remember it (unless it is not safe to do so cuz of kids). I used to have to put my toothbrush and my birth contol pills on top of eachother, it was the only way I could remember. Obviously I did not continue on with that, since I am as knocked up as they get right now! LOL..... LG

08-22-2003, 04:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
BabeGirl Paused Join Date: May 2003 Location: York,Pa Posts: 34	I can put them on my key board...but I moved them to right infront of my computer so I see them but I just got to remember to refill them box. My bf comes home soon and he keeps saying he'll be my pain in the butt cause he'll follow me around asking if I took my meds. lol

08-22-2003, 07:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
Juls Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,095	Letting Go, That is too funny. I have to take mine at night when I go to sleep, because they help me for sleep, so I never forget that one. The other one I don't much care if I forget or not because I don't think it's really doing much for me, and I'm on a very low dose. Juls __________________ Think World Peace

08-25-2003, 09:58 AM	#12 (permalink)
ButterflyChaser Meow! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Posts: 1,020	I was just gonna say that one...Put your pills right on top of your computer, or next to it!! __________________ "If a Child feels Safe, Wanted & Loved, You are a Successful Parent!" ~~"A relationship is like sand in your hand. If held loosely in the palm of your hand it stays there, but as soon as you close your hand tightly it slips through your fingers!!~~

08-25-2003, 04:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
BabeGirl Paused Join Date: May 2003 Location: York,Pa Posts: 34	Well I put my pills next to my comupter and so far so good! I've taken em everyday for the last week! I know I can keep going! :lol :clap

08-25-2003, 05:35 PM	#14 (permalink)
ButterflyChaser Meow! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Posts: 1,020	You go girl!! lol i have to do thesame thing ya know!! and I thought it was old age!! ahhahahahaha! how old are you BTW? __________________ "If a Child feels Safe, Wanted & Loved, You are a Successful Parent!" ~~"A relationship is like sand in your hand. If held loosely in the palm of your hand it stays there, but as soon as you close your hand tightly it slips through your fingers!!~~

08-25-2003, 07:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
BabeGirl Paused Join Date: May 2003 Location: York,Pa Posts: 34	I just turned 20 the end of June but I get distracted soo fast!

08-28-2003, 01:35 PM	#16 (permalink)
ButterflyChaser Meow! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Posts: 1,020	I'm a PRO at distration! hahaha we'll be ok though! lol __________________ "If a Child feels Safe, Wanted & Loved, You are a Successful Parent!" ~~"A relationship is like sand in your hand. If held loosely in the palm of your hand it stays there, but as soon as you close your hand tightly it slips through your fingers!!~~

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