Taking pills

[Tee-Ah]

How do ya'll remember to take your pill(s)?

I have a daily pill case that I put all my pills in right when I wake up and I have it sitting right next to my water glass that I drink out of all.day.long yet I still have a hard time remembering to take my pills. I have to space them out and it's getting to where I have to set my alarm for 11pm so I can get up and take my last set of pills.

Part of the problem is I am on 15 different pills plus a shot daily. A few of them will drop off within the next 2-3 weeks (5 of them) but I'll still be taking quite a bit that need to be spaced out. I need to be better about taking them during the day while I'm eating/awake rather than taking them on an empty stomach at night.

[Hippychick]

sorry no advice for you hun, I am horrible about pills !

[monic12]

I put them right where i could see them nd take them every morning!!

[misfit]

I make myself remember. Or I'm miserable and I remember.

Morning is usually nothing unless I foresee a horrible day ahead. If so I take a zantac and a zofran.
Night time I take my daily vitamin, 1/2 unisom, 100mg of B6 and another zantac if needed.

Sometimes I need to take tylenol like I did last night.

[Rae_1478]

My morning pill is on my bedstand with water ready to go. I do not get out of bed to take that one. My other ones have to be taken with food and since I set the table, I put the pills by the plates so that I remember to take them out for dinner. Sometimes I still forget to take them with dinner but then I get a reminder when I put the pill bottles away clearing the table.

My DH sets reminders on his cell phone.

[JJorn]

I would just set a timer just like you do when you have to take them at 11 pm. When you take your first set, just set a timer for how ever long until your next set. With so many to take at regular intervals, I'd just do that. When I was taking a ton of pills, I took some with each meal and that helped me remember.

[hopeful1]

If I had to take pills throughout the day, I'd set a reminder on my phone. I only take my vitamins, and I do it every morning with breakfast. I keep them in the cabinet where the coffee cups are so I just remember. :dunno: I continued taking them even after I delivered DS, so it's just a habit.

[Tee-Ah]

I need a new phone....this dumb old thing only lets me set one alarm, so I have to keep re-setting. My phone before this I could have 3 different alarms that went off each day, which would be perfect. I end up getting annoyed with constantly having to re-set the alarm 3-4 times a day so I gave up trying to use my phone to remind me.

I'm waiting for the iphone to come in, it's out of stock right now so hopefully once that comes in I can figure out a better way to remind myself.

[hopeful1]

Yeah, if you end up with some sort of smart phone, I'm sure you'll be able to find an app for that. :laugh:

[cheeksy]

I have a reminder on my phone that rings every single day at a certain time. I still forget :)