Missed dosage / Forgot - Left at home or Forgot refill?

[Crystal11]

I definatley have done that before many times. Since I cannot see well I sometimes just never see things and don't realize it there or perhaps gone in some cases such as meds. I have a pill organizer for one week at a time but if the pill gets stuck then I may never really know that since I take 3 keppra and 2 Tegretol XRs. So now I double check and also carry a metal keychain pill container thing for my seizure meds and a little one for my heart meds if I ever need those while walking or out. I prepare better now since traveling around Austin takes the majority of the day on public transit.
Since I take Tegretol XR that lasts longer in your system than Keppra does- so usually I don't have any breakthrough seizures if I miss a dose. But I have to take it earlier at night if I miss the morning one to keep my seizures away..

Take care everyone, be safe
Crystal

[Loopy Lou]

It's not a mundane question

I'm not really used to taking meds, as i only started taking Lamatrigene in march, and never needed to take any before!

After a couple of months of forgetting to take them, forgetting whether or not i have taken them, my rather nice mum bought me two pill containers - one for the morning and one for the night.

I've also had to set my alarm for 10am and 10pm. Hopefully they might work better if i take them at regular times!

[Ruth]

Hi Hosea,

This is not a mundane question. I have forgotten to take my pill box with me. I do not take my pill bottles with me. What if I lose a bottle of pills? Here, they only refill once every 30 days. They do not believe it when you tell them you lost your pill bottle. They think you are taking to many pills.

[tinangel]

My husband very kindly remindes me if I have my magnet for vns, my sunglasses, and my medication on me because I have forgotten so many times.

[carlasmoore]

I too have learned it's asier to keep my medication in my purse that way wherever I am it's with me. However, I have sometimes forgotten if I have taken my daily dose. I am THAT FORGETFUL!

[Gaphotoman]

How many of you have missed a last dose of meds, and was wondering should you take it anyway. I mean in my situation, I have tottake 3 sets a day 5 hours apart. NOW what do I do when I miss that last dose of medicine AND it is now past midnight, should I tAKE IT?

tHANKS Tino

[Ruth]

Hi Gaphotoman, I am glad to meet you. You are very welcome here.

I take 3 sets a day, too. I take my pills so that I do not have seizures. I spread them a little more far apart when that happens. Yes, if it is past midnight, take it or else you might have seizures.

[Gaphotoman]

Thank you, feast for welcoming me and I just came from my doctors office, and he said the same thing, it does not matter if it is past 12 midnight, just make sure I take my meds, this is so cool, I mean you answered my question, as he had told me earlier.

Thank you, also got a call from another doctors office and the blood work they took came back GREAT, so I am so HAPPY today.
I hope we can become friends,

Thank You,

Tino Patti (Gaphotoman)

[Ruth]

Hi Tino, I would be happy to be your friend.

Ruth

[tripletdad]

I have forgotten my pills about 4 times.

My neurologist loaded me up with extra pills (samples) which i keep in my desk, in my brief case and my suit case. That way if I forget, I have them easily accessible.

[Ruth]

I have pill samples, as well. I have never used them, yet. Usually using my pill box and my husband reminding me works. There is always that execption.

[darcness]

My wife has gone both ways.

A couple times she forgot to take a dose, usually in the AM. That's not good because she takes her Lexapro then too and it's pretty important to take that at the same time daily.

Another time she took the full 1000mg's of Depakote in the AM because she forgot she already took it. Needless to say that was a strange day. Because it was when she first went up to twice a day, it amplified the side effects and earned her meds the nickname "tricky pills" because of her antics that day.

I still have to remind her all the time. It's not hard to do because I take Zoloft every day at noon and I get home from work each day at midnight. I just remind her to take her meds @ noon when I take mine and then @ midnight when I get in from work. She has a daily pill container (days and am/pm) as well as a small one she carries in her purse.

[Ruth]

It is my Keppra that I forget to take sometimes. I use a daily pill box for all three times I take my medicine. I put them in after I have taken my medicine at the end of my pill box. That way I have them ready for the next day.