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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / February 2008Forgot to take my AM meds
I just reached into the pill drawer to take the PM ones and found I missed the AM dose. I have a reminder in Outlook and Yahoo set up, but I wasn't on the computer today until a half hour ago. The last time this happened, I had a seizure. sh.t. Thanks for listening > I just reached into the pill drawer to take the PM ones and found I missed > the AM dose. I have a reminder in Outlook and Yahoo set up, but I wasn't on > the computer today until a half hour ago. The last time this happened, I > had a seizure. sh.t. Thanks for listening I keep a *paper log with date, blank columns for AM and PM doses, plus a 7-day Pill Case I got (free?) at my Pharmacy. I fill the week's dose except for one 'door' I leave up, and when I take the AM dose I write the *time in the paper column, same at night. That door then stays open. After about 4-5 days I reload all the empty days except one (so I know which day it is without having to look that up :- < ). Another advantage of the 7-day pill case, is I know a week in advance when I'll run out of pills and need to phone my pharmacy for repeats on the 2 pill types I take, and it's more portable if I'm going somewhere for less than a week. (If I travel through customs or airlines etc. I take prescription bottles to show the pills are a valid prescription made out to me.) The Ep. Foundation site has a Pill Glossary if you didn't get a printout from the pharmacy when the prescription was filled. Both mine say what to do if I miss any doses (Tegretol says to take the next dose when needed, and *not to double up to try catch up-- it's better to then follow the rates that were in place (for me) from that point on). U.S. Ep. Foundation website is http://efa.org , click down medications, and type in name and 'go'? or scroll to the pill name. There's a print option somewhere there too. I just got in the habit as I know before breakfast to take the pills w. juice, and at night when I finish the TV news or log off here, to check my 'log page' to see if there's a time filled in for e.g. Sun. night's dose, and the Sunday door is up, showing that dose was taken. G./. On Feb 11, 12:59 am, "Info" <i...@nwfirst.com> wrote: > I just reached into the pill drawer to take the PM ones and found I missed > the AM dose. I have a reminder in Outlook and Yahoo set up, but I wasn't > on > the computer today until a half hour ago. The last time this happened, I > had a seizure. sh.t. Thanks for listening I keep a *paper log with date, blank columns for AM and PM doses, plus a 7-day Pill Case I got (free?) at my Pharmacy. I fill the week's dose except for one 'door' I leave up, and when I take the AM dose I write the *time in the paper column, same at night. That door then stays open. After about 4-5 days I reload all the empty days except one (so I know which day it is without having to look that up :- < ). Another advantage of the 7-day pill case, is I know a week in advance when I'll run out of pills and need to phone my pharmacy for repeats on the 2 pill types I take, and it's more portable if I'm going somewhere for less than a week. (If I travel through customs or airlines etc. I take prescription bottles to show the pills are a valid prescription made out to me.) The Ep. Foundation site has a Pill Glossary if you didn't get a printout from the pharmacy when the prescription was filled. Both mine say what to do if I miss any doses (Tegretol says to take the next dose when needed, and *not to double up to try catch up-- it's better to then follow the rates that were in place (for me) from that point on). U.S. Ep. Foundation website is http://efa.org , click down medications, and type in name and 'go'? or scroll to the pill name. There's a print option somewhere there too. I just got in the habit as I know before breakfast to take the pills w. juice, and at night when I finish the TV news or log off here, to check my 'log page' to see if there's a time filled in for e.g. Sun. night's dose, and the Sunday door is up, showing that dose was taken. G./. I have the seven-day pill cup. My wife fills it every week. I'm just going to tape a note to the bathroom mirror. take care > On Feb 11, 12:59 am, "Info" <i...@nwfirst.com> wrote: >> I just reached into the pill drawer to take the PM ones and found I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > except one (so I know which day it is without having to look that up :- > < ). I have a similar box that I use to keep me in line with my meds. I have meds that I take six times a day so it is easy to get confused and behind. Plus I will forget what I have taken and sometimes that's not such a good thing with some of mine. I have not found that missing a single dose necessarily makes me more prone to seizures. I have just started two new meds and will wean off the old one in a month. We will see how that goes. If you completely miss a dose though, it should not be taken just go to the next dose. It's a challenge for me sometimes because my short-term medicine seems to be more and more effected lately. Luckily the pill box and a husband who pays attention keep me on the straight and narrow. Hope missing a dose isn't too traumatic. Cindi > Another advantage of the 7-day pill case, is I know a week in > advance when I'll run out of pills and need to phone my pharmacy for [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > I have the seven-day pill cup. My wife fills it every week. I'm just > going to tape a note to the bathroom mirror. take care Like many of the other posters I keep a daily pill box that is filled at the end of each day before going to sleep. If anything is left at the end of the day I know I've missed a dose. > Like many of the other posters I keep a daily pill box that is filled > at the end of each day before going to sleep. If anything is left at > the end of the day I know I've missed a dose. I didn't have the seizure. I took some lorazepam Sunday night. That might have helped. > I just reached into the pill drawer to take the PM ones and found I missed > the AM dose. I have a reminder in Outlook and Yahoo set up, but I wasn't on > the computer today until a half hour ago. The last time this happened, I > had a seizure. sh.t. Thanks for listening I did that when I went on a vacation a year ago. I was also with my sister and her grandkids and didn't get enough sleep. So combine the noise, the bad sleep, forgetting the meds and yes, it wasn't good. Maybe if you make sure you rest and take it easy today that will help. Take care, Julie Billy, were you o.k. yesterday? I hope so. -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutsupport.com/group/alt.support.epilepsy/ More information at http://www.talkaboutsupport.com/faq.html
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