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utopiaSenior Contributor
Wow. Forgot my meds last nigh - again. Seems to be happening more often.
Only just realized I forgot. Was wondering why I was feeling so incredibly teary and off and jittery.
I normally take my antidepressant between 10pm & midnight. It's now after 5pm. Won't be home to take it until 6pm.
Still surprises me how quickly my body reacts to missing the serotonin.
At least I know I'll be right within 2 hrs of taking my missed dose.
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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MazaritaSenior Contributor
I'm another who is a bit irregular with meds, @utopia. I've never really managed to take them at the same time each day, partly because I often don't wake up at the same time. I need to take meds three times a day. Two times a day for the mental health and one for crohns in the belly. The number of pills, powders and vitamins stacks up. It's hard to swallow all my night meds! I often lapse on the crohns medication, to my detriment. That's because it needs to be taken at least an hour after the morning meds and I just forget. Night time meds I try to take after dinner, but I eat at a friend's place a lot and often don't end up taking them until late. It's bloody complicated. 
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utopiaSenior Contributor
@Mazarita. Hello like minded medication forgetter.
I have always detested taking tablets. Took me until I was in my 20's to even be able to swallow a tablet. At hospital last year, I'd stand there with my 5 or 6 pills in my little plastic cup and take a solid few minutes to swallow them all. One at a time. It used to frustrate the other patients. lol. I watched a guy swallow all his in one go. So then I found the two smallest tablets and swollowed those together with half a glass of water. I really am terrible.
If I'm in pain, then I put off taking a pain pill until I just can't stand it any longer. Probably why my headaches get so bad. I really never liked taking meds.
And now, add laziness to the mixture, and a shocking memory, and occassionally 'what's the point' and I don't always get them down. The 'in a minute', seems to be a reoccuring theme in my life at the moment, and that attitude doesn't work well with having to take meds. And I'm whinging and I only have to take mine at night. Well I should take the blood thinner, half in the morning and half at night, after food, but I just take it all in one go, when I remember.
But I'm going to try to set a new routine in place and take them at 8.30 at night. I'm normaly home and awake at that hour. Having said that, I haven't taken tonights yet. lol.
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MazaritaSenior Contributor
@utopia, that was a good giggle just at the pumpkin hour. But I better go offline now and head towards sleep. Goodnight. 
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hello @utopia
Forgetting to take medication is easily understandable especially when you have to wait an hour after eating then at bedtime and you go to bed at different times.
I have had a time change with my medication whilst in hospital. I found the same I was forgetting to take the earlier two hours before going to bed.
I use my mobile and set the alarm. I have the mindset when that alarm goes off I take the medication immediately.
We really do need to train our thinking. For me I know that if I take my medication correctly it works at it's best. That is incentive enough as I hate taking any medication at all like yourself Utopia. I also have the same issue swallowing and take ages to swallow just a couple.
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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NebSenior Contributor
Huh....thought it was just me
Because of this, I have been taking dothiepen for 40 odd years and man I can tell when the plug comes out of the bath tub of happiness.......
$2.00 shops have those handy dandy old peoples tablet thingies. So once a week I sit down and fill in the 7 days appropiately and these live RIGHT NEXT DOOR to the coffee, which I never forget.
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hello @utopia @Neb
It is extremely difficult as we have a medication change due to need for decrease or increase or even total change.
This brings about fogginess, dizziness, reduction in energy - sometimes overall feeling unwell as our bodies adjust.
therefore to have the added burden of changing of medication times, is more than people realise.
I find that having to go to bed at a certain time goes against my inner adult voice.
Routine medication taking is important though and yes I notice the difference if my routine is changed.
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JasJacSenior Contributor
@TheVorticon glad you caught your pokemon. how is the game now? i stopped playing ages ago..
@utopia hope your new night time routine works better.
@Former-Member just wondering how long it takes between missing meds and hospital for you? i've been off meds for a while, but thinking about it..
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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