Well, I have decided it is time to get a pill box. I am having a hard time remembering if I took my pill or not. You would think that wouldn't be hard to remember but sometimes I just don't.

I guess it is time to purchase a pill box and start putting them in it so when I can't remember if I took them or not I can just look.

I hate to think that at 40 I have to do such a thing but I guess giving in to my stupid memory issues is better than either going without or taking to many!

Just another stepping stone in this process of MS

Listen honey!
There ain't no shame in using a pill box! It's just another tool!

I have a bunch of them, with very big compartments, because the man has so many meds to keep track of. I use them now too! It's so much easier to set them up at the beginning of the week (or month, as I do) You can look at the container and immediately KNOW whether you took that pill or not so there is NO questioning your own memory!

Hannaford usually has a few at the pharmacy counter for free. Grab one next time you are there or ask at whatever place you get your drugs from, or even ask your doc for one. They have PILES of them in their sample closets yanno!

Great idea! Thanks and free is always good for me!

(((Char))) Don't worry, I have done this plenty. Just the other day I went to take my abx, popped the pill, and the realized I just doubled up on my Neurontin. Needless to say, I took a 3 hour nap that day. LOL

RW is right, it is just another tool to help us out. I think even "healthy" people make these kinds of mistakes. To make you smile think . . . "The Whooooops Baby." LOL

I don't have a pill box but I do have a check list that I have come to depend on. If I am not sure, I just look at the check list. It works for me.

Thanks Trish, I did the same thing the other night but it was my pain med. I took that istead of my antibiotic that I was on for my Sinus infection after dinner and then an hour later took it again for that is when I take it normally. Boys did I sleep well that night! The next morning I was suppose to take my last antibiotic and saw there were two instead of one!

I say,whatever works,Char. There's no shame in that. Better that than taking too much or fogetting to take your meds.

We use pill boxes so don't you feel bad at all. Jim takes meds three times a day so we must use them to be sure he's taking them and not taking doubles if he forgets. We use the weekly ones that have four times on the box. I fill them up every Friday for the week. I love that so I am not passing out pills everyday.

I have been using pill containers for years, because I was forgetting to take them often. I have three different weekly containers, each a different size, and each has it's place where it is most convenient when it's time to take the pills. I have one for my morning pills, one for my evening pills, and one for my vitamins. Having them in three separate boxes helps me keep them in order. If I use one of those really big ones, I get confused. LOL.

I get mine free from Sams pharmacy. You just take whatever you need. They are deep also. I know you can buy the ones that allow for 4 times a day. But I get them free and just write on them on the top, AM, PM, whatever. My Mom doens't like to use pill boxes. So she turns her bottle upside down after she takes a dose.

I don't use a pill box, but I do have a system. I keep all my meds in the kitchen. I have a dated jounal/book, that I write down the name of the pills and time as I take them. Because I could never remeber if I took a med, I was always second guessing myself.Here's my method. I've used it for about 3 years.

1. take pill out of bottle
2. write name in in book with time
3. put pill in little dish by book
4. by now I have 4-5 meds in dish.
5. take meds
6. If dish is empty I took my meds. (brain is gone).

Also good if you take prn meds, so you can look on book to see what you took and what time. It's really easy when you get the system down, and a good refernce for prn meds!!