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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSometimes, it's sucks to have ADD
I make the ongoing joke that it makes no sense to me that my doctor expects me to remember to take my ADD meds.
But tonight, I did the opposite, darn it. I took the usual dose but then couldn't remember if I had. I thought and thought and decided I hadn't. So I took it again. Now, I'm all shaky. And I wasted two pills. Aargh!
Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)You know, the ones with a little box for every day of the week?
Get four of them and load all the little boxes at the start of every month, and keep them all in one and ONLY one place.
Then you should never have any doubt.
As an aside, I had a really shitty childhood with a deceased father and a real piece of work for a mother. I started becoming highly OCD in my early teens and would do things like check my alarm clock 25 times every school night for fear that I'd oversleep and not make it to school the next morning. Luckily it went away on its own after a while, but I know what kind of mental torture OCD can be.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)The reason I haven't kept the pill container thing is because I hate filling them and then I forget to check, too. So, then at the end of the month, I get a neat look at all the times I screwed up. I think, until tonight, I've preferred not to know how often I forget.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)My first impulse was to say no because it didn't work before. But it is a perfectly valid solution and one I've been discussing with myself all night. Thank you.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I've got a 4x7 box and wouldn't have a damn clue if I'd taken my pills without it. My wife loads it for me.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)My memory is worst when the medicine wears off... However, if I can't remember if I've taken one... I'll wait it out until the next dose.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)it is worth it. it sucks to be add but there are great things about it son would never give up.
but we find tools for him, so he doesnt do shit like this. but then, he would have to focus on getting that pill box and actually use it, lol.
the best to you