Can't remember if I took my tablets

Oh dear, I've had such a busy day. I have an underactive thyroid and I'm on 150mcg of thyroxin, I usually take them as soon as I get up but I really don't think I did but I'm not sure and I started feeling a bit ill earlier, just dizziness really and I just sat down and felt really bad, like I was going to pass out, really wasn't nice, so I thought oh my gosh did I take them?I cannot for the life of me remember. I just took one 25mcg to see if it helps and it has a bit but I don't really want to take anymore incase I did and I'm just having a low day because I don't want to overdose, oh my gosh what am I like x

I am the same way. I have all my medicine/supplements in those pill organizer things. I got one that's 7 days and 4 time slots a day so I use them as a month planner. I just wrote the days on. I have had to on more then one occasion count pills to see how many were missing(easy enough on a rx you only take cause of being ill as opposed to something maintenance

You should make a list and check it off after you take how much you need, so if you think you don't remember you can just look at the list and check.

Oh dear I feel a bit better now I've took just one low tablet, enough to hopefully see me through till the morning. Just spoke to my mum and she told me to get a pill sorter, I think I will. x

Hey, isn't today your birthday? yeah..... memory loss.... age stuff.... age is a real b*tch! Kidding!
Happy birthday my friend!
I am awful too... as we say in Brazil, I just don't forget my head behind, because it is attached to my neck!

Originally Posted by Carolina

Hey, isn't today your birthday? yeah..... memory loss.... age stuff.... age is a real b*tch!

Kidding!
Happy birthday my friend!

I am awful too... as we say in Brazil, I just don't forget my head behind, because it is attached to my neck!

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Yep it must be my age I have never been this forgetful, to forget taking them is one thing but to forget whether I've forgot to take them, oh dear x

I have a terrible time with memory, so shortly after I started having to take pills everyday I decided I better buy one of those weekly pill case things with 7 compartments.. And still I forget to take them in the morning sometimes, but if I forget if I forgot, at least I can look and see if I took them or not..

Hope you feel ok and get back on track tomorrow. Happy Birthday!!!

Never take a medication if you can't remember if you have taken it already. It's better to miss a dose than to take more than you are prescribed.

As others have suggested, get a weekly or monthly pill organizer and set out your pills at the start of each month for each day. That's what I do and I know at a glance if I have taken that days medications or not. Not to mention it's easy to just grab the pill box and put it into a bag if you need to go away for a few days.

Originally Posted by catsallaround

I am the same way. I have all my medicine/supplements in those pill organizer things. I got one that's 7 days and 4 time slots a day so I use them as a month planner.

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I have one like that, it's got a child safety on it since I had an incident way back when of my then 2yr old taking one of my pills because they looked similiar to her nausea pills. Thankfully she was ok, and I had kept the pills in a container so I could tell the Emerg how many of what she took.

I take multiple meds a day, and need the 4/day + an additional container with just one compartment per day.

Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

Never take a medication if you can't remember if you have taken it already. It's better to miss a dose than to take more than you are prescribed.

As others have suggested, get a weekly or monthly pill organizer and set out your pills at the start of each month for each day. That's what I do and I know at a glance if I have taken that days medications or not. Not to mention it's easy to just grab the pill box and put it into a bag if you need to go away for a few days.

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I agree wholeheartedly.

Unfortunately I learned the hard way, and it only took once. Most of my meds don't double well, but thankfully not harmfully either but if I don't take them I enter withdrawal fairly quickly on my anxiety meds, hence taking just once .

They also play havoc on my memory, hence the pill reminder. I find I'm on more and more medications and my memory is shot...for my safety and everyone elses I need to remember.

PLUS, if I have to go to hospital, whomever can grab my pill case, which I slip a piece of paper from my drugstore in the back of, that has my current meds.

I have this one:



as my main one, plus one like this for my larger tablets and I place 4-6 tabs in each compartment which is my daily dosage.



and LOL, I got another just recently as sometimes the red one is hard for my poor hands to open so I picked up a different one but its more of a pain that anything BUT I do like how I can pop out a days worth and throw it in my purse rather than taking the red container.



well worth the money... Meds shouldn't be taken lightly IMO. If I can't remember, then I wait for the symptoms of withdrawal to start. (only happens if I am out and forgot to bring my container)

I'd highly recommend the red one to anyone.

That's easy to do when you're on automatic pilot in the morning. Since I don't have school today, I went back to bed after getting up at my usual time, and for the life of me can't remember whether I took my thyroid medication, either. It's become second nature after all this time, so I probably did. As others have said, it's better to skip a dose than to double it.

I got my Mom the red one Chris has it was a lovely thing to have... Mom could take her pills and I could double check she was

This has happened to me occasionally as well, so what I try to do is take my medications at the same time each morning, right after breakfast while I'm enjoying my coffee.

I think I will get a pill sorter as I worry about my kids getting hold of my tablets and I think it was because the kids were off school and I got up a bit later than usual. I have took them this morning and I feel so much better, I have never felt like I did yesterday, it was horrid. x

I'm glad your feeling better hun, I agree with the pill box idea