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Cthebird Posts: 2609
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Just think of them as candy for the brain. It's like when you were a child and candy made you feel content. No, actually you just have to do it. Set reminders on your phone/I-pod/MS Outlook, etc. and have pill boxes. That's what I do. Put the pill boxes out where you can see them. Just put them away when guests come over. I have 5 pill boxes now. I have to take Levothyroxine on an empty stomach 1/2 hour before breakfast, morning meds, afternoon meds, Geodon after dinner, and then nighttime meds. I guess I could take Geodon with nighttime meds, but I don't. I used to have a 6th box with vitamins (because the pharmacist said not to take them with meds). I did that for a while and then scrapped the vitamins and fish oil. If you have bipolar disorder, then you need meds (unless you're a Robert Whitaker fan). Bipolar 1, Simple Partial Seizures, and migraines
Psychiatric meds:
Lithium ER (900 mg)*Tegretol XR (1400 mg)*Lamictal (100 mg)*Geodon (160 mg)*Navane (5 mg)*Seroquel XR (100 mg)*Klonopin (.5 mg)
Ativan 1 mg "as needed" (I rarely take it.)*Seroquel regular 50 mg "as needed" (Only if I'm getting elevated.)
Other meds:
Propranolol (40 mg)*Levothyroxine (150 mcg)
My mix is side effect friendly for me. |
"What MD Junction means to me is a place where i can feel like im not alone. As someone with something as rare as hydrocephalus, it feels like im the only one in the world with it. When i came to MD, its like everyone has it. It doesnt feel like im alone. And that people need to hold up a sign to say what i have, because people know. And they understand. I can get questions answered from people who have been through it rather than from doctors or people who only can tell you from a physical standpoint. THat is what MD junction means to me." (tomboykimi)
I'm frustrated tonight it's almost time to take my nightly pills., i have went weeks without them and my moods went hay wire but still I struggle with taking my meds each day.
