I have an alarm set on my watch daily for it in the morning. I don’t let myself turn off the alarm until I go over to my desk and move my pills over to the “you need to take these” spot I have. I don’t allow myself to put the pills away until they’ve been taken.
If I wake up and I’ve missed my “pill” alarm, my first act of the day is to move the pills to the “you need to take these” location. Even before I go to the bathroom after waking up.
It’s a little system I’ve developed for myself. If I haven’t just woken up and my reminder alarm is in the past, and the pills are in their storage location, not in the “you need to take these” location, I assume that they’ve been taken, even if I don’t remember doing it (which happens).
I should just get a pill box or doucet or whatever to track things but my little system hasn’t failed me yet.
I dunno if my system will work for anyone else, but I hope my description helps someone else figure out a way to take their meds more consistently. If this way doesn’t work for you, I hope you find something that does.
I did, thanks Crow.
I have an alarm set on my watch daily for it in the morning. I don’t let myself turn off the alarm until I go over to my desk and move my pills over to the “you need to take these” spot I have. I don’t allow myself to put the pills away until they’ve been taken.
If I wake up and I’ve missed my “pill” alarm, my first act of the day is to move the pills to the “you need to take these” location. Even before I go to the bathroom after waking up.
It’s a little system I’ve developed for myself. If I haven’t just woken up and my reminder alarm is in the past, and the pills are in their storage location, not in the “you need to take these” location, I assume that they’ve been taken, even if I don’t remember doing it (which happens).
I should just get a pill box or doucet or whatever to track things but my little system hasn’t failed me yet.
I dunno if my system will work for anyone else, but I hope my description helps someone else figure out a way to take their meds more consistently. If this way doesn’t work for you, I hope you find something that does.