I hate taking medication, especially when it's "these" every 12 hours "these" every six and "these" every 4. Things can get chaotic. So much easier to track if it is just one pill every day (such as an antibiotic) for a week or two.

Thankfully, I learned how to keep a "pill diary" when I was younger, but I haven't needed to employ one in over 35+ years. Recently, I was self medicating for pain (otc) and started a diary for those which helped me keep from overdosing and also helped when the doctor asked "how much and how often."

But, that was easy as it was a group at a certain time, not spread out through the day. This morning, I almost screwed up. One group of meds coincided with a second group of meds, and when I realized I needed to take them; it was about an hour to go. SO, I spent that time keeping busy like browsing here, or youtube.

Then, when I noticed it was time, I hopped up and marked the time down on my sheet and...took ONE set. Half hour later and I couldn't recall if I took both sets, just one, or any at all... so...that meant backtracking.

At first I noticed something amiss: my pain meds. When I take the last pill(s) of any bottle; I draw a line under that time on my sheet and make a notation of how many pills are in the new bottle. I did not do this the other day when I had a long day of appointments when I needed to set aside doses for when I was out.

So, my count was off. I (mentally) began to "beat myself up" over this... because it was a careless mistake. Thankfully, I had a clear enough head and realized I could count DOWN, starting from the previous bottles count to a time when I should have started the new bottle. Then, I could figure out the math from there to see if I took that medication, or if I unintentionally skipped.

I figured it out, made a new notation of the pill count and now my pill diary is back on track.  But, this is why I hate taking pills, because it is so easy for me to forget if I actually TOOK the meds and write down that I did. (No, I have yet  \* knock on wood \*  to take the meds without notating that I had. Always notating and not taking.)

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So...anywho... how are you folks doing?