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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5115 on: November 05, 2014, 05:59:14 PM »
Headaches from meds sound like the worst kind.

Taken my morning meds.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5116 on: November 05, 2014, 11:29:26 PM »
^I can set my watch after the bloody headaches. And now there's tinnitus, too. :GA:
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5117 on: November 06, 2014, 02:05:32 AM »
^I can set my watch after the bloody headaches. And now there's tinnitus, too. :GA:

Sounds like hell.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5118 on: November 06, 2014, 11:53:35 PM »
^I can set my watch after the bloody headaches. And now there's tinnitus, too. :GA:

Sounds like hell.

It is.

So yesterday I couldn't take it anymore and talked to a rheumatologist. She said I should get off the meds and confirm that it's them causing this. Both the headache and the tinnitus are known side effects.

After a week or so, I am to start taking them again, but I will up the dose more slowly this time and stop if I get the side effects again.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5119 on: November 07, 2014, 12:14:57 AM »
I did!

I have one particular med (only on my second month, out of six total I have to take) that I take once per week.  It causes serious nausea and I have to take it on an empty stomach to get the greatest benefit.

Others are easy, taking them once per day, but this once per week thing is almost impossible to remember.


Other than preparing for the  local, weekly garbage truck, who does anything once per week?
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5120 on: November 07, 2014, 03:27:03 AM »
I did!

I have one particular med (only on my second month, out of six total I have to take) that I take once per week.  It causes serious nausea and I have to take it on an empty stomach to get the greatest benefit.

Others are easy, taking them once per day, but this once per week thing is almost impossible to remember.


Other than preparing for the  local, weekly garbage truck, who does anything once per week?

That's how my mum manages not to forget her once a week pill. She connects it to a chore she does once a week. So, Sunday morning, she takes her pill, and then will do her ironing. She is not allowed to lay down or recline after taking this pill on her empty stomach. Preferably she should walk or stand for half an hour. So combining it with a standing chore helps her remember, and makes that she is upright.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5121 on: November 07, 2014, 04:54:55 AM »
I should, in six minutes. Better do it now, or I will forget.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5122 on: November 07, 2014, 04:58:22 AM »
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5123 on: November 07, 2014, 10:01:29 AM »
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5124 on: November 09, 2014, 07:25:41 AM »
Took mine as I should.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5125 on: November 09, 2014, 12:39:00 PM »
I took mine, minus the evil arthritis stuff.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5126 on: November 10, 2014, 04:12:12 AM »
 :hug:


Think I took mine, don't remember.

Shows that I forgot my L-Lysine for weeks though. Cold sore, and rosecoloured inflammations budding on my face.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5127 on: November 11, 2014, 12:43:52 AM »
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I took mine.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5128 on: November 13, 2014, 11:40:16 PM »
Due for my lunch time meds.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #5129 on: November 14, 2014, 12:30:51 AM »
Oops. I forgot. Good thing this thread exists.
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