my short term memory is like Swiss cheese , some times I don't remember if I have taken my pills or not , so I came up with a plan and it works.

1- open a computer text file and enter/append : begin 10/25/2017 7:00 AM
2- get the pills ready
3- take the pills
4- append into text file : end 10/25/2017 7:00 AM
5- save the file
6- go to kitchen, open and close the frig door.

what is your technique ?

Walgreens app with pill reminder on my phone.

Do those plastic 7 day pill containers work? Seems like a good visual reminder would be best. What happens when you forget to check your phone or forget how?Or forget to take your pants off before you go pee? Or worse???!!!!

as a side note , if you take care of an elderly person , move his/her bed and you will find tons of pills on the floor , apparently they miss the target often :-)

It’s hell to get old!!!

I've been popping lots of otc pain killers lately but it's easy to know when to take those! Found out yesterday, abscessed tooth.

The problems with (small problem) the 7 day pill containers is some people have morning and evening pills. So that means two containers which can get confusing. Also, you have to have someone competent to fill the pill containers correctly in the first place.

Edit: if you just have two or three pills then this doesn’t apply. My grandad has a handful so I saw some of this firsthand.

They help. I should have included that I use on of those along with the phone app. The app sends alert reminders.

Our dog is on some pills for thyroid and congestive heart failure. Wife picked up some little ziploc pill bags with fill in the blank labels on them. Also have morning/evening, but as you say someone competent has to fill them to begin with.

Get one

Ohhhhhhh that 'splains things! LOL

ask your wife to remind you , they never forget anything.

You done figured it out PD, Foolproof!

I take one pill, twice a day. Bottle sits next to me easy chair. Take a pill in the morning, turn the bottle upside down. , Take one in the evening, turn the bottle right side up again.

Then there is the senior variation: Sit in my chair in the early evening and see the pill bottle sitting right side up. But I think I remember taking my morning pill. Or did I? Did I forget to take the pill or did I forget to set the bottle upside down after I took the pill? So much for being systematic!

Beats the alternative. Most of the time.

Sure as hell aint for sissies, though..

I had a terrible fright a few days ago. I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, thought for a minute I has passed away during the night.

take a picture of yourself with time stamp just in case if you can't remember

Not for sissies. LOL. That’s one of Dad’s (95) favorite sayings.

I hate it when I forget, I take a beta blocker/BP pill and if I forget to take it I feel like crap from the afternoon on

My morning and evening pills are in the multi-compartment containers, bedtime pill is in the bedroom the bottle gets turned upside down after taking at bedtime and turned right side up in the morning. I have a pocket container for pills when away from home and just in case I forget that I have pills in the glove box of my car, the wife also carries some of my meds in her purse. I only forget once in a while and get caught without my meds, fortunately missing a dose is not a big deal.

There's no hope for me.
I take two Blood Pressure meds daily. One I take in the mornings but the second one is only taken in the evening after I take a reading and determine that I need it.
No problem remembering to take a reading but then half the time I walk away forgetting to take the dam pill. Fortunately I only need it about 30% of the time so my senility hasn't killed me......yet.

Here in Oz you can have the pharmacy make up your pills in a "Webster Pack", which has each pill or combination of pills for morning, midday, evening etc in individual "blisters". All you need to do is look at the day and time and you can see what to take, and whether you've taken it.



My wife used to work in pharmacy, and make these up. They're especially popular for older folks.

When I cared for my elderly parents I used those 4x7 boxes like dan oz "Webster packs". I would fill them every Sunday and it was easy to keep track whether they took their dose. I use a single dose 7 day box for my meds.

Different shelf for AM and PM. Once I take my pills the bottles go on the PM shelf, informing me that the next dose is PM.

7 day AM/PM containers are easy to find. They're color coded to avoid confusion. This one is from Walmart.

This is the type I use.

Thanks guys for reminding me guys, I need to go take morning pills. Can't believe I forgot.

Well I already took em.

Simple enough; if I reach the point I have to take a pill to stay alive, I'm gonna die. The odds against me remembering to take said pill are astronomical. GD

That will work just fine for me. :-)

But are you going to remember to take the blue pill after you get one?


Clyde

Lots of older guys 'dry ball'!