Monthly Q & A: March 2020

I only have one question this month, which is actually surprising being I just started blogging again a few weeks ago.

Q: How do you stay medication compliant?

A: Short answer is I don't. Like most people with serious and persistent mental illness, I struggle with medication compliance. I am about 85-90% compliant. Here is a bullet list of what I do to maintain that.

• I have 4 weekly pill boxes, that have am and pm. Each box has the same colors for each. (When I had some that were not the same, I messed up am & pm too much.
• Even though some of my medications are better served when taken a various times during the day. I work with my Doctors to keep it to a morning and evening regiment.
• I now have Google Home, I have programmed it to give me reminders 1 hour after saying good morning and when I say goodnight.
• I keep my current pill box visible and next to my coffee pot.
• I keep my next does on the outside from my coffee pot. e.g. When I take my morning medications I replace the pill box with the morning color facing the coffee pot. 
• I try to fill my pill boxes every 3 weeks. I use my google calendar to remind me. My Google Home also tells me of my appointments and reminders that are on Google Calendar.

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