# Forgot meds **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677 "2014-08-02T21:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/1 "2014-08-02T21:37:23Z")
Again!! I have a little flip-tab thingie that lets me know YES,you did take them,but remembering to take the blasted things seems to be difficult. Any ideas for a reminder? ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/2 "2014-08-02T21:40:41Z")
Set a reminder on the calendar of your phone. It will notify you 15 minutes before the time set. ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/3 "2014-08-02T22:02:23Z")
I take a lot of meds, the best method I’ve found is to pair taking them with another routine activity. Morning meds get taken right after I brush my teeth. Noon hour meds are after lunch (if taking food with any are a problem, I set a reminder on phone or computer). Night meds I take right before bedtime. It’s hard to get into a new routine, but before long it too is routine. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/4 "2014-08-02T22:05:33Z")
I use a phone alarm too; just set it for whatever time you need to take them. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/5 "2014-08-02T22:13:45Z")
I stick a knife in the door I have to leave through. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/6 "2014-08-02T22:31:26Z")
The door is metal My phone is one of those free ones. It stays off unless I leave the house. It is for emergency only and I’m too poor to afford anything fancier ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/7 "2014-08-02T22:33:53Z")
> [@Heckity](#): > > I take a lot of meds, the best method I’ve found is to pair taking them with another routine activity. Morning meds get taken right after I brush my teeth. Noon hour meds are after lunch (if taking food with any are a problem, I set a reminder on phone or computer). Night meds I take right before bedtime. > > It’s hard to get into a new routine, but before long it too is routine. I thought I had a routine – eat breakfast,take meds… If I don’t see it I don’t remember it. Guess I’ll find a place for the meds on the table _sigh_ That means making a space. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/8 "2014-08-02T22:35:11Z")
Set your alarm clock? ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/9 "2014-08-02T22:49:45Z")
I had a very hard time remembering to take my bedtime medicine, so I started taking it at supper time with those drugs. The doctor admitted that taking it at 6:00 PM was better than not taking it at 10:30 PM ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/10 "2014-08-02T22:53:13Z")
Could do that,but it’s really cheap,only would ring once a day. I’m not tec savvy at all. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/11 "2014-08-02T22:56:10Z")
Oh come on. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/12 "2014-08-02T22:58:43Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > Oh come on. LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/13 "2014-08-02T23:02:54Z")
I’ve moved the meds to the table… We’ll see if this works :roll: ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/14 "2014-08-02T23:04:33Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > LOL. Yeah,I know:o really dumb,and I never was a blond ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/15 "2014-08-02T23:10:12Z")
Hey, at least you’re pretty damn quick on the uptake. 🙂 Thank you. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/16 "2014-08-02T23:14:54Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Yeah,I know:o really dumb,and I never was a blond Me neither, now I call them senior moments! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/17 "2014-08-03T00:08:53Z")
I have a tracking app on my phone which sounds off every 15 minutes until I tell it I’ve taken the medication. I can tune that out for **hours**. Annoys the hell out of the family. We have Moon Unit’s medication at her place at the table. She still forgets. However, the idea of tying it to an activity you do every day at about the same time (e.g. tooth brushing or whatever) is probably the best I can think of. Is the medication something you can take with you? I personally have pill organizers in a zippered pouch in my purse - so if I forget to take my morning medication until I’m out and about, I can take it then. Metal door: If it’s something you take in the morning before you leave the house, maybe get a magnetic container and stick the pills in that on the door? (probably less scary than a knife anyway!!). ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/18 "2014-08-03T01:45:31Z")
Well~ Sometimes I don’t leave the house for days… and when it was so hot and muggy I stayed inside for a week… ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/19 "2014-08-03T01:50:52Z")
Something low tech you could do is wear rubber bands on your wrist. If you have to take meds three times a day, wear three of them. Each time you take your meds, take one of them off. You could also snap the rubber band lightly before taking it off to condition your mind that it’s medicine time and then, maybe eventually you could do away with the rubber bands. Another thing is to attach a sign (or signs, in different colors) to your door with magnets to remind you to take your pills. Make sure the sign overlaps the jamb by several inches so that it will slap you in the face if you forget to take your pills before opening the door. I do this with letters and bills I need to mail. Since it sounds like you have to take pills several times a day, when you’ve taken one set, you can move the corresponding sign below the others and then the top one will remind you of the next set. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677/20 "2014-08-03T02:36:09Z")
So… Pretty much every suggestion made won’t work? Gotcha! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-meds/694677.md?page=2)