Pills, pills, how to organize and remember!?

I AGREE-how ironic...AND how funny I've posted a similar thought, early in my treatment.

I got a color coded multi-boxes per day container-the biggest one I could find and still not large enough and also I agree that the issue of the similar color tablets scenario is most def. annoying.

1st thing each morning I take two thyroid pills then back to sleep because Many supplements render it ineffective....then when I finally out of bed the Lyme routine begins...

As a pharmacist, I would recommend what everyone else is doing - the pill boxes! Or, if not, then just write a chart up and post it on the kitchen wall with the times and your meds and use a pencil to check them off as you take them. This helps you remember to take the probiotics - because I tended to forget to take these since they were in the fridge!

I actually juggle 4 pillminders.

One has individual, removable boxes with AM and PM compartments for each day. I keep the supplements I take with breakfast and dinner in there.

Another is the smaller, more typical pillminder with one box for each day. I keep the supplements I take first thing upon waking in there.

Yet another of that same type of pillminder holds the supplements I take at 11AM (this includes magnesium that should be taken at least 2 hrs. away from thyroid meds which I take at 3 different times of the day)

The final pillminder of that same type holds the stuff I take right before bed.

It sounds like Vegas in my house because I have alarms set on my phone for the 8AM and 11AM dosing of "time-critical" stuff. Even more alarms went off when I was taking abx that had their own schedule and some had to be spaced away from certain supplements and/or meals.

Remembering the refrigerated probiotics was a challenge so I got to putting a little piece of paper in the compartments that contained stuff I'd be taking around the same time as the probiotics. That was a clue to tell me I had to take something else lol

Believe it or not, all of the above does not include my herbal dosings - 4 times/day. That stuff is taken 30 min b4 a meal and just before bed so I really don't have trouble remembering those.

I keep all my supplement bottles in a basket and my Rx's in another one. Once I've finished filling pillminders with a particular supplement (yes, many look alike), I put the bottle on my desk (vs back in the basket) until all supplements have been accounted for.

Getting this stuff set up each week takes about 1/2 hour.....and I can't believe my life has come to this lol

However, these methods have helped preserve my sanity and I've improved dramatically. I consider it a small price to pay