I need better systems.
Jan. 14th, 2013 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
randomling(As usual, no advice please.)
So one thing about the recovery thing is this: I keep having depression relapses for very predictable reasons.
The main reason for a depression relapse is not taking my medication. This is usually for one of two reasons - either I failed to request my repeat in time, or I have managed to lose some of my medication in the maelstrom that is my bedroom.
Neither is very good at all. (I'd love it if you guys could refrain from telling me off. I'm doing a good job of that myself.)
Which means I need a good way of putting my medications away when I first get them, and a good way of remembering to request new ones when my old ones run out.
It would also be good if I could sort out the online prescription refill, because I often can't face making phone calls. And this is an order of magnitude worse if I've, say, been off my meds for a week.
One thing I can do is sort out an automated reminder for prescription refills. In fact, I'll do that now.
(Or I could wait while they send me my password.)
Putting them away: I have a meds drawer, but it's full of lots of things, many of them probably out of date, and I don't really know where to start with sorting them out. I guess that could be a small project, something to do while I watch an episode of something. I'm watching a lot of tv at the moment, and trying to get things done while I do. Sorting out washing, bits of tidying, that kind of thing. It's helping, a bit. (There is clear carpet in my bedroom which is always a hopeful sign.)
So that's two things I can do.
I think my new password just arrived, and I think I've also reached the end of this post.
I'll try to check in on the meds thing in a month or so. Maybe I can see if these steps turn out to be as useful as I think they will be.
I use an awesome webapp called Remindeo to send my reminders. (I like them because they're free, you can have as many reminders as you need, and there's loads of space to add extra text. I use it for stuff like "you must call X - here is the phone number and here's what to say", because I hate phone calls and preparing a script in advance.)
Anyway! I was going to link to them, so here is the link:
Remindeo - free reminders, notes & lists
So one thing about the recovery thing is this: I keep having depression relapses for very predictable reasons.
The main reason for a depression relapse is not taking my medication. This is usually for one of two reasons - either I failed to request my repeat in time, or I have managed to lose some of my medication in the maelstrom that is my bedroom.
Neither is very good at all. (I'd love it if you guys could refrain from telling me off. I'm doing a good job of that myself.)
Which means I need a good way of putting my medications away when I first get them, and a good way of remembering to request new ones when my old ones run out.
It would also be good if I could sort out the online prescription refill, because I often can't face making phone calls. And this is an order of magnitude worse if I've, say, been off my meds for a week.
One thing I can do is sort out an automated reminder for prescription refills. In fact, I'll do that now.
(Or I could wait while they send me my password.)
Putting them away: I have a meds drawer, but it's full of lots of things, many of them probably out of date, and I don't really know where to start with sorting them out. I guess that could be a small project, something to do while I watch an episode of something. I'm watching a lot of tv at the moment, and trying to get things done while I do. Sorting out washing, bits of tidying, that kind of thing. It's helping, a bit. (There is clear carpet in my bedroom which is always a hopeful sign.)
So that's two things I can do.
I think my new password just arrived, and I think I've also reached the end of this post.
I'll try to check in on the meds thing in a month or so. Maybe I can see if these steps turn out to be as useful as I think they will be.
I use an awesome webapp called Remindeo to send my reminders. (I like them because they're free, you can have as many reminders as you need, and there's loads of space to add extra text. I use it for stuff like "you must call X - here is the phone number and here's what to say", because I hate phone calls and preparing a script in advance.)
Anyway! I was going to link to them, so here is the link:
Remindeo - free reminders, notes & lists
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Date: 2013-01-14 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-14 08:19 pm (UTC)I remember reading on your journal lately that you've been having trouble with that and it really sucks that it's like that. *hugs*?
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Date: 2013-01-14 10:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-15 09:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-15 06:10 pm (UTC)The Remindeo app looks neat. Hmm. I may have to send that on to my Boy.