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Creative Tips for Managing Medications: Medical Organizers

by Ariela Paulsen June 18, 2019June 18, 2019
written by Ariela Paulsen
Creative Tips for Managing Medications: Medical Organizers

It’s a cruel irony to have a million medications to manage… all within deep brain fog.  If only we could all have a professional medical organizer. Complex illnesses require so much to keep track of. My healthy friends will likely never understand why it takes me two hours and three failed attempts just to leave the house, and even then I likely forgot to bring something.  We have to keep track of food, layered clothing, medical equipment, spoons… by the time we get to remembering to take our medications, our brains are exhausted.

I have forgotten to take my meds more times than I can count, and taken the wrong medication, or the wrong dose, a frightening number of times.  The anxiety of finally getting out into the world and realizing that I didn’t bring the right pills just makes it harder to convince myself it’s safe to go out the next time.  I can’t help but laugh at the time I accidentally took Imodium instead of Benadryl in the midst of a mast cell reaction, but it is also frightening.

This is the essence of living Mighty Well, though — taking these challenges and, instead of succumbing to stress, rising with superhero-like organization skills!  Here are some hacks for keeping your medications managed:

1. Check Out the Mighty MedPlanner

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This medical organizer is impressively small and easy to carry, considering how much it can hold! It can organize all kinds of medical equipment — not just pills, but liquids, epipens, snacks… I’ve found it especially helpful for a day out and about when I need a lot of supplies, or when traveling with multiple days worth of medication. It keeps them well organized, secure, and labeled. I especially like that it can carry medications in non-pill form, like infusions, tube feed, and oral/ocular/nebulizer liquids. It also has a detailed medical information card in the pouch, and can keep your doctors’ notes, prescriptions, and TSA disability card all in one place for flying.

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2. Always Pre-Pack!

This is crucial — having pills already packed away so that I don’t need to think at all when I leave for a brief outing has relieved a lot of stress.  I have small pill boxes stashed away in each bag, ready to go. If I end up using one, I just refill it when I get home. I also have a keychain pill case.  It can’t hold all of my daily pills, and certainly not my vials of liquid meds, but it can hold emergency pills. I always have my keys with me, and it feels safe to know I always have Benadryl, Imodium, and pain killers ready to go.

3. Find a way to manage your timing!

It’s all well and good to have your medications organized and ready, but if you then forget to take them, it’s not much help!  Timing your daily doses to daily activities can help condition your brain to remembering them. For example, timing with meals, brushing your teeth, waking up, etc.  To help get the habit formed, you can leave your pills (or a visual reminder to take your medication) near where that activity takes place, like next to a toothbrush or by the foods you tend to eat for lunch.  I’ve even taped reminders to the fridge door at work. If that doesn’t work, setting an alarm (repeating so that you don’t have to set it every single day) can help. Everyone is different, but developing a tight system is important to manage your treatment with success!

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Ariela Paulsen

Ari struggled with a wide array of health problems for decades before being diagnosed with EDS/POTS/MCAS/etc at age 25. She began writing as a way to heal while spreading information and helping others through their own journeys. She loves being part of the Mighty Well team, sharing the stories and strengths of spoonies everywhere!

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