Medication Management
Whether you have just two or five meds, like me, managing your medication can be difficult.
Memory problems can affect anyone who is not familiar with a regular routine of taking medication. Even when we have been doing it for years it can be easy to forget.
In addition to remembering to take the medication, the timely phone call to the pharmacist for a renewal is also necessary. If I try to be efficient and go too early I am told I am not aloud my medication, per insurance policy.
(God forbid you loose any or take any extra in one month)
If I wait too long, I risk the doctor not receiving the faxed order and running out of medication.
Ahh, it is all a tricky game with the the drug lords.
tags
[Bipolar Disorder]
[Bipolar Medication]
Memory problems can affect anyone who is not familiar with a regular routine of taking medication. Even when we have been doing it for years it can be easy to forget.
In addition to remembering to take the medication, the timely phone call to the pharmacist for a renewal is also necessary. If I try to be efficient and go too early I am told I am not aloud my medication, per insurance policy.
(God forbid you loose any or take any extra in one month)
If I wait too long, I risk the doctor not receiving the faxed order and running out of medication.
Ahh, it is all a tricky game with the the drug lords.
tags
[Bipolar Disorder]
[Bipolar Medication]
posted by Mom, Interrupted at 8:23 PM
4 Comments:
I have to refill with mail order, and no matter how many reminders they send me, I still can't manage to remember to refill it in time. Grrr.
Every one, I noticed have differ ent ways to get their meds or not.
Gosh, I get like 5 refills and then my shrink calls it in OR right before my last refill, I just make an appointment with him and problem solved.
Why is it so difficult for so many people to get their meds prescribed?
Nicole-
I can imagine timing mail orders would be rough!
Dream Writer-
I guess it is partially due to the whole third party, insurance, issue. At least this is where my hold ups are.
Do you get more than one month?
He will prescribe up to 3-5 refills which is about three to five months.
Then right before the fifth month I already have the appointment and he prescribes more (gives me a prescription) before I run out.
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