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don't feel like an idiot, please. it's easy for ANYONE to take meds at the wrong time.

once i took a 12 hour cold medication-- well, i took 2 instead of one. i slept for 24 hours, literally. woke up with no cold, though!

here's my advice (i haven't read the other posts here, don't know if anyone else suggested it yet): put your morning and nite pills in 2 different places. i keep a bottle of water and my night pills on my dresser and i keep my morning pills in my bag that i take to work. i used to keep the morning pills in the bathroom, but found that this works better 'cause i don't usually eat breakfast at home and some of my meds need to be taken with food. this is a good system until the days i have to call an renew my night pills and forget to take the bottles along for reference!

anyway, stop kicking yourself over this. you need to give yourself a lot more slack, lady, and let yourself be sick without holding it against yourself! just come up with new systems. you'll make it through this, i promise! and remember, you're not the only one. with the fibro-frog in residence, i'm surprised i don't take tic-tacs instead of my medications on some days!

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