{"id":4642,"date":"2011-11-15T17:17:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T01:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:59:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:59:20","slug":"i-left-my-meds-at-home-not-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/i-left-my-meds-at-home-not-good\/","title":{"rendered":"I left my meds at home.. not good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4646\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"meds 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Have you ever left your\u00a0bipolar \u00a0meds at home?\u00a0 It&#8217;s not a good feeling. I had a coaching call this morning that went well. I then got things ready to go to my writing office- at Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>My meds\u00a0were on the counter-\u00a0I should have put them in my bag last night- and I didn&#8217;t.\u00a0 I managed to leave them on the counter.<\/p>\n<p>So now it&#8217;s 5PM and I have missed two med doses. Luckily I have my Lamictal in the car- so I was able to take that- but not my Lithium.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t do well when I miss doses.\u00a0 When I get home later tonight,\u00a0 I will take one pill- then wake up at 2 am or so and take another pill and then the final dose in the morning.\u00a0 That will get me back\u00a0on schedule. It&#8217;s not good sleep wise- but bipolar meds are more important to me than staying asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Medications are essential in my treatment plan.\u00a0 I have to make sure I put my darn bottle of meds in my bag!<\/p>\n<p>Tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Put a few doses of your meds in the car- at a relative&#8217;s or a spare bottle in\u00a0your bag.\u00a0 This can save you a lot of stress.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do <em>not <\/em>skip a dose&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;spread the pills throughout the night- this is the way to get back on track. I&#8217;ve messed with my meds before- &#8220;oh, I can just skip a day.&#8221; No, I can&#8217;t. \u00a0I will never do that again. It&#8217;s too dangerous. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>PS:\u00a0 I always think about parents and partners when I write about\u00a0 meds- maybe the person you love won&#8217;t take bipolar medications- or maybe they are\u00a0dealing with bad\u00a0side effects.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been through it all- I&#8217;m on my 24th medication-\u00a0 and I will keep trying until I find what works.\u00a0 It&#8217;s part of having a genetic illness.\u00a0 No, it&#8217;s not fair. But we have to keep going no matter what.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4646\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"meds 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/meds-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Have you ever left your bipolar meds at home? It&#8217;s not a good feeling. I had a coaching call this morning that went well. I then got things ready to go to my writing office- at Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>My meds were on the counter- I should have put them in my bag last night- and I didn&#8217;t. I managed to leave them on the counter.<\/p>\n<p>So now it&#8217;s 5PM and I have missed two med doses. Luckily I have my Lamictal in the car- so I was able to take that- but not my Lithium.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t do well when I miss doses. When I get home later tonight, I will take one pill- then wake up at 2 am or so and take another pill and then the final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/i-left-my-meds-at-home-not-good\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11627,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642\/revisions\/11627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}