I never forget to take my Abilify , but 2 nights ago I think I actually did forget. I’m not sure though.
But I’ve been feeling off all day today, and a tiny bit paranoid.
It would explain a lot if I forgot. But geez, missing one dose. Talk about unforgiving !
Yeah I miss a dose of effexor in the mornings and it’s hell. Bad insomnia and feel really weird. I don’t really find any difference with missing zyprexa but that morning dose really does me in.
I think I’ve missed 2 doses in the last few months. I’m pretty certain because the day of the week on my pill boxes were off when I went to take the next dose. I honestly didn’t notice much of a difference in how I felt though.
I was on zyprexa and effexor.
Missing a dose and how you feel, I think it’s related to the half life of the medication. After 4-5 half-lives meds lose pretty much all effect. If you don’t know, a half-life is the amount of time it takes for half the medication to me removed from your system.
I’ve missed zyprexa doses too but never had a problem. The half life of zyprexa is 33 hours, which means if you miss one days dose, less than half is out of your system the following day so you don’t really notice it.
When I missed effexor doses I knew it, I had electric shocks shoot through my brain. The half life of effexor is much smaller, like 5 hours, so when you miss a dose it get removed from your system very quickly and you notice it when you miss it the next day.
I forgot to take my Wellbutrin this morning. I remembered this afternoon and had to skip it because I think it would give me insomnia if taken in the afternoon.
One trick I use is to turn my pill bottle upside down when I take my pill. That way, later, if I forgot if I took it I look at my pill bottle. If it is upside down I took my pill. If it isn’t that means I forgot.
Ha you got over it without even knowing it! I found if I ever stopped taking my olanzapine I found that first dose starting back on was the toughest…like I knew I hated taking it but I needed it, but which would I regret more. Definitely a good vs evil paradox.
When I was on Zyprexa and missed a dose, I would just lie in bed and stare at the ceiling unable to go to sleep until I realised what the problem was. Sometimes it took me hours. Those were the early days for me though.
Certain of my pills I’ll notice because of mood, certain I’ll notice because of sleep and certain like Cymbalta, I’ll notice because of pain. All my meds are in a med minder. I should never forget. But I still do sometimes.