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Camberley, UK

When taking your tablets have you been in a fit or forgot you have taken them and taken them again? And if so what did you do to sort it out?

March 16, 2016
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I will stand at my tablets and sometimes stress ive maybe taken them or not and so decide just not to take the dose rather than overdose myself ...when that happened with a dose before ...I slept for 19 hours solid and woke up shattered but was ok ,

March 16, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

That had happened to me once. I doubled because I forgot if I took them and I called my doc. He told me since my dose is so high I should go to the ER. All in all I learned two things, one: get one of those pre pill counters with the days and two: if I think I took them them I just turn off my urge to take it again. Rather have break through than feel the way I did in the hospital due to the double dosing.

March 16, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I also use a 7 day tablet box that lasts me for two weeks because it has four sections for meds and I only take tablets in morning and evening so I fill it up with two weeks worth of medication. This way I only have to fill it up every other week. It makes it easier for me if I go away or stay at somebody's because I quite often will take a part of it with me in my bag because you can always take out a strip of it. Before I could do this I could never stay at anyone else's unexpectedly.

March 25, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have forgotten to take them several times or couldn't remember whether I took them or not. I finally got a 7 day pill sorter and that helps me stay on track.

March 21, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes I have. If I did I would just let it take it course and wait till my next scheduled dose.

March 17, 2016

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