Submitted by dfiasco on 07/12/2022.
hello -
My husband takes Fluvoxamine Maleate and Mydayis. Every month, he has an issue accessing his new prescription for Mydayis since it's such a controlled substance. For instance, he had to come back early from a family vacation because he could not get a couple of pills ahead of time to take with him. Most of the time, he runs out and then has a gap of a few days where he's scrambling to get that month's prescription and not feeling well in between. Most of it, I believe, is due to his executive functioning challenges in not being able to plan ahead. Does anyone have advice on how he/we may be able to manage his medication better? Thank you!
Is it worth it for you to do it for him?
Submitted by Dagmar on
I mean, it isn't worth it for me to do it for my husband, but we do run into issues where he uses up his [some form of ritalin - I forget] and then he has to skip some days, or weeks, or sometimes even find a new doctor, because he waited too long to refill his prescription. You could set a reminder in your calendar to let you know when he needs to take steps to get a refill, and in turn you could remind him.
But in my house, that would lead to him still putting it off and me being a nag and them him hiding from me that he didn't order it when I reminded him and ran out of his prescription.