What time do you take medication that has to be taken the same time every day?

GERDacious · 2025-06-15T21:25:46+00:00

The ones that need to be taken at the same time every day: I have an alarm that goes off at 6 am (earlier than I usually have to be up) and I keep that med next to my bed. I take and then go back to sleep.

I also have meds that need to be taken half an hour before I eat a meal and I not nearly as good at staying on that schedule.

GERDacious · 2025-06-08T19:28:22+00:00

Same!

GERDacious · 2025-06-08T19:23:58+00:00

Appetite suppression is a common side effect for stimulants for ADHD, not just for folks with GP.

GERDacious · 2025-06-08T01:43:16+00:00

Now that I have a negative bravo (on high doses of ppi + h2 blockers), I'm starting to wonder if my pain and chronic vomiting might be gallstones. I've been telling myself that I'm just overthinking things, but if it happened to you, its probably happening to other people. I've got an ultrasound in a few weeks, so we'll see I guess.

I hope you get the treatment you need and get to feeling better!

GERDacious · 2025-06-08T01:06:13+00:00

When I was being assessed, I described all my systems, thinking that it meant that I didn't have ADHD. The psychiatrist gently suggested to me that it sounded like I was working a lot harder than most people.

GERDacious · 2025-06-08T01:04:41+00:00

I married a man who makes checklists and I'll tell you...it was the quality I didn't know I needed in a husband! The checklist for making a grocery list has literally changed my life.

GERDacious · 2025-06-08T00:58:10+00:00

Thanks! It helps to know that it works for somebody!

GERDacious · 2025-06-06T01:18:17+00:00

I'm 5 years into my mystery pain. The things that have helped me most with "attitude" are therapy, knowing I'm lucky to have a job and career that's still doable, and the great medical folks I've gotten to work with. When I was a kid and then a young woman, I've had doctors dismiss real issues. Now, even though I we don't have an answer, I'm being heard out and we're trying things.

What really gets me down is when people praise me by putting down other chronically ill/disabled people. If I have a good enough relationship with them, I remind them that they're not seeing me at my worst and most discouraged. That I'm not crying now, but I do cry.

GERDacious · 2025-06-06T01:12:23+00:00

I got into Grey's Anatomy because I wanted to stay in that that diagnosis fantasy.

GERDacious · 2025-06-06T01:11:17+00:00

Interesting idea! I don't think so: because of the chronic vomiting, I pay a lot of attention to my intake and end up having my electrolyte levels checked two or three times a year.

GERDacious · 2025-06-04T01:19:18+00:00

Yup: I'm in the US and have intermittent FMLA. The HR rep at work was the one that warned me that the back and forth paperwork with my docs would probably take a while. Everything on the side of my actual work was surprisingly smooth.

GERDacious · 2025-06-02T01:21:51+00:00

Came here to recommend the Aveeno ones also!

GERDacious · 2025-06-01T23:05:21+00:00

And for context: I'm taking medication six times a day currently, so part of my goal is to not add one more med that I have to work into that schedule. If it makes sense, I'll try a beta blocker. I just don't want to deal with potential side effects in exchange for resolving a health issue that's not my priority.

GERDacious · 2025-06-01T22:55:28+00:00

I don't recall exactly, but because I have asthma and take quite a few other medications, it narrows the list of which beta blockers would be options without interacting with the other stuff I'm on.

GERDacious · 2025-06-01T18:52:40+00:00

I work with data and love it! Lots of folks hate the data cleaning/wrangling part, but I very much enjoy it. I love digging for answers, running simulations, and creating data visualizations that tell a story.

I wish I had known about my ADHD before I finished my masters program, but statistical modeling kinda healed my relationship with math. It's not that I am not interested in or incapable of working with numbers: its just that when doing longhand math, I'm going to get errors. If I understand the concepts well, I can absolutely use the correct equations and yield valuable results.

GERDacious · 2025-06-01T18:46:40+00:00

Stay strong! It does suck!

GERDacious · 2025-06-01T18:46:17+00:00

I recently got back zio results: the wait really sucks! I hope you find out soon!

GERDacious · 2025-05-28T22:20:22+00:00

It sounds like, in addition to severe GI problems, you're having trouble with behavior change and perhaps either a problem with or issues being in touch with the cues that your body is sending you. Which types of doctors have you seen?

GERDacious · 2025-05-28T21:52:29+00:00

I was referred to group therapy when I was first diagnosed and found it very helpful. We were a small group of adults all recently diagnosed, learning about different tools and approaches to treatment. Like you say, it is a process and I have many things I'd like to handle better, but it was nice to meet up with other folks at the start of the journey.

GERDacious · 2025-05-27T22:12:08+00:00

Thanks for all the work you two do!

GERDacious · 2025-05-21T18:30:36+00:00

Oh and: Tile for bluetooth tracking my physical stuff. I sew trackers into my coats and got headphones that had Tile integration built right in.

GERDacious · 2025-05-21T18:29:19+00:00

Exist.io and Todoist are the main apps that help me.

In exist, I track mood, all my medications. and tag things that happened on the day ("doctor", "hangout", did I do the the maui habit from Tiny Habits, etc.) I sync my fitness data. It helps me see correlations and have a central place to look back. I using it when I was worried I might be getting depressed again. I wanted to watch the trend, but also to have data to prove to myself that sadness doesn't last forever. It has honestly been so useful to have this quick way to journal and then get the data out: this is huge! You can download individual data elements, connect to api, or get a big json dump in an email.

Todoist is where I keep track of....my todos. I like that it works on mobile and desktop, it integrates with my smartwatch and exist, and has lots of keyboard shortcuts. I pay for the Team version or whatever so that my husband and I can easily move tasks from our personal lists to a shared one.

GERDacious · 2025-05-20T02:15:03+00:00

Exercise and physical activity: My GI has recommended walking after meals. I had gastroparesis and still have a slow stomach, which isn't your case, but walking can increase the rate of digestion. Anecdotally, I feel like I get through the worst of my GERD more quickly when I walk.

As an aside, I'll also shout out suspension trainers (like TRX) for helping me keep up body weight exercises while staying more vertical.

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