What Happens when you miss a dose of your psychiatric medication?

May is Mental Health Month.
Of all the days that I decide to start a blog on Mental Health, and particularly one that deals with Recovery, I discovered that I missed yesterday morning's dose of my medication. This was several pills not just one.

I had missed doses before, I was forced to reduce my medication, due to a shortage in supply, so there was no reason to panic.

Here's what happened:
As soon as I discovered that I missed my dose, I just took my dose at the regular interval. I didn't double up on dosage or anything. If anyone is ever unsure, they should contact a pharmacist or mental health professional or a doctor. This is my disclaimer. I am only telling you what I experienced or did. I not a professional or a doctor.

I didn't get much sleep last night, and usually when amount or quality of sleep is affected, mental health suffers, as I found out this morning.

The coca cola I had late yesterday afternoon, I am sure did not help. I don't usually drink it that late. I usually drink some coke in the early afternoon or with lunch and then that's my quota.
Several things went on yesterday evening which could have led to the little sleep I had. I had therapy too, went shopping, then came home to do something or other. It's all a bit fuzzy now. Today I have recovered because I got a little sleep in the early morning hours, woke up, took my morning dose of medication, had breakfast which included a banana, then went for a walk, followed by my drive out to get a sub.

All in all. I think I managed this mini-recovery well, and I am here writing to its continued success for the rest of today. We'll see.

Thanks for reading. More to come on similar topics. Enjoy Mental Health Month.

What do you want to know?

I do not profess to know all the answers, yet alone try to predict what kinds of questions you have for me, for us, or for the blog. I am simply the facilitator. What I can try to do is wonder what kinds of things you may want to read the most. Do you want to know about medication? What about their side effects? I would sincerely be able to share only my personal experience the best, and then refer you to another better source hopefully, like drugs.com. But we all know that it does help to know someone who may have been on the same medication, and their intended effects. How does one cope day to day? Mental health is a 24/7 thing. I could go into detail of what it is like to be hospitalized or put in a psychiatric unit in a hospital, but I think that would be too personal, and then also everyone's experience is unique and confidential for sure. Let's keep it PG or at least PG-13 and be of the most relevant use to everyone here. What I can do, and will offer are my ideas and strategies for recovery. Perhaps we share some. If you can contribute to the site, some information, resources or things that you think will benefit a blog like this, feel free to contact me. I am a mental health consumer and have lived with mental health issues for more than 15 years.

The Initial Purpose of this Blog

When I thought up this blog, I thought about the title it would or could have, and then as if by magic, it appeared. Blogger is pretty neat, and I have used it before to create other named blogs. Anyways, I knew the content needed to focus on mental health issues. It needed to have some component to do with the topic of mental illness, mental health recovery and elements that went in to it as far as personal stuggle and stories of recovery or hope come in, and have input from more than just one person. After all, mental health affects everyone though many but not all people are impacted by mental illness. Many people have stories and experiences to share and learn from. Many have ideas stored in their heads that can reach or benefit another. Let's hope together for a brighter future.