Hi, I have terrible time with taking my meds on time!!! Just today I took them at 6, 11:15, 4:00, at 6:00 I felt really bad and took 1/2 pill to make the commute and then at 8:00 will take pills and if I wake up at 12
I will take my 5th dose.and if not I'll be hurting in the morning at 6 00 am.

I'm supposed to take them every 4 hours. I set the alarm on my clock and if it goes off if I am in the middle of something I'll just turn it off and then in an hour wonder if I took my pills or not.

But the alarm is better than no alarm at all. I need to use the pill box that helps me - but I hardly ever do it. And then there is the protein, I wonder how much less pills I wold have to take if I watched the timing of my protein intake. Then don't even think about my vitamins. I'm supposed to take vitamins an hour after I take my meds - oh it is all just too much!!!

I'm notorious for not taking pills on time, even forgetting to take them at all. I keep telling myself I have to do something about that. I have the big pill box and everything else I need.
Sometimes I can walk better after the effects of the medicine has worn off. One thing for sure. Tomorrow will be a different day.......

I set timers for my doses on my smart phone. I usually put my day's pills in a snack zip-lock bag and put it in my pocket. Helps to tell if I forgot to take one or not.

Then I have days like yesterday when i remember turning off the 10 pm timer, but didn't put the day's supply in the bag and can't remember whether I took the pill or not because I was eating fish at the time and wanted to wait. I don't think I did, but not sure, so I held off taking it.

Today I added in a new alarm to take my Azilect pill that arrived yesterday.

My sleep schedule is wacky and changes every so often. I usually go to bed between 4-5 am, and get up around noon. Which means it is almost my bedtime.

i have some weekly pill organizers, they are little plastic boxes that hold all my pills for a week at a time. I have 4 sets one for mornings, one for noon, one for evening and one for night. they're labeled Saturday to Sunday. I fill all my pills for a week and all I have to do to see if I took my pills is open the box for that day & time and see if the pills are in there or not.

My body is my alarm . It tells me when my next dose is do. I take my meds at the same time because if i take them earlier they stop working earlier and I end up chasing time. Someone also mention in earlier reply to different post , that the meds may stop working if you constantly change the time.

I use the alarm functions on cell phone as well. I set them anew every day, depending upon when I woke up for my first morning dose. This works fairly well for me.

As far as scheduling the dosages and such,
The PD Treatment Book (Ahlskog, Mayo Clinic) gives a great detailed description on developing the optimal dosing regimen for YOUR specific circumstances and conditions beginning at about pg 240 (If you dont have the book, I highly recommended it)

Hiya Alex, I too have one of those weekly pill boxes that i fill up but still never take them on time like zlatica my body tells me it's time, unfortunately if i'm doing something i push it... i too should set an alarm on my phone, just feel like it'll always be going off and maybe at an inappropriate time...let me know what you figure out ... paula

I also use my smart phone to schedule my pill taking. I have to be careful not to turn the alarm off and then just continue what I was doing. My wife is good at double checking with me. I then look at my pill container to see if I did indeed take the pills.
I am retired, so it is convenient to keep an exact schedule. On a couple occasions I have gone off to town without my pills and actually skipped a dose at mid day. My shaking symptoms get really bad on those days.