What a pill

Whyzit

DH was restless all night Tuesday, waking me with his fidgeting movements. At 5 a.m. he was rummaging through the stuff on his night stand looking for a pill he dropped. Pill, what pill? Sometimes he calls cough drops pills so I figured that was it.

Wrong! He had taken the medication that wasn’t due until bedtime (16 hours later). For years the nighttime pill container has been kept on his nightstand and he managed it perfectly. That all changed yesterday. Wednesday night I gave him his pills and he was very angry with me. After all, he has done it for years without my help. He went to bed. While cleaning up in the kitchen I noticed the pill container had disappeared. I knew he took it but where did he put it?

This morning I looked on the nightstand and in the drawers for the missing pill container without success. At breakfast I was going to ask him if he knew where it was. To my surprise, he pulled the pill container out of his pocket and asked me if I knew when he was supposed to take them. I said yes and asked if I could help him with that. He said Yes, he has always trusted me. And I have always trusted him until I learned I can’t anymore about anything. We just had dinner and he has asked me for the third time if he has taken all his pills for today.

anneleigh

Whyzit, Hopefully your husband will let you manage the pill container from now on.  Have a good night

Lorita

Hi Whyzit,

 I think in some way they realize when the time comes they can no longer take their medications as they're supposed to.  That happened with my husband.  I had always filled the pill container every week but he took care of taking the meds when he was supposed to.  One day he gave me the container and said he thought I should give him his  medication from then on.  No trouble at all from him.  Maybe that's what happened with your husband.  At least you'll know he's taking them at the right time.

Ed1937

I just knew my wife, an RN, would give me a hard time when I needed to take over her meds. But one day I grabbed mine (I only take two pills)  and hers, and said we should take our pills together. It was a gradual transition, but now I always give her her meds. She has no idea what she's taking, I've been doing it so long. Good luck to you.