#missed dose

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Okay! with that in mind, I just opened a scary door. I forgot to take my pills yesterday, duloxetine. It’s an SNRI, so the withdrawals are pretty bad. I took today’s dose, but it’s an extended release, so it hasn’t kicked in yet.

The technology in my pills is pretty interesting. The pill is a gelatin capsule full of tiny beads. The beads are designed to survive the trip through my stomach intact, then release their payload in my intestine.

Well, I’ve never done this before. I know it carries an addiction risk, and I know it’s not worth fw recreationally. But I want to fix my serum levels.

I opened a gel cap and poured out 1/10 of the tiny beads. popped them in my mouth. chewed.

Results: nearly instant relief. 70% of symptoms gone within 10 seconds. 95% gone within 10 minutes. I feel better! and oh, I’ve never tasted duloxetine before, but my gums and lips knew it at once - good taste. healing taste. bitter and numbing. salvation.

[tmitransitioning]

I'm on a T dose of 200mg every 3 weeks. My next appointment is in 4 months but I was never advised about how important the time is. Is it okay to take a dose up to a week late? Is it okay to compromise by taking the next dose a week early?

we cannot and will not tell you how to adjust your medications, this is a question for your provider.  Call them on the phone on their next open day.  providers generally have a nurse to answer simple calls (like what to do if you miss a dose) and your doctor/NP can call back if you have a more complex call (like if you think you’re having a drug reaction or drug interaction).   The reason we won’t answer this question is: while we could tell you what “generally” is okay or advised, each doctor has their own preferences on how to handle missed doses.  It’s important to follow what your personal doctor wants you to do, so what “most” doctors want doesn’t matter in your particular case.  

mod mayhem

[justlookingfortheanswers]

Seriously I feel kinda like I’m dying

[tmitransitioning]

So I’m on a once every four weeks schedule for my T shots, but I missed my one this past month and now I’m two weeks late. I’m wondering if I should wait until my next scheduled shot or if I should do my missed one now, AND still do my one in two weeks? I don’t want to mess up my hormone levels too much by doing one thing or the other

check with your doctor how they want you to do it.  In general, if you’re closer to the next dose (of any med) than the one you missed, you should wait and just take that next dose; however, your doctor may want you do different things (like take a dose now and change your schedule, which might mean changing your lab schedule also).  

Your doctor is the best expert on what you personally should do in any particular situation.  

Mod mayhem 

[lunar-goodness]

I had recently had some bouts of dizziness and nausea with vertigo like feelings and I could not figure out what the problem was. It would happen randomly and didn’t seem to be connected to something I may have eaten. But I think I know what the issue is, all the times it’s happened I’ve missed my antidepressant dose the day before. I usually take it before bed and if I forget it, the next day I start feeling sick. I’ve connected the dots.

[whereisbizzy]

I hate forgetting to take my Effexor. By the time I notice the side effects I already feel like ass. Brain zaps, sensitivity to light, and a headache are my reward for being a dummy.

[whereisbizzy]

I can't find any information on how long I'm going to feel shitty today (missed Effexor dose yesterday) so I'm pretty annoyed. Annoyed and dizzy.

I used to take Effexor when I was still drinking. I'd miss or skip doses all the time and felt horrible for days. So I'm getting physically ill and having bad memories all at once.

The only thing I feel like I can do is sleep and we'll, I actually can't do that, because I've got two toddlers to look after that I've already yelled at today.

[tmitransitioning]

I’m waiting on refills for my prescription from my endo and I was just wondering how bad/what might happen if I miss a shot? I’m at least a week late now and I’m just getting lowkey anxiety about it

You’ll be moody and probably feel really tired, and you might break out. If you go for a few weeks or more, and you happen to hit this during the appropriate part of what your body interprets as a menstrual cycle, you may spot or have a period again, but that isn’t guaranteed either way (some people take a lot longer, some people get really unlucky and spot within a few days of missing a shot). It sucks but isn’t life-threatening, just frustrating; I hope you can get the refills in soon!

- Mod Wolf