@grrranny - glad @jakedduck1 had some ideas for you on pill organization. The automated pill dispenser sounds like a great way to go if it is imperative that you take your medicines.

Tagging other members who may have thoughts about 1) ways to organize their pills they have found helpful and 2) how they know one pill from another @scottrl @my44 @pek59 @mlmcg @sally12345 @annsandhorst @dkennedy9999 @thielejet2022. @hopeful33250 also may have some input on pill organizing and what works for her.

For me personally, though I'd somehow associated pill organizers with someone I did not want to be/did not want to admit I was, my sister finally convinced me to go get a typical plastic day-of-the-week pill organizer. It's very basic, but it helps me be all ready each day to take my medications for allergies, asthma, etc.

About knowing what pill is what when out of the original bottles, I have had some incidents where my pills have spilled out of the organizer while traveling or I bumped the organizer off the bathroom counter or a coffee table. Not a fun chore, but I've then grouped all the pills of the same size, shape and markings together. I then matched them with the pills in the bottles to be sure I knew what each one was as I put them back in the organizer.

I've also had a bad experience where I put my orthodontic/anti-grind retainer case in the same bag as my pill organizer, and the pills all or mostly spilled out. The tiny bit of water from rinsing/brushing my retainer then got all over my pills. I had to set all my pills out on a dash surface in our car to dry out during one road trip (I was not the driver at the time). So, keeping even the tiniest bit of water away from my pills and putting the organizer in its own bag have seemed helpful.

grrranny, have you used a pill organizer? If so, what kind did you use, and how did you like it?