@pfbacon I was given the wrong medication. It was a new one, with a long name, and I didn't register what the psychiatrist was prescribing, so neither my wife nor I caught it. I took it for a month, and during that time I had an appointment with the neurologist, who saw walk through the lobby, and told his nurse, "That man has Parkinson's." That's how that medication affected me, but I didn't realize it. He tested me for Parkinson's right then, but all he could say that day was that I had the classic symptoms.

At my next appointment with the psychiatrist he asked how the medicine was going, and he said the name of it, and my wife showed him the prescription bottle and he hit the roof! He also said that it wasn't the first time it had happened with that pharmacy.

I filed a lawsuit, and the jury awarded me a pittance, mainly because I was told that I couldn't say anything about certain important things. The doctors who testified and the lawyers cancelled their fees. After I left the courtroom I was lying, curled up in a ball on a bench, crying. That may have been the reason the lawyers were so kind. I was still recovering from multiple suicide attempts at that time.

Obviously I never used that pharmacy again. Now, my doctors send e-prescriptions to the pharmacy, and that kind of messup hasn't happened again. Unless I need something right away, my scripts go to a mail order pharmacy, who have been a big help keeping me on schedule with meds. I get an email when it's time for a refill, and they deal with the doctors for me when I'm out of refills, or get fresh prescriptions every month for the meds that are controlled substances. I used to be able to get a 90 day supply, but those days are long gone.

A letter of apology from the pharmacy would have been nice, or some sort of indication that the pharmacist had made a serious mistake.

Sorry. This isn't about how I stay on top of doctors and medications. I totally depend on Evernote and my calendar.

Jim