How To Use the Mediminder Tool
HealthyPlace.com Mediminder (Mental Health Medication Reminder) Tool
The HealthyPlace.com Mediminder is a medication
reminder tool for people with mental health concerns that's simple to implement
and easy to use. And it's free. If you haven't already, all you need to do is register on our site,
complete a short form and you're done. Depending on your personal settings, you
can receive alerts via email or text message reminding you it's time to take
your antidepressant, antipsychotic, antianxiety, ADHD or other psychiatric medication.
There's also an alert to remind you to refill your mental health medication.
Medication Non-Compliance a Significant Problem in Maintaining Mood
Stability and Recovering From Mental Health Conditions
If you take more than one psychiatric medication, or you take one or more
mental health medicines several times a day, you may find the HealthyPlace.com
Mediminder a real help. Study after study has
repeatedly shown that many mental health patients simply forget to take their
psychiatric medications in a timely manner. The reason for forgetting to
take your mental health medication may be as simple as being very busy to
experiencing memory problems from taking anticonvulsants or antipsychotics. This
not only can cause a return of psychiatric symptoms, but can also result in
antidepressant withdrawl (or other medication withdrawl) symptoms or the patient
and doctor mistakenly thinking the prescribed mental health medicine is
ineffective.
Medication non-compliance is a big problem, especially for people with
depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and schizophrenia. Doctors constantly
remind patients to stay on their medication schedule and that you can't just
decide on your own to change your medication dosage or whether or not to take
your antidepressant, antipsychotic or other psychiatric medication.
We offer the HealthyPlace.com Mediminder as one
tool among many (for instance, you can get a pill box from almost any local
pharmacy) to help you remember to take your medication(s). Please read the
disclaimer below, then sign up for the HealthyPlace.com Mediminder service.
Important Disclaimer: The HealthyPlace.com Mediminder (also referred to as "service"), a medication reminder tool, is a free service
of the HealthyPlace.com website and HealthyPlace.com, Inc. There are many
reasons why a person who signs up for the service may not receive an alert,
ranging from an email or cell phone problem on the subscriber's end to the
HealthyPlace.com website being inoperable during any period of time. Therefore,
you should not count on this service as the sole method for reminding you to
take or renew your prescription medication. As such, HealthyPlace.com and
HealthyPlace.com, Inc., along with it's directors, officers, employees and
others associated with these entities, cannot be held responsible in any way for
you, the user, forgetting to take or renew your prescription medication. It is
ultimately the patient's responsibility to remember to take or renew their
prescription medication and to follow their doctor's orders. If you find
yourself unable to remember to take your medications, we urge you to discuss
this with your doctor. Always consult a trained mental health or healthcare
professional before making any decision regarding treatment choice or changes in
your treatment. Never discontinue treatment or medication without first
consulting your physician, clinician or therapist.
The HealthyPlace.com Mediminder, as with
everything offered on the HealthyPlace.com website, also falls under our terms
of use and other legal policies and terms of the HealthyPlace.com website.