Fitting medication or medical aids into the daily routine
Do you find it difficult to fit medication or medical aids into your daily routine? Perhaps you forget to take your medication or use a medical aid less often than agreed? Or do you find it a hassle to have to carry everything around with you all the time? That can be frustrating, especially when you know it’s important. Medication or medical aids can help to reduce symptoms or enable you to remain more independent. But they only work properly if they fit into your everyday life. If something feels too complicated, awkward or burdensome, it’s only natural that sticking to it becomes difficult.
What do you notice?
Adhering to a medication or medical aid regimen can be difficult in various ways. Sometimes it is a matter of forgetting. Sometimes it is due to embarrassment, resistance or practical problems.
You may, for example, notice that:
- if you forget to take your medication or take it at varying times;
- if you are unsure which to use and when;
- if you find assistive devices cumbersome at home or whilst out and about;
- you do not use a medical aid because it is conspicuous;
- you have difficulty opening, fastening or adjusting;
- if you are unsure whether you are doing it correctly;
- you lose your belongings or forget to take them with you;
- you feel that everything revolves around your symptoms.
Sometimes it feels as though an aid makes your disability visible. That can be difficult, especially if you want to continue living independently and as you normally would.
