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I'd add MyTherapy to the mix. It's designed for tracking medication. It can pester you into remembering your meds, as well as keep track of remaining supply.
I combine it with a timer cap on my medication. That way I can see if I've opened (and taken) it, or just thought about it.
How does stuff like that work, wont it require consistency from the user which is something people with adhd are bad at.
I use lists but the amount of times i literally fail to put everything on the list is ridiculous.
It requires less consistency I think. You have to set it up once. Then you have to input each time you get more meds to update your stock. That isn't too often either but you need to be consistent in that.
In return you don't need to remember by yourself when to get new meds. And you don't need to remember all by yourself to take your meds everyday, maybe even multiple times a day.
Sounds like a good deal to me.
It's quite good at pestering you, without being obnoxious about it. This means that you are less likely to dismiss it, rather than snooze it.
The reorder is automatic. Tell it at the beginning how many you have, and when to alert you. It does the rest. Once you refill, you tell it, and it stops pestering you.
It's managed to strike the balance quite well.
I set my wife's phone up with the MyTherapy app. I like (and she hate-likes) that it has its own notification rules separate from the built-in alarms, so her meds notifications are set to make noise every 5 minutes until she actively dismisses it (usually once she's actually gotten around to taking what she needs to take). Doesn't always work, but tends to work. I haven't tried messing with the refill reminders; I should look into that for her.