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[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

What's the best time to take your pill?
I can never seem to take mine at 9, i'm always asleep, gone, or out where I can't take it or something else comes up...I've even set the alarm on my phone and still can't seem to take it on time often.
I suppose I could take it when I wake up in the morning, but I never wake up at the same time.

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[hurricane-amy.livejournal.com]

i use to take mine at 10pm every night. i don't know if you have a regular time to go to bed though. i do so i use to just take it before i went to bed.

[awakeningflame.livejournal.com]

I take it at 10 pm, but I picked that time because I'm ALWAYS awake then, and it's too late to be distracted by classes or dinner. I have a bad habit of sleeping in until noon on weekends (when I don't have any commitments), so the morning was pretty much out for me. I'm a night owl, so 10 pm is a good time for me since I have an evening class that lasts until 9:30 pm on one day of the week.

Perhaps you could take it with your lunch? After classes or work? It might be easier to narrow it down by figuring out when you definitely don't want to take it, and work from there.

[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I said lol I never do anything at a set time in the day, and i can't take it at school, and cant take it at night because i'm always out...all of the other times i'm asleep lol

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[lottasmiles.livejournal.com]

I had that problem and now I am on the NuvaRing. It's perfect because I only have to think about it once every four weeks. :)

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[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

wow...i thought about the patch, but i'd forget to change it, seeing as i'd only have to do it like, every week, or month, whichever it is...

[meggers47.livejournal.com]

I take mine at 8am. You just have to pick a time, set an alarm and take it.

[loanwords.livejournal.com]

If you get up at the same time every day, then I'd recommend doing it once you get up.

[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

lol im very lazy in the morning...i never get up at the same time, sadly...

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I usually take mine between 7pm and midnight every night.

There is a window, as far as I can tell (from reading the instructions for my pill at least) you don't have to take it at PRECISELY the same time, just within a reasonable interval.

5 years and I haven't been pregnant yet.

[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i heard about that, i just wasnt sure how big the window was lol The latest i've ever taken mine was 11:30pm..whereas ive been *trying to* take it at nine always...ive been on it since september...im trying to be more responsible about this stuff...

[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

An alarmed pill pack? Wow that's nifty...could you tell me about it?
9 is usually a good time for me, and I always keep my pills in my bag closeby, but do you take it around your friends and even when youre out? That's the only thing that gets me. Otherwise i'd still take it at 9...I use my cellphone as an alarm lol

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[star-drifter.livejournal.com]

I take mine around my friends. And at work. Just pop it in my mouth and drink something. Most people just go what are you doing? I pop out my tongue and they just laugh. *shrugs* Rather go through that then tell everyone you're pregnant. :P

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[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

lol most of my friends know about mine...thats pretty funny...i think ill keep it at nine then lol

[ourika.livejournal.com]

If mornings and evenings are bad for you, what about middle of the day? Always taking it at 2:00pm or noon or 4:00pm or maybe 6:00pm or dinnertime or something. You'd need to keep your pill pack in your bag for if you go out, though. Also, if you have a cell phone or a beeper or a PDA or something that you can set an alarm on (or even one of those watches with alarm), that could be helpful. I dno't take BC pills, bu t I take other pills and vitamins and such everyday with my lunch.

[star-drifter.livejournal.com]

I take mine between 12:30-2:30. I'm awake for sure, not in class, and either just starting work. Either way. For something as important as the pill, I ALWAYS remember it. I jump right up and go "WHAT TIME IS IT?!" I startle quite a few people this way. ;-)

[jeun.livejournal.com]

10:30 at night is my time. I set my cellphone every night after I take it to remind myself for the next night. It's been great for me because I'm always at home at that time. I've been on Ortho-Novum 1/35 for a month now and there's only been two days I wasn't at home, in which case I just brought the pack with me and popped it when my cell phone beeped.

[sacchrinetokyo.livejournal.com]

When I read the info pamphlet for my Yasmin, it said that a few hours in variance wouldn't mess it up, that you could even go for almot an entire day and still be covered by the prior dosage. I suggest you read the little paper that comes with your pills, and hopefully yours will be about the same dosage as mine were. I always just took my pill before I went to sleep whether it was 9, 12, or 3 a.m.

[opaloctober.livejournal.com]

I take Yasmin also, since september...first time being on the pill...thanks for that, i never did know how late was too late to take it...

[pirogoeth.livejournal.com]

When I first started the pill, I took it at 6:00pm.

[quickfuckash.livejournal.com]

i take mine at 4:30 i'm always up at 4:30 ^_^