There are too many prescription bottles in my bag right now. I am 44 years young and I am not happy that I can keep up a conversation about healthcare and medicines with people decades older than me. I don’t like that I am taking meds for Diabetes, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, depression, anxiety, migraines, arthritis, and back pain. That is ridiculous! I am young enough and have the physical and mental capacity to do something about this. I don’t want to be a slacker anymore! I need to lighten the load. I need to take control and combine different methods to manage my health issues and stop relying on the meds to feel better.
Most of the drugs I take are to be taken on an as needed basis. So I do not need to carry them around in my bag, realistically. I think I use them as a crutch. Knowing they are there, lets me off the hook. No more. I only need the Metformin in my bag. I only need the Pravastatin on my night table. Everything else can go in the medicine cabinet.
I will set the goal for this time next year. Hopefully, with diet and exercise I can reduce or eliminate the need for the Diabetes and high cholesterol meds. Instead of carrying around a bag of meds, I will be carrying a gym bag. Then I can tell you about that experience! I would much rather be talking about that with my friends!
I am starting now!
You can totally do it! I know you can!
I’m with you; make health your number 1 priority. I think there are so many side effects from taking all the prescriptions we are given, that I’m afraid to even take vitamins–doesn’t help that I can’t remember to take them regularly either though!
I know what you mean! I bought One-a-Day. They are huge and I haven’t taken one yet, much less one every day!