I thought it was only the keys.

@marguicha (230552)

Chile

July 29, 2026 11:06pm CST

Hello friends. For a long time (decades in fact) I thought that I had a very especific OCD. It had to do with the keys. Every time I go out, I check several times if I place the keys in my purse before I go out. But as years go by, I have found out that I have other problems that can go under that title. In this occation I discovered that I have checked at least 5 times the meds that I have to take to Aruba. It doesn´t help that doctors add more and more meds to the list that I have to take. In fact, the list is now so long that I wrote them down and taped the list at the back of the pill box I fill every week. Lists have become part of my life now although I don´t think that all of it has to do with any memory loss or other mental problem that I might have due to old age. I it just that there is too many things too remember. Pills, for instance have gone from 2 a day to almost 12. And there´s one that I have to halve every time I fill my pill box. The grocery list is also a new thing that started with the pandemia. Grocery buying used to be something that you did going to the supermarket. Now I buy everything online. How about you? Goood night, dear friends.

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@AmbiePam (127200)

• United States

30 Jul

I think the older I get the more I expect to forget things, so I go to more trouble to make sure I remember.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

Lists became part of my life at some moment. At first I thought it was terrible but then I decided that I had changed one kind of intelligence for another.

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@AmbiePam (127200)

• United States

31 Jul

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

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@LadyDuck (508833)

• Italy

30 Jul

Same as you about the keys, this was something that annoyed my husband.

Another thing was to check several times if the gas was turned off before going to sleep. No gas here.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

I once had a fight with my husband because he would not help me check the house when we went out and just waited seated in the car beside the wheel. He responded that he saw no point about checking anything as I would go after him checking everything again. He won the fight.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

@LadyDuck I was more witty than my husband but he had much more common sense. It is hard to win battles against people with common sense.

I was intelligent but he was right.

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@LadyDuck (508833)

• Italy

31 Jul

Men always win the fights.

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@jstory07 (149794)

• Roseburg, Oregon

30 Jul

The only thing I use or take is an inhaler. No pills to take every day which makes me very happy.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

I did not take my inhaler to Aruba. I don´t usually need it and I hope I won´t need it there.

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@DaddyEvil (178484)

• United States

30 Jul

I take 13 1/2 pills every morning and 6 I take every evening now. We make a grocery list once a week, too. It's a pain in the tush! I hope you have a good night.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

I had a wonderful night. Dixie´s bed is softer than mine. That´s a lot of pills for one so young. Take care, dearest.

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@DaddyEvil (178484)

• United States

3 Aug

@marguicha I'm glad Dixie has a soft bed for you at her house. I haven't been feeling very well...

I hope you're doing well.

@Fleura (36171)

• United Kingdom

30 Jul

Nothing wrong with lists. Airline pilots use checklists before every flight, if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for the rest of us.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

I did not know about pilots. Good for them and for us. I would even forget tthe bread once in a while if I did not make grocery lists.

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@Wrexxo (7470)

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30 Jul

The day I lost my key was the day I started being more careful. I'd check my pocket for my keys severally when I'm outside. I didn't want to experience what I went through when I lost my keys. It wasn't pleasant

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

My husband lost his keys every month. After some thought of my part I decided that he´d better use the bell and that I would open the door for him. We could do that as he had longer working hours out than I did.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

1 Aug

@Wrexxo At least it was a practical one.

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@Wrexxo (7470)

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31 Jul

@marguicha that's a nice idea

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@GardenGerty (170619)

• United States

30 Jul

I make lists of what to talk about with the doctor, and lists of Bob's medicine, lists of chores to do. I fasten my keys to the outside of my purse so I know that they are there.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

I used to make lists for the doctor when my daughters were little. I had almost forgotten that until you mentioned. It happened over 50 years ago.

@wolfgirl569 (140522)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Jul

Checking keys and pills is smart.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

After a while, I decided that it was smart instead of being an act of old age stupidity.

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@RasmaSandra (100933)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

15 Aug

I am surrounded by noteboosk, I write down what I want to write up and research, I write up what I have done each day and jot down things I want to look up, How are you and Luna doing?

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18992)

• Torrington, Connecticut

30 Jul

I can definitely understand why lists have become such an important part of your life. When you go from taking two medications a day to nearly twelve, there is a lot more to keep track of, especially when one of them has to be divided in half. Writing everything down and keeping the list with your pill box sounds like a very practical way to make sure nothing gets missed.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

Thank you. When I attached that list to my pill box it was a lot easier.

@lookatdesktop (27156)

• Dallas, Texas

31 Jul

I am now 68 years of age and I generally keep a spiral notebook in my Wrangler shirt pocket and a few retractable ball point pens. I write the medications down on that list and make sure I take them every day at about the same time and since I usually take my medications in the morning I usually do not have problems the rest of the day, but on a day that I might forget... Did I take that pill or not? I then tell myself, if I am not sure if I already took that pill I wait until the next day and make sure I take it. Usually missing a dose is safer than doubling the dose, especially with blood pressure medication. Take care now.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

I don´t have problems with taking my pills when I´m at home. The intelligent doctor that gave them told me that I could take the morning ones with my breakfast whatever the hour and the night ones at dinner. The problem arises when I´m out and do things with other people.

@JudyEv (388278)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Jul

Vince takes a heap of pills each day. He keeps lists of them too. And I'm always making lists of various sorts.

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

Lists are a way to live now. I can still remember the numbers of the first phone we had at home. It had 5 numbers. Now everything is too long. II refused to learn the numbers of my cell phone. I have them in my cell phone.

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@JudyEv (388278)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Aug

@marguicha I know exactly what you're saying.

@thedevilinme (5613)

• Northampton, England

30 Jul

Very normal. I do it with my keys, plugs, adapters.lol

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

We need too many things nowadays

@Ineeddentures (44816)

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30 Jul

Hi Marga So nice to see you again Hope this finds you well My OCD is Yvonne's medication There is so much of it to be organised when we go anywhere Also the bathroom light Sometimes I go back and check it 3 or 4 times after exiting the bathroom just to make sure the light is off We buy most groceries online, and the tan I use most is " buy again" It's like it's own little list When are you going to Aruba? And has the house sold yet?

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@marguicha (230552)

• Chile

31 Jul

The house has not been sold yet but more people have come to see it in spite of awful rains. I´m going to Aruba for a week tomorrow. Lovely Camila even got me a wheel chair wit the airline.

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@Ineeddentures (44816)

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1 Aug

@marguicha That's great Marga Enjoy your break in Aruba Maybe when you come back there will be more news on the house front