how do i time my meds?!

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most of the drugs are timed to get constant level of the drug in blood. so if it says 4xdaily the day should be divided in to 4 and get the drug.
also if pharmacist doesn't indicate whether it should be taken before meals take it half an hour after meals to avoid gastric irritation. don't take with meals unless indicated since food may interact with the drug.
imagine u take breakfast at 8.30am, take the morning dose at 9am.
then,
antipsychotic 3pm, 9pm, 3am
antianxiety 5pm, 1 am
antiviral 1.50pm, 6.40pm, 11.30pm,4.20am
but according to this u have to wake up many times during your sleep.
so u may try this.
antiviral 4.20am, 9 am, 1.50pm, 6.40pm, 11.30pm
antianxiety 4.20am, 12.20pm, 8.20pm
antipsychotic 4.20am, 10.20am, 4.20pm,10.20pm
however, best thing to do is ask your doctor and pharmacist whenever u get medicines.

undergraduate pharmacy student(final year)

For 4 times a day, take with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, then one at bed time.
For 3 times a day, take with breakfast, at 2:00 pm, and at bed time.
For 5 times a day, take with breakfast, lunch, mid afternoon, 8:00 p.m. and bedtime.

So,
At breakfast take one dose of each
At lunch, take the antipsychotic, and the anti viral
At 3:00 p.m. take the antianxiety and the anti viral
At dinner, take the antipsychotic
At 8:00 p.m. take the anti viral
At bed time, take a dose of each.

With this schedule, you should have food in your tummy so the meds won't hurt or make you nauseous

Took care of both parents for many years.

Re; When to take your meds. It can be confusing, especially when starting a new med.
I would call my doctor's office and speak to the medical assistant or nurse and ask for the
optimum time to take each one. Also, the pharmacist who prescribed your meds. can help too. My understanding is that if it doesn't say with or without food, then it is ok to do either. Hope that helps.

EASY!!! Just set up your cell phone on a alarm system! Edit it!
Name each alarm on your cell phone.

When your alarm goes off from your cell phone, it will tell you what med to take.

10a 2p 6p 10p for 4x per day
8a 2p 8p for 3x per day
8a 12p 4p 8p 12a 5x per day

When you get a prescription, you can ask the pharmacist for help interpreting the schedule. Short of that, it depends on exactly how your prescriptions are written. Since you say yours are written in terms of times per day, the exact timing isn't as critical- as it would be if they said to take them every four hours, for instance. In your case, you will choose the times best suited to you. For the medication meant to be taken 4 times per day, it might work out best if you take it at breakfast, lunch and dinner time, and then the last dose at bedtime. The medication taken 3 times per day would work out well by taking it with the three meals- breakfast, lunch and dinner. The medication taken five times per day will be the trickiest. I'd suggest you take the first dose when you wake up, then take a dose mid-morning, one at lunch, one at dinner, and the last dose at bedtime. Or you could take the mid-morning dose mid-afternoon if that was easier. Since you are taking such a combination of medications, you should probably discuss this with a pharmacist or your doctor to make sure you can take the medications together, at the same time. Most of the time you can. Since they do not state to take with food or without, it probably doesn't matter which you do. If taking them on an empty stomach gives you a funky feeling stomach, then take them with food. If they make you slightly nauseated with food, take them on an empty stomach. If all else fails, return to the pharmacy where you got the prescriptions filled and talk with the pharmacist. They are the experts on medicines, and how best to take them.

nurse