This guide is for general information only and is not medical advice. Pillr helps with medication reminders, dose tracking, and routine notes, but it does not diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure ADHD. Speak with your doctor, psychiatrist, pharmacist, or prescribing clinician about medication timing, missed doses, side effects, or treatment decisions.
Start with facts, not interpretation
Adults with ADHD can find everyday organisation, remembering tasks, and following routines difficult. The National Institute of Mental Health includes forgetfulness, poor time management, and trouble with daily tasks among common adult difficulties.
A medication log works as an external memory. It does not need to judge whether a day was good or bad. Start with the date, planned time from your current instructions, what was logged, and the actual time when known.
Use three consistent status words:
- Taken when you recorded that the dose was taken
- Skipped when you deliberately recorded it as skipped
- Unhandled when there is no taken or skipped record
If you are uncertain, keep that uncertainty in the context note. Do not turn a blurry memory into a definite record.
Use this weekly ADHD medication log template
Write the medication name and current prescribed schedule above the table. Then print the page or copy the columns into Notes, Numbers, or a notebook. Keep each row short enough to complete in under a minute.
| Date | Scheduled time | Status | Actual time | Context or question |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | — | Taken / Skipped / Unhandled | — | — |
| Tue | — | Taken / Skipped / Unhandled | — | — |
| Wed | — | Taken / Skipped / Unhandled | — | — |
| Thu | — | Taken / Skipped / Unhandled | — | — |
| Fri | — | Taken / Skipped / Unhandled | — | — |
| Sat | — | Taken / Skipped / Unhandled | — | — |
| Sun | — | Taken / Skipped / Unhandled | — | — |
For more than one scheduled dose, use a separate row for each dose. That keeps the record clear instead of compressing a whole day into one vague checkmark.
Keep context useful and brief
The context column is for facts that may help you explain the week later. One or two details are usually enough:
- "Reminder arrived during a meeting"
- "Not sure whether I took it; no dose record"
- "Headache noted at 2 pm"
- "Slept about five hours"
- "Ask whether this repeated pattern matters"
A log cannot show what caused a symptom or decide whether medication should change. NICE guidance encourages people taking ADHD medication to monitor and record adverse effects, and recognises that ADHD can make treatment routines harder to follow. Use the record to support a conversation with your clinician, not to make treatment decisions by yourself.
Turn the week into appointment notes
Before an appointment, scan the log for repeated situations rather than trying to interpret medication effects. Mark anything you want to explain or ask about:
- Which doses were logged as taken, skipped, or left unhandled?
- Did uncertainty happen at a similar time or during a similar interruption?
- Which symptoms or side effects did you want to raise?
- Which refill, reminder, or routine question needs an answer?
Bring the factual record and let your doctor, psychiatrist, pharmacist, or prescribing clinician help interpret anything medical.
Where Pillr fits
Pillr is an ADHD medication reminder and dose tracking app for iPhone. It can keep medication reminders, taken or skipped dose logs, actual times, short notes, refill planning, and medication history together so you do not have to rebuild the week from memory.
Pillr does not confirm that a dose was physically taken, tell you what to do after a missed or uncertain dose, or recommend changes to medication or timing.