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.
Why telehealth prep matters
A 2024 CDC report found that approximately one half of surveyed U.S. adults with ADHD had ever used telehealth for ADHD-related services.
A video visit can still feel rushed, distracted, or squeezed between work and family. A short setup and a one-page record can help you spend less of the call rebuilding the last few weeks from memory.
Use a five-minute pre-call setup
Telehealth adds a few practical steps that an in-person appointment does not. Keep them small and visible.
| When | Quick check |
|---|---|
| 10 minutes before | Open the visit link, test audio and video, charge the device, and have headphones nearby if you use them. |
| 5 minutes before | Open your medication list, recent dose history, side-effect or symptom notes, and top questions. |
| During the visit | Keep the question list visible. Ask permission before recording anyone and check any transcript or summary later. |
| After the visit | Write down confirmed next steps, the follow-up date, and any monitoring your clinician asked you to do. |
Build a one-page dose snapshot
The NHS appointment guide recommends making notes about what you want to discuss and bringing a list of medicines. For an ADHD medication review, gather the basics:
- Current medication name, prescribed dose, and usual time
- Recent taken or skipped dose records
- Any scheduled dose that was still unhandled when you checked
- Actual taken times, late reminder notes, or uncertainty written as context
- Refill or supply problems
- Side effects, symptoms, or new concerns you want to discuss
Keep the record factual. In Pillr, taken and skipped are saved dose states. A later time, uncertainty, or a dose that remains unhandled is separate context, not another saved dose state.
If the clinic sent a form or asked for a particular tracking period, follow that request first. This checklist is a prompt, not a required medical record.
Add only the context that helps
One short line can explain why a day looked different without turning your notes into a diary:
- "Back-to-back meetings and forgot lunch"
- "Reminder fired while driving, logged later"
- "Dose was still unhandled when I checked at lunch"
- "Could not fill prescription on time"
These notes can help your clinician see whether the question is about the medication, the reminder setup, sleep, meals, refills, or a disrupted routine.
Prepare questions before the call starts
Write two or three questions in advance. They might cover missed-dose instructions, side effects, refill timing, sleep, appetite, focus changes, or what your clinician wants you to track before the next review.
NICE guidance says ADHD medication reviews can include how treatment works throughout the day, adverse effects, education or employment impact, missed doses, and physical or mental health changes. A short question list can keep those topics visible.
After the appointment, update the routine
When the visit ends, capture the next step while it is fresh:
- Any follow-up appointment or refill date
- What your clinician asked you to monitor
- Any reminder, note, or tracking change you need to make
- Questions to save for next time
Do not rely on "I will remember later." Make the next action visible before the day moves on.
Where Pillr fits
Pillr is an ADHD medication reminder and dose tracking app for iPhone. It can help you log taken or skipped doses with actual times, keep short notes, review medication history, and export that history as a CSV or PDF before an appointment.
My Appointment is a Premium feature that can keep the appointment date, clinician, clinic, symptoms or side effects, medications to discuss, and questions together. With permission, it can record the visit, create an on-device transcript and editable summary, and add a follow-up item to Apple Reminders.
Pillr does not diagnose ADHD, give missed-dose instructions, recommend medication changes, or replace a medical professional. Appointment notes never change medications, doses, schedules, or reminders automatically.