I have a pill box with a alarm. You can set it to go of several times a day. You can find them at Walgreen's.

My other pills I keep on the bathroom counter and take every morning when I get up,

Just a routine out of habit for me. I always though bathrooms were one of the places not to keep medicines?

I only take one prescription pill and it's for after dinner. It's been over a year now, and I still can forget this pill.
Each morning I put the pill in a tiny container and put it on the kitchen table. if I am not eating dinner at home that night, I put in near the kitchen sink.
I also put an entire week in one of those weekly pill boxes and I could just leave that on the table. But, I find just the motion of taking the pill from the weekly and putting it in the smaller box, is like an extra reminder.
Mentally you have to "link" it with something you always do. So I remember to put my pill out because I have linked it to making my morning coffee.
Gor example, if you get a glass of water or beverage to have while eating dinner, say to yourself, "when I get my drink, I will get my pill." I do this when I need to remember something like a phone call or errand the I need to remember.

I agree with ellendi..try to link it with something you always do at dinner. You mention you use your microwave to heat dinner..maybe a small sign on or near the microwave? Think about where you are and what you do right before dinner and put the sign near that place..Maybe on the silverware drawer? I just made a sign for my 94 year old Father that says TAKE YOUR PILLS! He also forgets to take his dinnertime meds. I placed it right on the kitchen table where he sits!
Joann

You could keep your pre-dinner pills with your silverware, plate, napkins, food container, glassware, bottled water -- whatever you always use at dinner. Do you bring 'dinner' from home, packing it up in the morning? Tape your pill to the package when you take your morning meds. (I'd keep all meds in the kitchen, not the bathroom.)

I think your own suggestion is the best - keep it with your dinner container.

I was going to suggest you keep the pills on the dining room table, but I see that you're at work.

Can you buy a small tray to set your dinner on (so as to keep the work surface free of food), and then tape a note to that? Or create a "rule" that says, "when you get the tray out, you take a pill"?

So, the rule is: "when you eat supper at work, you set it on a tray. When you get the tray out, you take a pill.

Or, the rule is, when you push the "start" button on the microwave, you fill in the two minutes of waiting by getting a glass of water (right there, from the sink by the microwave*) so you can take the pill when you get back to your desk.

Basically, tie the taking of the pill to the use of an object?

If I were you, I'd keep a supply at work, and some at home.

I have one pill that I have to take each morning so the bottle sits right on the side of the coffee maker

omg glad to know i'm not alone! I take more than just one at night but now have tried to get into the habit of pills in a container, and by the tv remote! lol...

I put mine in a small pill box in my pocket. My hands always go in my pockets so it would always be felt to remind me. For my Gabapenton that I have to take 2 hours after my protonix I have to set the alarm on my phone to remember.

If not a Ziploc on the food container - sticky note that sys, "pill - for a pill".

o j

Our pharmacy does have tiny pill plastic bags for pills. You could take the pill, with a felt tip pen, mark the date and tape it to your food container. You could also find tiny plastic bags at Hobby Lobby, and even some dollar stores.

I downloaded free GTasks to my android phone. Then I set up a recurring task for taking meds. The reminder pops up at the time I tell it to do so. This has really helped me.

I have a pill keeper that holds pills for 7 days, morning, noon eve and bedtime. There are 7 containers that pop in and out of the main container. I pop Sundays out and put it by the chair where I sit each morning. I fill it once a week. works well for me. Someone gave it to me years ago and I thought I'll never use it. So stored it away and now I am using it. I have no idea where it was purchased it could have been a giveaway from a company. I have had other pill cases in the past but I like this one the best.
Mary

I found a great way to have my pills always insight and a
way to be sure I am able to take it.

It’s a simple reusable thing I’ve been using for some time,
it fits on top of glasses and cups, in the morning I put my pill in its top and
place the lid on a full glass of water.
At meal time I have the water glass with my pill on top staring at me, so
neat. I bought them over the web from a company that makes them in Pittsburgh
Pa, yes its made in our USA. I recall the name of bug not.

They make pretty, small pill boxes that maybe you won't mind leaving on your desk...you can get them at amazon, probably etsy too.

Otherwise it's a matter of finding out what you do every time you eat and putting a reminder there. If you have to grab a napkin, or a fork, or get your money out to buy the food or whatever. I need to take some pills at lunch time so I put my pill container by my coffee maker so when I make coffee, I see the container as a reminder.

I have one pill that has to be taken at breakfast and dinner. It's such an automatic thing that I sometimes can't remember if I've taken it or not. So I count out 14 pills and put them in an empty pill bottle. I know in the morning it would be an even # of pills in the bottle and at night an odd #. I'm suppose to take it with food, too and if I forget, I just eat a couple of saltines or a banana and take the pill. I don't think you have to take it immediately while eating, just not on an empty stomach.

I have pills I take through out the day. I take about 4 when I get up. I have a small canvas zip up bag I keep in my bedside table drawer. I take those as I get out of bed. I have several I take with my lunch and another batch I take with my dinner. Those are in one of those daily marked pill cases with am and pm compartments. If I am eating out I leave the pill container in my chair so I see it and remember to take my pills. At bedtime I have a few more pills, they are in the same canvas zip bag in my bedside table. I also have to take a shot in my stomach every night so my kit is in my bedside table. Pretty much all the room in the drawer is dedicated to my medication. My Inhaler is in there as well and my needle collection container.

Doing it that way I rarely forget to take my pills. The only time I sometimes get to them late are the times I eat out.

I would include a little note in my lunch bag or container that I had to see when removing the food.