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No great words of wisdom as we aren't there yet but both D and I absolutely require meds every day. I'll be curious to see others experiences. Just a few thoughts:
If now is not the time for her to learn to do it herself, when will be the time? If she managed to get herself into a college, I imagine she's ready to manage her own meds (as much as she ever will be).
Maybe use an in-between plan to transitioning her to be fully responsible? So you aren't pill counting and fed-exing but you are reminding a bit. You know her schedule and supply when she starts out, can you mark it in a calendar and send a reminder and follow up around replacement time (just to reassure yourself)?
Laundry lapses isn't perhaps a good comparison for how well she'll fare with life-sustaining medication. One doesn't die from dirty underwear. Can you see examples where she is responsible when it comes to stuff that is important to her? e.g. planning for projects or studying for exams?
Also, is such a time lag between order and refill necessary to worry about? Maybe all meds are different. For ours, when things are stable, they just call the doc for a refill and our refills last 6 mos-12mos. Moreover, we've been able get emergency coverage at a pharmacy when we can't get a script right away. Once locally, once while on vacation in Calif. when we lost some meds in luggage.
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