Magical Sailor Fuku

Throughout my life I've had a problem with pills. No, not that kind of problem. ;p I've just never been able to swallow them without a problem. I guess a part of the problem is because I hardly get any practice (because I keep away from artificial medicine in general), but I don't think any amount of attempts will make it easier for me. Pills just aren't natural, I can't treat them like candy, or like food, and I can't help being aware of them. Compared to everything else that I put in my mouth, a pill might as well be an alien.

I'm not even sure if the size makes it any harder or easier for me. The other day, for instance, I managed to choke one of the small Ibuprofen I was taking, but the night before that I managed a capsule easily twice its size.

I avoid medicine in almost the same way as you Nikkou, though I've had to take some for various health reasons over the years due to the fact that if I didn't I would be in an ER in pain at the very least. I think it depends on the size, I used to have to take a pill easily about three times larger than the average for about two weeks every year in order to get over a health problem that would crop up about that often, I almost never had a problem with them. Proportionally I can't hardly swallow an aspirin when my family pretty much forces it down my throat simply because I happen to mention I have a headache. I also think some of the problem is what the pill is made of. Capsules and those coated pills tend to go down easier whereas the ones that are just a solid hunk of powder tend to stick to ones tongue and throat.

i will do absolutely anything to avoid having to take pills for ANY reason. but it really doesn't help...because. i am soooo accident prone XD i was in the E.R. 5 times before my first birthday. so i normally try to avoid pill/most medication in general...

So long as I can wash them down with a nice gulp of water or other liquid, I'm, good to go. I try not to over-medicate, and thus don't take them unless it's either an official prescription or I'm just really uncomfortable, but when the time comes, they don't bother me. Haven't for years.

I think I've swallowed pills that are up to about 300mg without aid, but I prefer using water to wash pills down.

When I was younger I had a problem with pills, but I grew out of that, since I had to take a bunch of meds due to my health when I was younger.

I've tried taking pills with water but it doesn't help a bit. Or, I should say, I've never succeeded that way. I tried to resort to that when I had to take a 550mg pill, but it was a bust. I had to give up because of some silly warning that said not to crush, chew or dilute the pill. ;/

The dry, flaky ones ones are a hastle for me because they like to get stuck, the size doesn't matter too much (unless it is like a brick obviously) but I don't like taking them anyway.

Empyrean Nikkou wrote:I've tried taking pills with water but it doesn't help a bit. Or, I should say, I've never succeeded that way. I tried to resort to that when I had to take a 550mg pill, but it was a bust. I had to give up because of some silly warning that said not to crush, chew or dilute the pill. ;/

Ever tried taking pills with food? I know when I was younger, my mom would pop a pill in with something like oatmeal or grits and get me to swallow the pill that way if water wouldn't do the trick. Ever tried that? Even though that's like what people will do with pets and such, it's effective and maybe makes it harder to recognize the pill, if your body has a tendency to separate pills from fluids or gag on pills or whatever.

I've only ever had stuff from inside pill capsules put into my food before. I could give a pill in food a try whenever the opportunity arises.

Easy as pie.

I take 3 pills twice daily, I had never taken a pill before I started hormones but quickly got use to swallowing them efficiently. And besides that, I take one of my pills sublingually, so that's sort of cheating the swallowing thing =p Oh, and don't forget, they're relatively small, the largest being about a half inch long (it says they're 50mg but I take baby aspirin which are a third of the size of those tablets, but are 81mg, so i have no idea how the size of pills are judged XD)

I have no problem swallowing pills.