How do you go Swallowing Pills?

@MsTickle (25180)

Australia

November 4, 2017 6:17am CST

I can swallow a dozen at a time with a small gulp of water (or coffee). Some are quite big and a couple are small. I'm amazed how some folk have a problem just swallowing one. How do you go?

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@Happy2BeMe (99380)

• Canada

4 Nov 17

I take three pills a day and I have no problem swallowing them with a drink but wouldn't want to have to take anymore. My fiance has a hard time swallowing pills. He takes quite a bit of them now so he does better but he still struggles with getting them down.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

Is he using water to swallow? Does he have a problem with swallowing in general? Maybe if he tried something thicker than water like milk or similar he might find it easier.

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@Happy2BeMe (99380)

• Canada

5 Nov 17

@MsTickle it takes it with different liquids but it's always the same. He has no problem swallowing other things. He is just not a pill taker.

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

11 Nov 17

@Happy2BeMe sometimes with some people they stick in your throat, like the liquid is just washing over top or sometimes they actually stick in your mouth

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@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

4 Nov 17

I have no problems at all swallowing pills. My husband has a problem.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

Do you know why? Does he have a problem swallowing anything else?

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

@LadyDuck Yes, that's the word I was looking for psychological...psycho for short.

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@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

5 Nov 17

@MsTickle I think it's psychological, he says that the pill does not go down and it melts in his mouth and so and so. Men can be kids.

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@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

4 Nov 17

yes, i know some can't even swallow one. i can do 2 at most. i don't know anyone who can do a dozen, though, so you're phenomenal.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

Aww shucks!

There are more here in this discussion who are also phenomenal.

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@responsiveme (22926)

• India

4 Nov 17

A gulp of water but hubby makes a fuss

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

Sometimes men can be big babies I think.

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@responsiveme (22926)

• India

5 Nov 17

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@pitsipeahie (5010)

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4 Nov 17

I go with one at a time, though I have tried swallowing 6 pills at once with a gulp of water.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

i'm in a hurry to be well so I like to take them as quickly as possible.

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• Serbia

4 Nov 17

Only one by one, each one with full glass of water. Otherwise I will choke myself :D

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

So you have a problem with swallowing food too. That must be awful. Or is it only tablets?

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• Serbia

5 Nov 17

@MsTickle Only tablets, I once choked when I was yonger, thing got stucked in my throat. Since then I kinda have that problem, but before that I didn't have trouble taking a few same time... That was obviously life lesson for me lol

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

6 Nov 17

@Lejlacka When I was a child i had problems swallowing tablets. My mother became impatient with me and I became frustrated with myself. I overcame my problem mentally with determination because i was scared of my mother.

@youless (112586)

• Guangzhou, China

6 Nov 17

I think water is the best when you swallow pills. As something like coffee, juice, milk etc. may have an effect on the pills. If the pills are small and not so many, I prefer to swallow once. Or I have to swallow my pills for a few times.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

6 Nov 17

I find it better to swallow all my pills at once. That's easiest for me. i always check to see if there are any precautions with pills etc.

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

11 Nov 17

i have trouble with swallowing some times. it depends. i think some are due to health problems with throat, breathing, etc.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

12 Nov 17

Maybe so.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

4 Nov 17

My son has rather enlarged tonsils and he has problem swallowing a large capsule.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

how does he go swallowing regular food. Can he only eat tiny amounts?

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

@MsTickle Small amount at a time... He cuts his steak in small pieces... And I always remind him to chew properly not just swallowing things in whole or unchewed...

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@BelleStarr (61101)

• United States

12 Nov 17

I don't have trouble swallowing pills.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

12 Nov 17

join the club.

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@Madshadi (8840)

• Brussels, Belgium

11 Nov 17

Some people can swallow a pill without drinking anything to push it down. I don’t have a problem with average sized ones but only with the larger pills

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

12 Nov 17

i hate it when a pill becomes stuck on the way down. It's very uncomfortable until it dissolves enough.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

4 Nov 17

How would you fancy swallowing this little robotic wonder?

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

i'm amazed. hmy imagination is working overtime for all the possibilities of this. Thanks for sharing.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

12 Nov 17

@pgntwo heheh, good one.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

5 Nov 17

@MsTickle Food for thought, that one...

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@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

5 Nov 17

If I am not allowed to have water or something to drink then I swallow my pills without anything. I am lucky I can do that.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

6 Nov 17

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

6 Nov 17

Wow, that's amazing. do they ever get stuck? I need a fluid so they float down to my stomach.

@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

6 Nov 17

@MsTickle No they do not get stuck. They go down to where they should go.

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@FayeHazel (40243)

• United States

12 Nov 17

Oh wow. Good for you. I can do it with soda, juice, coffee, something flavored

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

13 Nov 17

Well done you.

@GardenGerty (160978)

• United States

6 Nov 17

I can swallow just fine. I only have one prescription but I take a lot of supplements too.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

6 Nov 17

I take about 7 script tablets and also several supplements.

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@Scrapper88 (5983)

• United States

4 Nov 17

I have no problem swallowing pills.

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@MsTickle (25180)

• Australia

5 Nov 17

Good on you mate.

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