Pill Poppers

on a regular basis, i take 4 pills a day. 3 of them are for my skin; i've had acne since 6th grade (im now a soph. in college) and i also have to take birth control because of the medicine.. even if you arent sexually active, its required because the medicine can cause serious birth defects. i usually have a cold too, because i live in the mountains, so i take day/nyquil a lot.

I take my vitamins daily. I also take a pressure pill, as my pressure spikes high. I also am on some anti depressent pills, one a day. It is helping me to get though this very difficult time we are dealing with. I don't take anything else. I should be on cholestrol meds, as I sit at 500, but I don't have the money for it. I take a pain pill very rarely, only when in too much pain to deal with. And, if I get sick, then I will take an anti biotic if needed.

Actually I take 6 tablets per day and all but 1 are related to my heart. Some of them are preventative rather than anything but taking tablets is the price I have to pay for having a reasonable life, it is a cheap price. I do not take any vitamin tablets but I do have a flu injection every year, just in case and a pneomonia one every 5 years. I very seldom get a headache so when I do I will lie down for a while in a quiet place.

Hello Sigma, Other than my nutritional supplements, I take 2 Aleve, once per month, if ya' know what I mean. That's it! Oh, and for one or two weeks in the fall when the Chamisa is in bloom, I might take a Claritin, or Saline nasal drops. But, only if the Chamisa is particularly pesky.

So far, I am not a pill popper, as you say, but with the way I live, I might get there pretty soon. Lately, I have started taking a few tums here and there...usually during finals,:). And the 15 of April too. I hear that I am "subjecting" myself to all sorts of disorders, diseases, and deadly illnesses with the busy and burn-out schedule that I have. Since getting married, I have slowed down some, but it is really ingrained in me to be somewhat "hyperactive." So, I am thinking that heart disease, diabetes, and (since everyone is getting it) cancer are in my future. I could be wrong, and get lucky, but it just seems so unlikely. That is not to say that I do not eat healthy, because I do. However, I live on coffee and therein lies the problem, I believe. I am also, a stresser, so me and tums are probably going to become best buds in the future (or pepcid, which my sister recommends). But, for all the pill poppers out there, I can only say that I hope things get better for you, in the future. I have lived with many, and have many friends that are, and they have to travel with their pharmacies, and it is not fun. Neither is it fun taking all the meds that they have to. Sometimes, they just want to stop altogther and give up, and it is just too sad. They just have to keep going and not give up. Ironic story, in my business management class, we studied behavior, of employees and bosses. And I guess I generally fit in with the Type A personality, I believe, not all of it though, and they were saying that such a high-strung person, is usually the type that gets heart disease (and being a woman, that qualifies me even more). And then, they said, that a Type A personality is luckier than the others, because even though they get it, they are more likely to recover. Since, what got us heart disease in the first place (our "hyperactive" personalities,is what gets us out.

I have to take vicodin and flexaril if I want to move around. Arthritis and severe carpal tunnel. If they would just wake up an make medical cannabis legal in all 50 states I wouldn't need them at all. It's such a shame that People are forced to take pills that have nasty side effects when there is a wonderful herbal remedy that helps SO many ailments, it's also a disgrace to watch sick people get arrested and jailed for using said herbal remedy.

I take 2 pills a day for thyroid, 1 for allergies, and half an antidepressant. I also take vitamins. I try not to take any more than necessary. I would like to get rid of the thyroid pills cause I don't think they have helped me. The other 2 I know I have to take.