Why is it scary to swallow pills? I always freak out?

[apple24]

#QueenApple24 Do you experience anything like that?

[DivaMonae]

I have no clue... My little sis has the same problem which isn't good. I guess I don't have that problem because I've been taking medication just about my whole life but then again I still had to learn how to swallow (this soy de so wrong).

Try asking your doctor for a different from if the medication if he/she can't provide it for you then smash your medication or let it melt in your water and drink it all.

[apple24]

yeah but its gross. Thats why i been push myself to swallow!

[Offthelist]

Used have at least 12 various pills and sups a day. Its not scary just take em. If the effects scare you or you simply can't handle the meds or supplements then dont take em. im not the most mature so Dont take my word for it but if they aren't vital then you can probably slide by and just skip it.

[clampfan101]

I can take a handful with hardly any water at all. My issue is needing to hold my mouth open without breathing through it as a dentist or whoever does something inside. I try to breathe through my nose, but just can't keep my focus away from something being so far back in my mouth, making me throw up... It's not fear, though I'm not sure why I always fail...

[GymBumGuy]

its all in your head i just throw a hand full of pills in my mouth and swallow them all at once

[luvstoned4him]

Omg, I used to be afraid to swallow seven seas pills when I was younger. Its like I felt they would stick at my throat. Its a phobia. However, I have grown out of the fear and I swallow the little gel caps like a pro. The hard ones I bite up then swallow. The trick is to relax and take it with a class of room temperate water. Dont fear, dont think , just do. The water helps to wash it down.

[luvstoned4him]

*glass

[VirginiaBeachBum]

Put some water in your mouth before putting the pill in. It makes it feel like a more natural swallow. If you have to swallow a capsule, tilt your head down before swallowing so it floats "up" towards the back of your throat.

[Tomboy_Cool]

Yea i used to be the same afraid I'm gonna choke get stuck in my throat! Now I'm like meh swallowing dem with no liquid 😵🤗😊🙃

[apple24]

Oh wow! Like just now it got stuck in my throat and I always panic lol

[Tomboy_Cool]

Lmao yea it does that rarely I just quickly get water :)

[apple24]

yeah I know thats what I did!

[LittleSally]

Because it isn't natural... You know... Just like it isn't natural to put anything inside your mouth other than food and drink. Going to the dentist is weird too, but necessary.

[Phoenix98]

*shrugs* I don't I take about 8 horse (sized) pills a day lol.

[apple24]

why? LOL

[Phoenix98]

Special multivitamins for bodybuilding that give me my actual daily value/requirement of all the multivitamins and nutrients the body needs on a daily basis as well as some extra stuff to just make me overall more healthier. I take 4 in the morning and 4 in the evening.

[apple24]

wow! Aren't you afraid of overdose?

[Phoenix98]

Uh no lol, the dosage is calculated to give you what your body requires besides you have to eat a lot in order to actually overdose on that kind of stuff.

[apple24]

okay cuz my nutrient class was like don't do pills because you could overdose... how do you calclate your need.

[Phoenix98]

Well protein and calories are easy it's so many grams per pound of bodyweight, vitamins and stuff though have kind of a base amount or your daily value and that's already calculated amount wise and put into the pills. And I don't' always have the money to get enough food I need to meet my daily requirements so the vitamins help.

And as I said before you'd have to gorge on a crap ton of food to overdose on those things.

[apple24]

But if you consume to much of a vitamin doesn't it affect you? Since pills alone can not give you the proper nutrient unlike food can!

[Phoenix98]

Actually I can

Triumph Multivitamin
Vitamin A 900 mcg per day
Vitamin B12 600 mcg per day
Vitamin B9/Folic Acid 200 mcg per day
Vitamin B6 30 mcg per day
Vitamin B5/Pantothenic Acid 100 mg per day
Vitamin B3/Niacin 100 mg per day
Vitamin B7/Biotin 300 mcg per day
Vitamin B2/Riboflavin 20 mg per day
Vitamin B1/Thiamin 30 mg per day
Vitamin C 90 mg per day
Vitamin D 2,000 IU per day
Vitamin E 50 IU
Vitamin K1 500 mcg per day
Vitamin K2 100 mcg per day
Zinc 30 mg per day
Iodine 225 mcg per day
Copper 1,000 mcg per day
Magnesium 375 mg per day
Selenium 25 mcg per day
Chromium 200 mcg
Aged Garlic Extract 600 mg per day
Grape Seed Extract 150 mg per day
N-Acetyll-Cysteine 250 mg per day
Olive Leaf Extract 80 mg per day
Lavender Powder Extract 160 mg per day
Rhodiola Rosea 100 mg per day
Bacopa Monnieri 330 mg per day
Ashwagandha Root Extract 500 mg per day
Terminalia Arjuna 500 mg per day
Cissus 31.25 mg per day
COQ10 90 mg per day
Fucoxanthin 8 mg per day

[Phoenix98]

Zeaxanthin 6 mg per day
Lutein 6 mg per day

[justbanANNAz]

lol i thought it was just me. i can't do it, and i haven't tried again.

[rgb008]

I used to be so afraid of swallowing pills.
I recently got over that a year or so ago! Sometimes it's still hard to swallow an advil or something.

[Mario21]

What I do is put the pill (s) in my mouth and leave in the middle of my tongue and just chug the water quickly so I can't stop myself from swallowing it lol

[jwhit]

I was only afraid to swallow pills when I had no feeling in most of my mouth after oral sugery and didn't wanna risk choking on it. But if I didn't take the pills soon I'd feel all the effects of the surgery as the anesthesia wore off.

[Walls_and_Doors]

It's like swallowing dicks. Only they don't come back out. Yeah that's pretty intense.

[apple24]

sorry I can't relate. lol

[Walls_and_Doors]

Me neither, but I swallowed a popsicle that came off of it's stick once; it was terrible.

[apple24]

Why?

[Walls_and_Doors]

I didn't know what to do and I didn't want to get it on my dress pants before an interview so I swallowed it. I thought I was going to die. But I didn't. Bummer.

[Mario21]

Lol I swallowed a nearly full sized sausage. It was terrible, especially when I went to the bathroom lol

[falafelany1]

I have the same problem. Takes me forever to swallow them.

[MaiNameIsSunshine]

I used to freak out but as of a few weeks ago I take about 10 pills a day so I'm used to it lol.

[serious]

swallowing pills? why should that be scary as such?

[akanetuk]

Most pills are bitter, and in truth most of them fight the body system

[karahiri]

same lol. i just get the liquid or tablet version of meds.

[oldanddecrepid]

I do it daily just vitamins and sometimes some ibuprofen if I over do it!

[reptocarl]

Don't have any problem as long as I know what I'm taking

[HentaiMaster23]

I have to have water or something, or my body won't swallow, I guess cuz your body views it as a foreign object

[Hans222]

Freaking out no, but liking to take pills neither :o :o
If I can avoid them, I'll take a big turn around the infirmery :-(

[Waffles731]

I'vee been taking them since I was 7 years old, I don't have any issues with it

[BusinessBasketball]

Not very, always put the pill first than I will drink some water.

[ikissedtheskyonce]

I use to hate swallowing pills. I still do but I get it over with if it's a pain relief pill

[Jxpxtxr]

I have to do it everyday, not a problem at all for me

[sp33d]

Fortunately, I have escaped Mother Nature's finest inventions that would make me have to take pills.

[PizzaGuy22]

Dude I can't swallow pills either aha

[DivaMonae]

And now I guess I owe you happy belated bday 😃

[PizzaGuy22]

@DivaMonae Haha, no worries my bday is in like 5 months so you'll have another chance

[apple24]

@DivaMonae its his b-day?

[DivaMonae]

Lol I thought you might've turned 18 before I did and didn't notice but since you told me happy bday you know... 😯😦😳

[PizzaGuy22]

@DivaMonae Ahaha yea I get you. Damn I'm gunna be 19 in August ughhh

[DivaMonae]

What is there ughhh about you're becoming an adult... You already have a car soon enough you'll everything else you want or get to do everything else you wanted to do but couldn't 😊

[PizzaGuy22]

@DivaMonae True true, just it's lonely being 18, I barely see my friends nowadays

[DivaMonae]

Yeah I know what you mean... Only my friends and I are kind of went our separate ways before graduation during high school because almost all of us moved.

We have to plan when to hangout and that's usually if it's one of our days 😕

[DivaMonae]

-bdays

[apple24]

@DivaMonae sorry quick question are you two dating?

[DivaMonae]

No not at all lol. Just friends 😊

Though I do have a crush on him... Shhh don't tell anyone! 😳😜

[apple24]

@DivaMonae hahahah (:

[PizzaGuy22]

@DivaMonae IT really sucks doesn't it, everyone has obligations now and schedules/routines -_-

[PizzaGuy22]

@DivaMonae @Asker

Hahaha! Yea we're friends. Although I do think she has a crush on me... 😉 haha

[apple24]

@DivaMonae Careful this one dangerous! hahaha! @PizzaGuy22 Its the hair! lol

[DivaMonae]

Yeah you're totally right I have a crush on every old grandpa with gray hair and his hair line receding 😍😂

[PizzaGuy22]

@DivaMonae AHAHAHA HAHA, do you know where this grandpa is from?

[DivaMonae]

Boondocks right?

[PizzaGuy22]

@DivaMonae Lmao yep xD

[SakuraChii]

Maybe you subcounciously think that you will choke

[4465loveyou5577]

You could ask for suppositories

[VirginiaBeachBum]

Why? Those things taste TERRIBLE! :-D

[jacquesvol]

I have to do it daily. No drama.

[Maxemeister]

I don't freak out. It's not a big deal

[mooky06]

I don't find it an issue lol

#popthempills

[Gameboy4]

You probably should spit not swallow