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[-] dyc3@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago

... Do y'all really have that much of a problem popping pills?

[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago

It took me until my 20s before I could swallow pills without gagging and spitting out water.
Then one day something just clicked and since then, no problem.
I can do one, two or even eight at a time like it's nothing.

[-] Disgracefulone@discuss.online 52 points 2 years ago

You deepthroated for the first time didn't you

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

I can take pills but not a toothbrush.

[-] Disgracefulone@discuss.online 7 points 2 years ago

Same lol. Every morning my gf laughs at me cause I'm in there insert gagging sounds sounding like I'm in a cheap amateur porno lmao.

Gotta get the tongue clean though! Feel like that's where all the breath stinks is! Lol

[-] notthebees@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

They make actual scrapers for that.

[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

I can suck cock but have to push pills down with my fingers

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago

As a kid? Yes. I have a very strong gag reflex. The doctor using a tongue depressor would make me retch. I had trouble swallowing meat if it was tough or fatty. I would have to chew it for a very long time before I could swallow it. Fatty bacon I usually just had to give up and spit out.

It took me until I was a teenager until I could swallow a pill. I practiced on swallowing blueberries.

Now I have no problems, I can swallow a handful of pills and I'm a vegetarian.

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I've always had a very sensitive gag reflex, to the point it's difficult to clean my tongue while brushing.

Never in my life had issues swallowing pills. Absolutely no idea how I got one without the other

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Same. I gag brushing my tongue every time. I've actually vomited a bit a few times which totally ruins the point of brushing the teeth. No problem with pills.

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

When I got married and had a kid, I discovered "trouble swalling pills" is indeed a phenomenon.

I have been taking pills since I was five thanks to my temperature-based allergy. I just salivate when I see a pill. It's quite inconvenient when I am handling my child or spouse's medicine.

[-] dyc3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I mean yeah, I also had an aversion to swallowing pills when I hadn't done it before. But I got used to it pretty quickly, using this method specifically. I just assumed everybody did it like this

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I’ve had daily meds since I was 6. I was confused when I first met people who couldn’t take pills

The only temperature-based allergy I know of is cold urticaria and I'm unaware of medication for it, but word love to know if that's not the case.

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Yup, and it's just regular antihistamines. I took seldane for a while until they took that off the market, then it was on to reactine. It was a bit of a slap in the face when the reactine became non-prescription, and therefore somehow not medically necessary according to my insurance provider.

[-] quantenzitrone@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

I certainly don't. I can easily put five or ever more pills in my mouth at the same time and swallow them all with one sip of water. I'm not even sure how I do that. They just all kinda align and slide down.

[-] Persen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Some people do it voluntarily.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

I'm more confused about how rolling a kid up in a blanket would improve the situation of them not being able to swallow a pill. I can understand how getting them to take something chewable or a liquid that tastes like shit would be difficult but swallowing a pill? You literally just put it in your mouth and swallow a drink of water, you can't even tell it's there really... I was ecstatic when I got old enough for them to stop giving me chewable medicine. I still can't eat applesauce because of my grandma mixing some antibiotic I had to take with it when I was 7.

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