• addictedtochaos@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    when i was in icu for 10 weeks, i learned this trick:

    put the whole load of pills in your mouth, no water needed. then swallow them.

    i dont know how i do it, i dont know why i couldnt do it before, i dont know how to explain it.

    but i definitly can swallow half a handfull of pills just like that.

    i learned it because that whole routine with glass of water and one pill at a time just was a PITA, when you are in icu for a good reason.

    • BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Why would you do one pill at a time? Just put em all in and wash the pills down with a glass of water.

      I can’t swallow pills without water. They get stuck in the back of my throat.

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        2 months ago

        Yep. I learned I can swallow about 20 pills in one gulp of water. Sorry for all you folks out there that say you can’t swallow pills, it’s a psychological issue.

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          2 months ago

          Yeah I had it when I was a kid. For whatever reason my brain just wouldn’t allow it to happen and my tongue would grab the pill before I could swallow it. It cause a lot of problems. I don’t know what happened and I can’t even remember when it happened but one day it was just gone and I’ve never had an issue swallowing pills since.

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        2 months ago

        it was a trick learned out of nescessity ;-)

        yeah, I think it worked because they gave me lots of fluids anyway, I never had a dry mouth or sore throat.