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I was diagnosed with Colitis yesterday. No biggie, just have to take 14 pills a day for the next 2 weeks and then 6 a day for the rest of my life, then it won't bother me. But I can't swallow pills. My mouth, tongue, and the bio-gadgets in my neck just freeze up. My gag reflex is unbelievably robust. Even when I can trick myself into gulping a pill down, I'll wretch it back up if it so much as glances against the lining in my neck. I got the first 8 down... they're hilariously tiny little things, as small as rice. Yet every one of them was a big dramatic ordeal, a real clusterfuck, Keystone Cops. It took me 3 hours, yet they're supposed to go down all at once. The bigger ones... my body (and probably my mind...) is just completely opposed to the whole idea. These pills have to be swallowed, so they can make the caustic journey from my mouth to my guts, and then dissolve there. I'd even prefer to just inject something directly up my ass, but it's not an option. It's mortifying, I want to crawl into a hole and die. I either want advice, or to know that I'm not alone. |
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I have the same problem, it's hell really! |
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Fourteen pills a day ? Whoa Jay ....thats a bunch. The whole time I was thinking anally for you, then I got down to the second paragarph, and its not an option for you. Are you able to pop them open and spinkle them over a peanut butter sandwhich ? Call your doc. on that one. |
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what's colitis? |
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try this,fill your mouth with water,then squeeze a pill into your mouth and swallow. this works quite well,give it a go. |
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Impakt- you have my sympathy. This is the second worst day of my life. The worst was on Sunday, where I had to guzzle 600mls of laxatives all day. Thadington- 14 pills a day for now, because 8 of them are little steroid-things are will fight off the symptoms. After 2 weeks I should be OK, then it's 6 a day 4EVER, to keep the symptoms away. Even the bigger ones aren't even big pills really, but everything is relative... to me, they look like footballs in my hand and feel like zeppelins when they're in my mouth. Chambre- inflamed colon. I have Ulcerative Colitis, so I have ulcers in there. Basically I get diarrhea whenever I eat junk and things that are really sugary. You can also have pains and blood and stuff, but I just have the d-word. Hanal- that's sort of what I'm doing. I fill up my mouth with water and then I have to curve my tongue like it's a bowl and have the pill ''float'' in the liquid, so that my tongue can't even feel a pill there. Then I have to gulp and hope. My gag reflex is a fucking tough nut to crack. This is just insane and incomprehensible. |
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you're not alone....i can't suffer from anything....fuck, how lucky am i ?! |
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cant help on this one, i swallow pills like nobodies business unlucky on the colitus anyway. at least its not irritable bowel syndrome cause nobody feels sorry for you with a disease called that. |
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damn thats crap,can pills be crushed or does that affect the way they work. |
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Id take your pills for you, if i could Jay. |
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Nah, crushing the pills will defeat the whole purpose... everything inside has to make it down to my intenstine. To do that, they need to brave the elements, and they need that fucking capsule. Fucking pussys. And this Colitis is actually probably a blessing in disguise... my diet was really really bad and probably contributed to this, and now I have no choice but to stop eating the really bad shit. |
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pretty sure the pills can't be crushed. can you take them with food? maybe you could chew up a bite of something, add a pill mixed up in the food, and swallow that. if the pill's coated with some kind of food, it probably won't stimulate a gag reflex on the way down. |
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Just keep practicing your gag reflex on a big cock. |
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works for you, eh? |
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yes,take it easy.dont get nervous,breathe deep |
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6 a day for the rest of your life? how's that not a biggie? |
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Don't be so disgusting! |
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imagine the pill is a piece of carrot. drink it down with milk. |
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Try coating your pills in peanut butter! My dogs love that shit. |
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I second the mouthful of water solution |
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Well, I guess it seems like a biggie NOW... I think I'll be fine once I get over the initial hurdle of learning how to swallow some freakin' pills. Here's an idea of what I'm dealing with... note how puny the white steroid thing is. And even that's a major trial. I'm on my last few grains of dignity. |
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man that really sucks. sorry to hear it. have you asked the doctor for any alternatives to pills? there usually are some out there for most medicines. |
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Pills usually get stuck between my teeth and my mouth lining. I can only swallow small pills, big pills I usually cut in half if I can. |
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two problems, our lad's not a dog and peanut butter is too sticky. |
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don't be so fucking unfunny |
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Sorry to hear that Jaybird! :/ I will be sending you an email! |
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i have a high gag rephlex ha, but i can swallow pills pretty easily with no water or anything. train your throat, swallow water with your mouth open and learn how to open it on command. |
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You have my sympathy. But to me, it sounds like a mental barrier. |
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Sorry to hear about this Jay. I hope that things get better soon! |
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Well I got those two red ones down. I'm just in awe over how difficult it was, it seems to trivial... once the first one went down, I got the second one a minute later. I didn't do anything differently or try any harder, I was just going through the motions and I was suprised when I felt it slithering down me. I think my gag reflex put up the white flag. Anyway thanks for the support (Jesus how pathetic) and the useless but very sound advice (no tricks, I just won a war of attrition, so to speak). |
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some years ago i was like you... i just couldn't swallow them, so they just stayed into my mouth and eventually when the plastic dissolved after some tries i pretty much had to spit them out. : / now i can swallow them (with water). i couldn't tell what changed though. it also feels a bit strange and not really pleasant when, after having swallowed them, i still feel like there is... like a "ghost" of the pill stuck in my throat (i don't know if everyone has this feeling or if it's just me). |
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don't feel too awkward, just because it seems trivial doesn't mean it is. |
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rest of your life?!?! cant you have anything done to sort it out permanently? if you grind up a day's worth of pills and put it in a tequila, you shouldnt notice. |
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It's a really stubborn disease. The ''permanent'' cures are rather horrific. Have my colon removed/rebuilt, or get a stoma/colostomy bag... How's THAT for a proverbial carrot dangling in front of my face? No chance I'm going to waver. Given the alternative, the pills ain't shit, I never once batted an eye when he told me what would happen if I was careless and self-destructive... (until I got home and found out I couldn't swallow them...) |
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thats pretty nasty. its not like mouth ulcers then. |
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this might seem stupid, but when ever i have to take pills, and i'm not that good at doing it, i drink some water, hold it in my mouth, and then pop a pill in and swallow, rather than put it in my mouth first. this usually results in dribbling water all over my face and stuff but i find it so much easier. the second one usually gets stuck, but neck another pint of water and its usually gone. sorry to hear this! i feel for you chap! :( |
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Colitis is a digestive disease characterized by inflammation of the colon. No, biggie? You have the most positive attitude i've ever heard. Anyway with the pills, i can't relate, i could swallow like four of those long red ones you pictured, dry, no probs. [i get alot of practice on the weekends] it's got to be mental though, otherwise you wouldnt be able to eat anything at all, cornflakes for example. if you can get over the Colitis, you can get over he pills. good luck :D |
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I x ten- I'll give a shot, that's one of the few things I haven't tried, though it sounds obvious. I've since downed 3 sets of those ''big'' red pills and I think I have the hang of it anyway, though it doesn't feel any better. I still gag everytime but somehow it goes down quick now. B123- positive attitude, I dunno... I'm extremely stressed but I just have to try forget about the ''worst case scenarios'', not even talk about them, and just do what I'm told, then I'll probably be fine. A ton of pro-athletes have Colitis, and even Crohns, and if they can deal with it, no reason I can't. I'm also focusing on my heart, which is much more important than a non-lethal thing like Colitis... I've always been lazy and irresponsible with junkfood, my family has a history of heart problems, I'm stressed and have a high (but not yet dangerous) heart rate... now I'm finally scared enough to cut everything bad out of my diet and I'm anxious to start exercising again once I get off the steroids. It might be silly that it took a scare like this to get me to make a change, but it did. |
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maybe if you put the pills in your ass first, and then try to swallow them. That usually works for me! |
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That's the funkmaster I remember. I've had so many things in my ass over the past few weeks... and I can say with confidence that I'd prefer 8 needles a day straight up my ass over these pills. |
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you should be able to at least crack those big red ones in half, which is what i normally do with that size pill. |
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i can swallow light bulbs |
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can you swallow apple sauce or oatmeal or do you have to chew those too? you could mix it in there and the lumps will be camoflaged. |
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I'm still trying suggestions... I've downed 9 sets of the red ones and I can do it pretty fast now but it's still an uncomfortable struggle, albeit a much shorter one. The little white ones are a piece of cake now, I can't believe I had trouble with them. The little white ones are also making me a nervous wreck, thank God they're temporary. Anyone here have experience with Xanax? I feel like I might need something like that to calm my nerves. |
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i swallow pills with a tiny sip of water. |
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i cant swallow pillows. i cant really give advice cos people have already said to drink with water. big ass mother fucker pills are a pain though, but i can still swallow them. |
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Xanax is wonderful, and the good thing is that you don't need very much when using it for anxiolytic purposes. |
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Great, a few people recommended them to me, but a few others told me to stay away. I feel bad enough to want to take my chances. How big are the pills? I'm going to my family doctor this afternoon... she called me and said she wanted to see me, and what great timing... I'm pretty sure I had a panic attack last night... I remember making a topic here a couple of years ago where I thought I had a heart attack or something but never found out exactly what it was. Well I had the same thing happen. Fast heartbeat, pain in the center of my chest when I breathe deep (still there, I can't relax), shivering even though I'm not cold, now my throat is extremely sore. It's so fucked up... I felt so good until Monday... I had some diarrhea but that's it. Now that I know what I have and I'm being treated for it, I feel like I'm dying! |
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Xanax pills are but wee little things, probably about 4 mm long or so. Those symptoms do sound like a classic panic attack to me. Keep breathing as deeply as you can comfortably. I'll be thinking of you... |
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No biggie, just have to take 14 pills a day for the next 2 weeks and then 6 a day for the rest of my life, then it won't bother me. Wow. No bother? No biggie? Mad. |
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