I have a little problem since young. I can’t swallow pills properly without it hitting the back of the throat. It is so bad to the point that i had to skip a day’s medication just to let my throat heal. That’s why i feared to be sick.. badly. I hate doctors who prescribed pills to me.

Recently, i bought a few bottles of vitamins - strongly encouraged by the doctor. Life is so miserable after that. Tried as i may, i can’t seem to stop time from ticking to the hour which i had to take the vitamin pills. Oh heaven, i need to take 10 of them each time, 3 freaking times a day! I spend nearly 10 full minutes to swallow the pills one by one.

Visually, they looked small and harmless enough to swallow; the pills are nothing as compared to the large amount of food which i always swallow during meal times. However, once i pop one into my mouth, my brain signals something else to my senses telling me that the pill is too HUGE to be swallowed. Aww….

I tried many ways to swallow the pills:

• Chew them before swallowing. Oh yucks, they taste real bad. I feel like vomiting rather than swallowing after chewing them. And note that not all pills can be chewed.
• Placing the pill nearer the back of my tongue and tilt head back to allow gravity to help. Doesn’t work. I wonder if my throat structure is the cause of it. This pill tends to hit my throat when swallowing the pill in this position.
• Pour water into mouth first then place pill so that it floats. Doesn’t work, it still sank down to my tongue.
• Watch cartoons and read online jokes to distract myself. Hmm… not really. I laugh until i forgot to swallow the pill but the water instead. Period.

Not all is lost though; sometime swallowing pills can be an ease. But that’s provided i managed to do the following right:

• Relax myself and tell myself i can do it. Think some websites suggest this method as well.
• Eat the pills with my favorite juice. Some pills cannot be mixed with juices or carbonated drink. But i think peach juice seemed harmless enough for me…
• Place pill nearer the front of my tongue. Strangely enough, this works at times, though not all the time.

I hope time will fly and let me finish this course of vitamins soon…

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