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The gag reflex leaves me answered with a question mark
"I'm soooooo tiiiiiiiiired," I whined.
"You're always tired. Maybe you should take some vitamins or something," suggested Mr B------.
No! I don't take vitamins! Vitamins are for people who don't get adequate nutrition from their daily diets. Whereas I eat a very rounded diet of... lentil soup, Junior Mints and bubble tea. Oops. Huh. When did that happen? And more importantly, how have I survived this long?
So when I went to the store last night, I stood in front of the multivitamin shelves, bewildered. Where are all of the Flintstones Women's Vitamins? Why don't they have chewable vitamins for adults? I shook the packages of swallow-needy tablets to try to determine which sounded smaller and bought the Meijer brand, which ended up still being enormous.
I never successfully swallowed a pill until I went on a class trip in 8th grade and got a headache so bad I couldn't just ignore it. All they had was Grown Up Tylenol, so I had to suck it up and take it like a man. I choked on the first one and it sat in my mouth for a while, dissolving its disgusting flavour until I had to spit it out. Once I realized how bad they were going to taste, I managed to swallow the second one with a big glass of water.
If you know the relative sizes of a Tylenol and a multivitamin, you may understand where those wheezing and *gack gack gack* noises heard 'round the world were coming from. I have so much to look forward to! How about if I just waste away to nothing instead?
srah - Saturday, 17 January 2004 - 11:32 AM
Tags: health, medicine, mr b, vitamins
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Comments (10)
Aunt Pat - January 17, 2004 - 12:15 PM - ℓ
I have trouble swallowing pills too and have been told I have a hyperactive gag reflex, so it must run in the family. I think we must have little tiny throats.
Dictator Meg III (!!!) - January 17, 2004 - 12:25 PM - ℓ
The fact that I am without gag reflex aids me greatly in the swallowing of pills.
Once I saw someone choke on 19 tablets before they were able to swallow. I only share this with you because it is wildly fascinating.
Mr B------ - January 17, 2004 - 5:14 PM - ℓ
I was much more eloquent than that!
Keith - January 17, 2004 - 8:21 PM - ℓ
Most multi-vitamins just have the wonderful side effect of making me want to ralph. I'm good with single type vitamins (so like a tablet of C), but those mutlivitamins!
katie - January 22, 2004 - 9:46 AM - ℓ
I use One-a-Day. Also iron. Also calcium/magnesium/zinc. But at different times in the day, as the calcium counters the bodies ability to absorb the iron, or something.
I've never had trouble with pills. I just take a big drink of something, like milk, and drop the pill in and swallow the milk without thinking about the pill.
"suck it up and take it like a man" hee hee...
I was unable to swallow pills for a while. Then I started using pills like crazy! So I had to swallow. As for vitamins, I use centrum. Thats usually got enough (but not too much!) stuff for the day.