Is there something wrong with me that I can’t swallow pills
I want to learn how to swallow pills because I want to start taking better care of such as taking vitamins/supplements to improve my mental health .
Is it possible to learn at age 26??
How do u swallow pills?
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Pill on tongue, then take a big gulp of water and swallow it like a piece of chicken
I kinda just do it, but if you’re taking capsules, put water in your mouth and lean your head forward and swallow.
I use a thin protein shake. Been taking vitamins and shake every morning for 7 years. I take a swig of shake, then vitamins on tongue, then swallow with next swig. I only do 6 or less at a time. I also never do it within 20 min of driving, and never take them while driving nor with anything fizzy.
I still throw them up once or twice a year, but mind you I’m taking 15 per day so it’s bound to happen.
Didn’t start taking them till I was like a 28
Put some water in mouth. Hold it there. Float pills on water. Swallow.
Tilt your head back, pill in the back of your tongue, quick swish of water throwing your head back and big swallow
My mother used to have problems swallowing pills.
This is going to sound and look gross.
Take a bite of bread,chew it,put the chewed stuff kinda on the front of your tongue,put the pill on it, and swallow.
Water in, pills in, giant pink dildo in, gag. Works every time.
My daughter learned how to swallow pills with tik tacs. Just put one in her mouth and swallow – no water required.
I, on the other hand, have been known to get pills stuck sideways in the back of my throat. I make an absolutely delightful sound when that happens.
Toss in whatever pills you want. Collect then in a pile on your tongue.
Take a sip of water just large enough and hold it in your mouth so you can’t feel the pills.
Then just swallow.
Or, crush them between spoons, add a bit of sugar and drop of water to dissolve. Swallow.
Try something tiny like tic tacs or teeny piece of candy first, like an m&m mini.
I recently taught my 5 year old using a candy land rip off that our pediatrician printed out off Etsy. You use various sizes of candy, swallowing them whole.
Try with ice cream or jelly just put the pill on the spoon withe ice cream and swallow
I take five pills at night. Into my mouth and chug down a 12 ounce glass of water
mouth, throat open, drop it in
You can try with a fizzy soda, or try taking it with a bite of banana…your mind will just think of it as food and not get tripped up about choking.
After decades of difficulties, I only recently have learned that the real way to trick urself is to Only concentrate on swallowing the water…once u convince urself that ur only drinking water, everything will go down automatically…There is no better solution than to insert pills on tongue, and just Focus on drinking water..Trust m3!
Pill on tongue, drink water, head forward.
Problems swallowing pills: Lean forward technique | NHS
Put the pills in your mouth, take a big mouthful of water, raise your chin and look upwards, then when the pills are in the back of your throat – swallow. Many vitamins and supplements are available in chewable gummy form.
My fish oil comes in a gel pill form and had a habit of sticking in my throat. What I do to mitigate that is give the pill a quick swish before swallowing to make sure it’s going down wet instead of dry. It’s been working so far🤷♀️
I’m 40something and I still haven’t learned. ☹️
I prefer gummy vitamins, but the way I learned is: start with (chocolate) milk. Take a sip, pill in mouth, far back if you can, then take a big glug.
I like the Robert De Niro method method in the Taxi Driver scene when he’s in his room, preparing to go to the speech. Put the pills in the mouth, take the water in, shake the head violently to coat every surface of every pill. Then make sure all the pills are on top of the tongue, preferably towards the rear. Swallow, while jerking the head backward!!
I eat with mine so I don’t feel them
I went well into my late teens before learning how to swallow a pill. I used to chew Advil. I got over it by taking with food. I would chew up my food and then before swallowing I’d put the pill in my mouth and swallow it all together.
If you have pills stick to your throat partially fill your mouth with water, drop the pills in swallow and drink more water.
I just pop it into my mouth and swallow it like I swallow anything else I eat.
I’ve tried to just swallow the water, with my head forward and backwards. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but I just can’t do it. I’m not OP but I also can’t swallow pills. They always get stuck in my mouth
3/4 at a time dry… believe it or not a Dr taught me how with M&Ms when I was 9. I’m not sure if it still works later in life. M&Ms have a variety of sizes so you can start with the minis and work your way up to the vitamin size
Butt.
Most supplements come in gummy form. A bit more expensive but truly worth it if you can’t swallow pills.
As a person who has difficulty swallowing pills at times their are 3 way I can do it:
I have throat problems and I get nauseous quite easily. I hope the ways I take my meds helps you.
I put the pill at the back of my tongue and take in a good amount of water and then swallow.
Put it in my mouth, centre it on my tongue, have a sip of water, gag a little – enough for tears to form, get it about half way down my throat, proceed to almost vomit and then swallow it down using the extra lubrication. Easy
Practice with tictacs or small candies like m&ms. I like to place it between my teeth, then swallow it with a mouthful of water. My kid likes to put the water in his mouth first, then pop the pill in and swallow.
I also hate taking pills. I usually put it on the back of my tongue, then take a drink of water, swallow that, then take a few more drinks to make sure it’s all the way down. With solid pills that sink I tilt my head back, with capsules or anything else that floats I tilt my chin down so the pill goes to the back of my throat and doesn’t end up stuck in my mouth or in my throat
You can also chew up something, anything, and before you swallow, stick the pills in your mouth and swallow it all down.
I hate swallowing pills and I’m also 26. I basically just fill my mouth up with water, tilt my head back when I out the pills in and just chug to force it in. If I take pills any other way my reaction is to block it with my mouth
Put the pill in your mouth.
Crush and sprinkle on ice cream.
I have to take some disgusting ass pills, and I’ve had to take a bunch of pills for about 15 years now. I can probably take 13-15 at once.
My trick for the disgusting ones, and how I have just learned to take every pill from now on is I put them all under my tongue, take a gulp of water and flip my head back so all the pills go to the back of my throat and I don’t taste them.
My boyfriend however takes a sip of water, puts one pill in his mouth and swallows.
If I did that I’d be taking pills for 3 minutes and drink a whole glass or two.
Lots of good advice here. I’d also like to note that it’s easier with certain drinks so try changing that if it doesn’t work at first. Sometimes milk or juice is easier because it’s thicker than water and kind of disguises the pills. I personally struggle to swallow pills with anything carbonated but I’ve heard other people say they prefer it.
So this is weird but its way easier for me to take pills with a carbonated drink. Maybe because your brain is easier to trick it to take a big drink? I toss one pill at a time towards the back of my mouth, and tip my head back slightly and do a big gulp of pop. Repeat for each pill. I have a hard time knocking pills back with regular water
You Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew!
I had debilitating migraines since I was a kid. Puking everywhere. Can’t move a muscle. Can’t even have a THOUGHT or the pain explodes.
I was taking up to 8 excedrine at one point. EIGHT! I cut it all the way down to 2 now. Point is I’m a master of taking pills.
What I would do to swallow 8 pills at once is I would take a deep breath first. That way 1. You’re forced to hold your breath obviously because your lungs are full. 2. There is no way for the pills to go down your air hole because it is shut due to holding your breath. 3. If somehow a pill were to get down there by some kind of miraculous bad luck, you have tons of air in your lungs to blow it out.
Boom. You can easily swallow the pills with absolutely zero fear of choking.
I have a problem with my neck’s position that makes my gag reflex so much more really triggered than it used to be 🙄😒 so I have to take them with food. Chew the food up, pop the pill in, swallow.
Take them with juice or milk, something thicker than water. It helps me.
ut some of the water into your mouth, then place the pill inside, then start GULPING down the water as if you haven’t had anything you drink in 2 days.
Big gulps is how you swallow the pills easily.
I can’t swallow pills and none of the tricks work for me. I just can’t swallow something I haven’t chewed. So I usually just grab a slice of cheese or a gummy, something small that I can chew but that also won’t break down too much, then once I’ve chewed a bit, pop the pill in and swallow everything
So this is controversial but to get me to take pills it was with a “shot” of water is how my mom did it. The act of taking a liquid your supposed to normally take quickly pills first (as if you’re licking salt from your hand) water shot and then reward yourself with a small sweet treat like an m&m ow whatever
My mom started doing this for me when I was like 14 cuz I for whatever reason started not being able to swallow while pills
Mind over matter I think a lot of the time. We swallow food larger than pills everyday. Try not to think about thr pill, put in your mouth, then just drink and swallow. If its not going down in first swallow, more water, swallow, more water, swallow.
I take 4 everyday together, but can even put in a few more if I’m having painkillers at the same time as my usual meds.
As a kid I struggled to swallow a simple paracetamol, but practice makes it easier. You have to try not think about the pill and just think of swallowing the water, or like swallowing food.
Throw them on the back of my tongue, take a sip of water, and swallow. I can do a few a once. Right now , I have a medication that I take 3 times a day. 3 pills in the morning, 2 at lunchtime and 3 in the evening.
Best way is to just pretend you don’t have pills in your mouth and just swallow some water. I put the pill in, take a drink and just swallow
One trick that might help you: get the pill and water in your mouth, then plug your ears with your fingers. It makes swallowing easier. Your ears nose and mouth are connected.
I find soda or a carbonated beverage helps. Also sometimes sipping the water/beverage through a straw with the pill on your tongue
Chew up a mouthful of something and just before you are ready to swallow it, stick the pill in your mouth.
pop a pill in mouth ….drink a glass of water … repeat if more than 1
Swallow pill first and make sure it goes down by drinking water.
Stick your neck all the out while you’re swallowing. It relaxes your throat.
Eat a bit of cracker or chips before you put the pills in your mouth. They go down easy with a bit of food and water.
Pill go in. Drink water. If no work. Repeat. If still no work. Take BIG mouthful of water. Tilt head up. Drop pill in. Swallow big gulp in one go. If no work. Pray.
I recommend starting very small. Get a box of nerd candies. Place one on tounge, drink water and swallow with nerd. Then add more nerds and build up till you get used to the feeling
Try to take a pill with applesauce. It works for a lot of people.
I always had a really hard time swallowing pills because the water made it too complicated and I’d wind up choking on either the water or the pill and start coughing and spitting water out lol…
Turns out I am amazing at dry swallowing pills! I now exclusively dry swallow even the biggest pills. So if you have a hard time with water, maybe try going without. I do gather a bit of saliva in my mouth of course.
My sis had the same problem. It was decades later that she was diagnosed with a throat constriction so it might be something physical, you need to go get checked up before anyone can tell.
My parents and I have 2 different methods of swallowing pills, they just put the pill in their mouth and keep chugging till it goes down
I put pill in mouth, then take a small mouthful (enough to fill about 3/4 of the space inside your teeth) and then swallow while pressing my tongue to the bottom of my mouth
Also how you put the pill in matters dont be lazy with it
Pill + water then LEAN FORWARD so that the buoyant capsule rises up toward the back of your mouth. Gulp and you’re set
I had this exact problem most of my life. I was literally a mental block. I did it by putting the pill in my mouth, grabbing a plastic water bottle and chugging it, so fast the suction crumples the bottle. That basically just clicked something in my brain and it did it for me, and I haven’t had an issue since
Pudding
Just take it with applesauce or pudding
I take 16 tablets/caps in a single go ( all multivitamins ) it’s a handful of pills .
You dont need a lot of water , just enough to get your throat wet , look up at the roof chuck your pills on top of the water and just open your throat , no swallowing required, it just falls down your neck. 🫡
I personally swallow pills in a way that seems backward to people. I put a small amount of water in my mouth so the pill never touches my flavor muscle too much then pop the pill in and swig a bit more water.
I know it can be pretty weird at first. It should get easier and more natural with time and practice.
I put water in my mouth, put the pill in, shake my head around, and then look up, and really quickly look down and swallow the pill
The shaking my head makes me lose the pill in my mouth and then the fast up down motion makes the pill get launched down my throat so I don’t have to worry about it
The biggest thing is to just think of it like food. I always used to have a hard time because I was trying to treat it like I shouldn’t touch it much with my mouth. It’s not special, just imagine you chewed it up enough, and now you’re just gonna swallow a bite of food.
Years of recreational drug use has me downing 7 pills every morning without external liquid. Tip the packet into my hand, group them up and toss them back 95% of the time no issue, sometimes one or two might stick and require a couple of swallows, very rarely I’ll gag and have to fight it but always get there in the end. Just practice.
I take six preventative migraine pills each night in one gulp. Pop in the mouth, swallow with water, down the hatch
Put them in apple sauce or pudding.
Put them under your tongue, drink as usual, and auto swallow them without thinking too hard.
Do not do this if you have Parkinsons.