Do you have trouble swallowing pills?

I have such a hard time swallowing pills, which is insane because I've taking pills since I was old enough to remember, every day of my life. But I just can't do it normal, lol. I have to put some drink in my mouth, then with the drink still in my mouth I squeeze the pill through my lips (so the juice or water won't spill out) and swallow fast. Then I have to drink a lot more and sometimes hard glups of something because the pill will get stuck in my throat. If a pill touches my tongue or throat bare, I'll gag like crazy. Anyone who's ever watched me take a pill for the first time laughs for like 5 minutes straight while I stand there with a blank look, lol. I try not to take pills infront of boyfriends or anyone else who I don't want to spoil my "big girl" image with. The whole ordeal makes me feel 5, lol.

Interesting method. I definitely take a drink of water first, pill second. My husband's method is to put the pills in his mouth and then jerk his head backward and i do mean jerk. I keep telling him he's going to get whiplash. Since he takes so many vitamins, it's absolutely annoying at times all that head swinging going on. I'm going to try this to see if the pill floats... Whit

hey alamode, its already my way to swallow pills. i cant directly swallow pilss without any help of something. when i was child, i told by my parents to swallow pills with banana. how is the way? first, eat banana in your mouth. when its already smooth enough, dont swallow it first. its time to put your pills on it. then swallow it together :) and now, beside eat banana, or drink a water, i can swallow pills with any food that i eat on that time. thnks for sharing in here

YES!!! i feel that the pills sticking in my throat all the time.It just won't go down no matter how much water i drink right after taking a pill.My mom always said "must be your imagination" ..so am i just imagining that the pill doesn't want to go down?hah.Mom is funny.I opt to crush it into smaller pieces as possible so that i won't feel it sticking in my throat.I hate that feeling. =_=

I have got this problem in childhood. i used to take mouthfull of water, then put the pill inside this and then swallow.But still i had problem. now it has reuced but still i hav problem with bigger pills.

yeah sometimes, but I usually fill my mouth with water and just drown the pill in it, It's the easier way and some pills taste horribly so I prefer not to feel anything. I don't have to take many pills fortunately, just during those days 1 or 2.