I have the weirdest phobia (Well to me) I can not swallow pills. My sister used to have trouble with it too, but she eventually got over it. My younger brother has ADD so he has to have pills so he it's no problem for him. But when I was little I had choked on something and I blacked out before it was dislodged, and even though I know it's not going to happen just because I try swallowing a pill, I still have a "pill phobia". Anyway is there anything I can do that will help me get over it. Or just ways to make swallowing pills easier? I'm almost 15, and a sophmore in high school, and I'm still telling doctors when I'm sick that I need a liquid or chewable, I don't want to be an adult doing the same thing. It's embarassing. I have friends that won't swallow a pill unless they have to, but even if it was the only way, I'd rather just be sick. So if you have tips on making swallowing pills easier or just getting over the phobia, please let me know!! Thanks in advance!

Don't worry, I used to have a sort of pill phobia as well. It used to be pretty embarrassing to say "Oh no, I can't take pills!"

I think the best way is to take pills every day because it makes you find a technique to get it down you're comfortable with and you start getting used to it. It might be a little hard at first, but you'll get it. Dear gosh no! I don't mean you should take any old pill every day so you can "practice". You can take a vitamin pill and other pills that will help your body. That way you can kill two birds with one stone! I think that partially helped me get over being afraid of pills. I took them everyday and I still am.

For everyday during the first week or more when I was taking the pills, I would be afraid of swallowing. Sometimes I'd have it sitting in my mouth with the water but I couldn't make it go down. And when I did try to swallow sometimes the water would go in before the pill did, oops! lol.

Anyway, here are some more tips. Place the pill at the back of your tongue. Not so that you gag, just so that when you drink water it will go right in. Don't worry if it gets caught in your throat because you can always drink down as much more water as you need and the pill WILL go down. That's why you should fill your cup with lots of water.

This is common sense, but if the pill is ovalish, make sure the pill will go down the slim way and not the other way around. It'll make it easier to swallow.

Good luck!