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Aug 27, 2024 6:23 PM
LitterboxComics
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1178
16
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/litterboxanimation/pilot-episode?ref=f52qpp
bacononbacon
Hell yeah the kick starter is already 20 k surplus
LiterallyAWizard
As someone who could and still can taste flavorless pills: good luck with that.
AnonOmis1000
Why did she turn into a Muppet?
AlwaysUpvotesCatgirls
Upvote uninformed Catmom.
Xenarion
I didn't know that trick either.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
Pills are made to float. If you tilt your head back to swallow, they float towards the teeth. Tilt your head down to swallow instead.
LitterboxComics
You're welcome!! ;)
CityYeti
My kid had to have her medicine be put in a spoon to get her to drink it. She saw it on Mary Poppins
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
Haha that's great
LutraLazuli
Why have I never heard of this trick
johnxbear
She went full Kermit.
Frederf
Let me do it for you
MenloPart
I am in the second year of an SLP program and... I don't have any idea what we covered, just this meme I saw recently:
whatisreality13
A speech pathologist told me to put the pill in my mouth, take a big sip of water, then (important) tip your head down as you swallow. It opens up your throat. Works for me. Many people try to tip their head back while they swallow, which constricts their throat.
MenloPart
I am in the second year of an SLP program and... I don't have any idea what we covered, just this meme I saw recently:
IceWeaselX
Vocal coaches tell you the same thing. A lot of people tilt their heads back to hit high notes because it's psychological.
ThrashAndChemistry
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JCentauri
Christ, she went full-Muppet!
MuffinProof
meowingintensifies
Put pill in mouth, tilt head down, swallow, drink something. Tossing your head back narrows the throat, ironically.
FoxySpirit
Smashing through that funding goal!
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
wait what???
Adderkleet2
If you have trouble swallowing tablets/pills, try putting the tablet in your mouth and then drinking from a straw.
barbarian818
But...but...cats can't use straws. The split lip prevents a good seal
Stanistani
My father was a grizzled old chief petty officer during World War Two. I was his caregiver a lot during his eighties. He'd put a dozen pills in his mouth and just swallow them. Without water. Made me shudder.
cosonfused
Alright I might try this. I can swallow tablets/pills just fine with water, but there is this one MFer that always sticks to the roof of my mouth when i tilt my head back and fellas let me tell you, it tastes horrible. So maybe this might help.
thebigbaka
AlwaysUpvotesCatgirls
Upvote peanuts loving Catmom.
CompressedInfo
She does, in fact, like it
Dushevon
Can anyone explain this to my non-parent friend?
Fishkeeper
It's often difficult for small children to swallow pills successfully, and also they might not want to take it in the first place. Since these are cats, she's talking about wrapping the kid up in a towel like you do for a cat you have to give medication to.
malok
Giving medicine to kids 0-4 can be an experience and you always find out about the easy ways when they're 5 years old.
Bastetsmorlock
ElbowDeepInAHorse
thebigbaka
Why is there a speaker button to turn on the audio when there is none?
ScarecrowSticks
Imgur tends to break in random places when updating their potato
Housemaster
donorkort
#ad
Thisisnottheend
I mean yeah we're over 2000 years past the birth of Christ you rustic bumpkin.
agreedydemon
Man let me tell you something... Imgur is a platform for many content creators who give us good shit on a semi daily basis... Sure this is an ad, but who gives a shit... She gave us content with it. Content that I for one love, and would support her if funds allowed.
agreedydemon
Do you post this on all of swordcomics posts too?
agreedydemon
Get outta here
Sechran
BloodBlight
This is Press Event level!
Lugh314159
I like that you kept the prescription bottle. 😂
LetTheWorldBurnSinceNoOneFFFingCares
Reminds me of the "calm your tits." "No~~~!" meme
AlwaysUpvotesCatgirls
Upvote seizure Catmom.
netutoring
I see someone is a fan of Kermit the Frog!
BrockEffingSamson
Hoomiku
"What the HELL is in these things?!"
netutoring
LOWER DECKS, LOWER DECKS!
ironman3010
MenloPart
To the speedboat, Kermit!
briham86
Rovylern
87cubed
My SO thinks I'm a mutant because I can "dry" swallow multiple horse pills. I've always said I have a big mouth ...
DoingItWrongSince1980
Yeah. I'll throw back 4 large pills, like calcium and magnesium, and a couple smaller ones all in one swallow without water. My wife struggles to take pills and kinda hates me for it.
I do have to make sure I have enough spit available to moisten the pills though.
Shewy92
At least they know you can swallow
zytedcross12
As someone who can dry swallow... Heh, sincerely.
Frederf
I used to when younger but now I have magic stick and choke pockets.
IceWeaselX
Took me too long to realize you were saying [stick and choke] pockets and not [magic stick] and [choke pockets]. I was trying to figure out what those two terms were.
But yes, I agree with you there. I can dry swallow but always drink ASAP.
IceWeaselX
Finally learning to do that consistently was such a relief, although I still get worried that a pill/gelcap will stick to my esophagus and dissolve too early in my gastrointestinal tract if I don't wash it down.
Colopty
I can do that if need be, though my throat doesn't tend to agree with me afterwards.
Adderkleet2
Antibiotics (and several other medicines) really shouldn't stay in the oesophagus for a long time. Rinse them down.
Piccolini
Wait... 41F here and I can NOT take tablets. Does this actually work? My tongue just clamps down (up?) On that MF and won't let me open my throat. Does this work? I'll try it and get back to you all (not today though).
nakedible
This might help you too, if the straw thing doesn't. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cDvsd8PKfcE
BarnegatLight
Try tilting your head back to swallow pills, and try tilting your head forward to swallow capsules.
OlofBorrbrottsson
Had this problem as a child and well into adulthood. Then my dentist botched a wisdom tooth removal and couldn’t get to a surgeon until the next morning. So he handed me antibiotics, painkillers and a glass of water, saying that I had to take them immediatedly. So I did, to my great surprise. Hasn’t been an issue since.
FisheswithDynamite
DrRad
Have you tried dry swallow? I have a sip of water first. Then I take the pill and move it to the back of my tongue. Then swallow it down. Wash it down with water after if needed
RealRaceRiotsAreAboutGettingBlueshelledInMarioKart
Also works when you're eating. Finish chewing, slip the pill in and swallow like normal. That's actually how I took some of my larger pills
FapplebeesFamilyRestaurant
Clenching my fist while I swallow works for me. Your guess is as good as mine why it works, but I figure your mind can't focus on clamping down 2 things at once or something like that.
NeynasGhost
I've actually seen clenching your fist (usually with the thumb on the inside) in a pattern on a bunch of lists of ways to suppress the gag reflex. Think it's mostly just redirecting your brain's focus? If you're concentrating on squeeze-count-release-count-squeeze-count you aren't thinking about gagging.
damogen
I take bite of food, chew the food and then swallow the pill with that.
Peffse
This has been my go-to for years. I can't do pills with water.
Keyar
I sometimes have problem swallowing pills if they're large. Tilting my head back helps a lot for tablets while tilting my head forward helps for capsules since they usually float.
When I use a straw I have no problems whatsoever with either. So much that I sometimes feel the need to check the packaging to make sure I actually took the pill.
Gaelwyn
I do the head tilt back thing with s bunch of water in my mouth. Usually works on the first try, sometimes it takes two tries.
SuperMarketAdventure
Straw doesn't work for me personally, I have to swallow it with a straight up gulp of water to get it down. With a straw it just floats around in my mouth
JustWantToPostThisMeme
Same boat. I've tried so many tricks. Liquids, even with straws, never worked. I'm subconsciously convinced I will choke. Recently discovered soilds are a workaround. Does not matter what it is, really. If it is something I can chew first, I can swallow pills fine. Pop the pill in after chewing, or just chew the other food without chewing it.
Foxsayy
Accept death. Once you are ready to die for your cause, the pull becomes easier to swallow. (or you choke).
MoreCatsThanSense
Try and teach yourself to 'chew' without actually chewing on the tablet. It can take a little practice (Use M&M's or similar), but once you get the hang of it it works like a charm, two 'chews' sip of water and down it goes.
CapableTrash
My favorite is to chew up a bit of food until it's ready to swallow (bread, fruit, etc) then just put the pill on top and swallow - great for things like ibuprofen with bitter coating
NeynasGhost
Basically the idea behind bread pills. Alas, if I know there's medication in it, I simply cannot. My mom tried everything when I was a kid lol, and I'm still struggling with it to this day. Even liquid meds fuck me up sometimes, I was taking freaking cherry flavoured liquid tylenol after a surgery and still had to psych myself up to swallow it. It was a liquid! That tasted like candy! Why was it so hard, brain? WHY???
10000Bees
How are you with swallowing spoonfuls of jam/custard/applesauce/similar foods? You can hide whole tablets in there and possibly trick yourself into automatically swallowing since that's what you would usually do with those foods. Meds that can be safely crushed like tylenol can also be mixed in so there's nothing to really hold on to in the first place.
TetraNordeh
Just make sure you mix the meds into a single spoonful, not an entire cup of applesauce. Made that mistake with penicillin right after I had my wisdom teeth removed.
ThinGreenLine387
Doing this is why my girlfriend hates anything with strawberry jam. Her mom used to put all her medication in a spoonful of strawberry jam and make her eat it. She's 33 and still can't eat it. Just thinking about strawberry jam makes her gag.
ArcaneEyes
My father has that with cherry wine but... For different reasons :-p body memory is a powerful thing.
LollieCom
Take your pills with a thicker drink, a smoothie or malt... with a thick straw of course.
MelfsAcidArrow
Meanwhile when I know I have to take a pill I start salivating. Like ready to vomit level of salivation. Then the pill just glides down
CatsOrExcited
I find using a thicker drink, like milk or orange juice helps a lot. It’s like your mouth doesn’t feel it right as it tips over so it doesn’t seize up.
bluebuildings
I had this issue for YEARS (do you know how bad tylenol tastes when it's dissolved in water? Cause I do). My trick is to get enough water in my mouth that I know I can swallow it in one go without issues. If the pill is heavy enough to sink, I tilt my head back, drop the pill in and swallow. If the pill floats, I tip my head forward, pop it in and do the same, like taking a shot. Either way, I want the pill as close to the back of my mouth as possible.
TurtleBrawler
Slapping the sides of your neck under the jaw can desensitize the throat and make it easier for the body to relax and accept the pill.
It helps when there's already a pill in the mouth, but no water is left in a bottle that was picked up to wash the pill down.
ScarecrowSticks
euphoricopportunity
I always pilled a cat with the cat facing away from me. This seems backward.
GWJYonder
I was really expecting one of them to end very differently.
toomuchtunerfish
This works for some cats, but my chewed up fingers will tell you that some people’s barn cats don’t give a fuck if they chomp you to bits when you try to deworm them. Also, fun tip if the cat doesn’t want to swallow, sometimes gently blowing onto their nose works. Do they hate it? Yes, but at least they’ll probably swallow.
JadeNB1729
"I like to pet cats." "Oh, yeah, some people do that. I just like to give every cat I see a pill."
IIikethecutofyourjib
OMG PLEASE I HAVE TO KNOW
BrdCdn
I just raw dog them dry. Never had any issues unless it's a super huge pill. Then a sip of water after.
shmorlockthewarlock
Ok so completly unrelated but half the time i see (age)M/F my mind goes to "what MOS is that and what does that have to do with this?"
companydysprosium
I shove the MFers down my throat and then drink
TyrannusEquus
Practise with tic-tacks. My mother got me to take pills when I was super young because I hated the liquid medicine.
kantackistan
I wasn't certain so I set up an experiment. In the last 5 minutes I tried to swallow 96 pills, only 74 of them went down on the first try. So I wouldn't call it guaranteed and also the walls might be melting?
wademcgillis
if the pills are 200mg ibuprofen, for every 100lbs you weigh you need 90 pills to end up six feet under
ILoveKiwiBirds
RIP this guy
JCBalance
That's one pill every 3 seconds, is there any way you can go faster?
VolcanoHerder
Colopty
I salute your reckless, unnecessary, and completely misguided sacrifice to science.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
It's only science if they wrote it down, otherwise it's just a sparkling suicide attempt.
Khelan2050
Well they wrote it down in the comment so we're all good, science is a go.
N000dle
Melting walls? What pills were those? I swallowed antidepressants by the mouthful but I only fell in a really good sleep and was woozy enough to get my ass fired the next day!
kantackistan
I forgot the brand name but the active ingredient was acetawalzarmetlen.
whywritemythesiswhenihaveinternet
For me, unless it is a very small tablet, I have to use a flavored drink of some kind, or a spoonful of yogurt or maybe cream cheese if it's a particularly big pill
IndigoThursday
Try practicing with tictacs
catsfivelife
It does! Its how my mom taught me!
ActuallyAPirate
When i was a kid i would put pills in peanut butter, cuz then i could chew it a bit before swallowing
Thisisnottheend
It took me a looooong time to overcome that tongue on the roof of the mouth reflex. Best of luck with it!
Its332amAndMyDogNeedsAWalk
Practice with choco M&Ms
ToothlessTheFloof
On the other hand I can take those inch long horse pill antibiotics dry.
CleverSquirrel
I have so much gratitude for not having this problem. I take ~15 pills every morning and if I had to take each of them one at a time it would take forever. I just throw the whole handful in my mouth at once, then immediately drink a full glass of water.
HelgenBorderPatrol
What in the sam hill, my throat would close up and those bastards would be trapped in there for a week.
milante
I have the "can't swallow some pills" problem (overactive gag reflex, I guess?) and I plan to just lay down and die I guess when I need to take that many pills.
TheFakeCraigFerguson
Same. I take a LOT of pills, and I'm able to drop them all in the back of my throat and swallow them down with a gulp of water. Though sometimes they decide not to space out and go down together and it physically hurts lol
casualgenderquestion2718
my friend looked at me like i was insane when i took my pills he’s like “how did you do all those at once” it was 3 caps and a tablet
3wattbulb
Out there just deepthroating medication
SCHWARZENPECKER
10 for me. I throw them all under my tongue so I don't have to taste them as I'm grabbing my drink. Then use the drink to swish them back over my tongue to swallow.
MoreCatsThanSense
I take 12, and do it the same way.
Thegreenestthumb9
I only take 4, but 2× a day. I full up my mouth with water first then tip my head back and drop the meds in and swallow.
CycloneSP
I don't put pills on my tongue because some of them can be bitter. I drop it right behind my bottom teeth, then just take a drink
coffeeandprozac
Never worked for me. I tried all the "tricks" and the only thing that works for me is to put the pill at the very back of my tongue and quickly drink something. Even then I sometimes mess it up. 35F, if it matters.
Larsozzo
Put tablet on the back of the tounge (not so far to avoid choking) put the tip of the tounge towards the roof of the mouth, then swallow. This helps me a lot. Let me know if you tried and if it works for you too.
MamaRosie
I take big pills/lots of them by eating a banana. I'll chew up a piece of banana first then toss the pill/s in and just swallow my banana. If I trick my brain into thinking it's food, we're all good.
Sevulturus
Look down, like chin the chest and then swallow.
Sevulturus
Also remember/remind yourself that when you're eating anything, the gob of chewed food you swallow is much larger than the tiny little pill you're about to swallow.
gearsfan1549
its weird realizing im the weird one for being able to swallow pills with zero issue. like i can and have taken pills without water if i just couldnt get any but needed to take my pills. strange feeling thats very much not a typical thing lmao
Rovylern
My wife is the same age as you and has a similar issue. Hers is partly genetic somehow (her father's side of her family all have the same issue) and partly due to choking on food when she was way young. I've been having to crush Tylenol and open gabapentin capsules into applesauce all summer, as she's been laid up due to a major ankle fracture and repair surgery. Chewable ibuprofen also gets to be annoying. I'll have to have her try this trick.
NeynasGhost
I've wondered if a big part of my issues taking pills was because I had monster tonsils as a kid. Had tons of food issues because I could feel every bite, then the first time I had to really take medicine was after they were removed and I had big honking wounds in my throat, never had gotten good at it.
nicilaskin
applesauce or yoghurt ( we use that in the hospital on older folks who have difficulty swallowing , its better than water
NeynasGhost
Chocolate frosting was the #1 recommendation when I last had a medicine I struggled to take but alas it did NOT help me. Chocolate milk worked somewhat, if you have a capsule you can safely open and empty out.
nicilaskin
chocolate frosting is too sticky , not really going to help
HandsomePenguin
I put a bit of water in my mouth first so the pill can float. Then fill my mouth full enough to make one big gulp, usually gets it down.
ArgumentativeArguerJustBecause
This! I have found my people.
undercoverles
Hard same. I take around 14 pills at night for sleep, so i just put a decent amount of water in my mouth, toss in every single one of those motherfuckers at once and swallow with more water.
Snausagebort
Me too. But they’re M&Ms
SteelKnight
I do this too more or less, mouth full of liquid,. Drop the pill into the liquid and swallow then Follow up with a few more mouthfuls to wash it down properly
LupusLilium
As long as it's not a chalky MF packed with a bit of spite. Had a few that decided even with a bit of liquid in there that they'd stick to the sides/roof of my mouth, and it was always the ones that taste awful.
Eomund521
Same
Treforce
I just have a sip of water, and then I dunk the pills in.
To much water before dropping the pills in, and my mouth seems to momentarily forget the "how to swallow" section of the body manual
Thornaxe
Same. Tilt head upwards with heavy pills, tilt head down with the floaters. I despise the floaters.
ToothlessTheFloof
Sometimes I fill my mouth with water, tilt my head back, and have my fiancé drop the pills in my mouth then I swallow them. I call it "feeding the fishy" and he does not find it amusing.
dunkum09
this is what works for me. the only time it has failed me is when I had to take potassium pills for a couple days. those things are gigantic and crumble into grit on the slightest provocation. you'd think that breaking apart into smaller pieces would make it easier, but it really doesn't
euphoricopportunity
I was on the most vile anti-malaria drug at one point. It stick in my throat, broke down, and caused irritation at the spot where it happened.
undercoverles
Uuugh. I had that happen with a pretty caustic antibiotic (Clindamycin). My throat was burned for days.
NeynasGhost
Oh god I had to take clindamycin earlier this year. Absolutely can't swallow pills so had to pop them open, mix it with something, and then choke it down. It was absolutely foul. (chocolate milk worked best of the things I tried, for anyone struggling). And then after suffering that for a week, I broke out in full-body hives. Got me out of taking any more of it, I guess?
GenesisNynja
I just swallow pils dry
Snausagebort
Easy there Shapiro
SteersAndQueers
I like to chew
UserNamePass
I crush my VitC up and snort it.
dunkum09
I used to be able to do that, but one time I took something, dramamine, I think, that was so foul that i basically developed an aversion to letting any pill touch my tongue.
flamingflamingo
Yeah Dramamine tastes like sadness.
eppykaze
Same, doesn't matter what trick or technique I try more often than not pills wont go down. Most of the time I say fuck it and start chewing.
MoreCatsThanSense
Teach yourself to 'chew' without actually chewing on the tablet. It can take a little practice (Use M&M's or similar), but once you get the hang of it it works like a charm, two 'chews' sip of water and down it goes.
TheZacAttack
Be very careful with this, especially on prescription meds a ton of them say do not chew for a reason
eppykaze
That's the doctors problem not mine, they know I have issues with pills. And every med can be dispensed as a liquid, they just have a shorter shelve life in liquid form.
HandsomePenguin
Yeah, guess it's better to be right, but dead...
archwaykitten
It's your problem, not the doctors. If millions of people can figure out how to get uncooperative cats to take pills, you can figure out how to get a cooperative human (yourself) to do it.
eppykaze
You're assuming that the sub-conscience and the conscience minds cooperate, they rarely do.