I already responded, but thought I'd tell a story about medication taking.

Before I ever started bipolar meds, I barely even took a Tylenol. I remember during one of my early psych hospitalizations having to take a number of meds, some large pills. At the nurse's station, she gave me the cup of pills with just a mini cup of water. I was still unused to taking so much that I would only swallow one pill at a time. She'd laugh because I kept asking her to refill that little cup. I was afraid I'd choke or gag up more than one (or max two small) pills at time.

Time passed and my daily pill piles grew larger and larger. I eventually learned how to knock down several at a time. I know I can swallow at least 8 to 10 pills in one gulp now.

Last week I had to get two root canals. I was nervous! I asked the assistant if I could take an Ativan before the procedure started. She asked and it was OK. Ativan pills are generally small, but I had some big pills in the same bag that she spotted. She said "Wow! You take a lot of big pills!" I looked and thought they didn't look that big to me anymore. I'd actually even taken bigger.

It's a hassle sometimes to fill pill boxes, but really as for the taking of them, a pile goes down with equal ease nowadays than a single small birth control pill did 15 years ago.