[hamster-bamster]

I need to take meds with food. I also take a few vitamins and supplements - just a a few, vit D, Fish oil, and Lutein for my eyes - and some of them need to be taken with food as well. So I have a little pill container on my keychain for when I eat out. And I try to take them discreetly.

But it just dawned on my that I have never seen a person down pills or vitamins in a cafe. Never. Do people go to the bathroom for it? Should I as well? I live in a health-conscious place and I can guarantee that a lot of folks take truckloads of vitamins and supplements and herbal preparations - why do I not see them do it?

Is it a faux pas to take your meds in public, even quickly and discreetly?

I can go to the bathroom, I can swallow even without water, I just need to know what the right thing to do is.

[Moose72]

How do you swallow pills without something to drink?!

I take pills in public sometimes too and I just don't care. Why should you have to go to the bathroom? Eww.

[unaluna]

nah, everybody does it (at the table). my friends just go for it. everybody is old nowadays, everybody is a vitamin nut, everybody is on some weird diet or has acid reflux or needs beano.

[hamster-bamster]

Originally Posted by Moose72

How do you swallow pills without something to drink?!

I take pills in public sometimes too and I just don't care. Why should you have to go to the bathroom? Eww.

I just can. I can swallow a huge fish oil capsule without drinking.

I am glad I am not alone doing it in public.

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by hamster-bamster

I just can. I can swallow a huge fish oil capsule without drinking.

I am glad I am not alone doing it in public.

I can swallow a TON of pills- big or small- with water, but none without.

[eskielover]

I always take everything in the morning or before I leave the house......if it doesn't get taken at breakfast, it doesn't get taken. I'm not on meds because of the bad side effects.....only thing else I take is for sleep at night when I go to bed.

Hamster... I would not worry about it I take my Adderall, Juice Plus and GIANT Fish Oil in the morning after I wake up. I've taken my 2nd round of Adderall at lunch (Who Cares, you want me medicated ), but usually before lunch at my desk and my final Adderall at my desk as well.

It is nothing to be embarrased about if you ask me

[purpledaisy]

I take things in public. No biggie.

Can't take things without water, though. They would get stuck.

Sometimes I forgot to hide my pill bottles at work and they were out where people could read them if they were nosy enough. So I had to start reminding myself to stash the zip-lock bag full of drugs back into my large handbag.

Don't worry about taking meds in public.

What grosses me out, though, is when a diabetic friend takes shots at the dinner table.

[bluemountains]

I have taken meds when out in public and have never thought anything of it. I don't care if people judge me, but I hope I am not offending anyone. I could not handle seeing shots while I am eating, though.

[hamster-bamster]

OK, off my worry list it goes. Thank you!

[~Christina]

Take them where ever you are.

[BipolaRNurse]

I agree with Christina. I take my diabetes pill right after I eat my breakfast at work; after all, I can't take the darned thing on an empty stomach. My "Breakfast of Champions" (Lamictal, Losartan, Vit. D, fish oil, naproxen, Zyrtec and spironolactone) goes down fine at home, but the metformin's gotta wait till I get some food on board.

OTOH, if I need a PRN lorazepam or Zyprexa, I just take it and don't explain or apologize to anybody.

[Victoria'smom]

I take mine w/ choc. milk I'll take them anywhere. I've even dropped them out of my pocket and someone was nice enough to tell me. It's really no big deal. Now my husband worries about it so he'll run to the car for "something".

[sugahorse1]

I try be as discreet as possible

[irishgirliexo]

The other night I was out to dinner and had to take my meds. I always feel like people are watching. I had to suck it up though and just take them.

[faerie_moon_x]

I know people who take their insulin at the table no matter where they are. If they can do that, pills are nothing.

[dillpickle1983]

I take them anywhere. I can only swallow them though with a liquid. How you do it without something to drink is beyond me lol.

[hamster-bamster]

Originally Posted by chandlerT660

I take them anywhere. I can only swallow them though with a liquid. How you do it without something to drink is beyond me lol.

OK, if this is such an interesting topic, I should make a YT video .

[faerie_moon_x]

I also can't swallow pills without water, but I couldn't swallow pills at all until I was 15, and they had to be the oval or long shape, and I couldn't swallow circular ones until I was 19 years old. I would just choke on them. Even now I have some issues depending on the pills.

[Moose72]

I always wondered how he took those pills without water on House. I know its a show, but the actor said he was really taking sugar pills.

[Tiger_Lily]

I used to be able to take meds without water, but, given a couple of ODs, my body won't allow me to since my throat closes somewhat with all pills.

As to taking pills in public, I will happily take OTCs in public as well as my migraine meds, but I won't take psych meds. I do work in an environment where my colleagues would know exactly which meds I was taking if they bothered to look and I keep my dx private.

[hamster-bamster]

Originally Posted by dark_heart_x

I also can't swallow pills without water, but I couldn't swallow pills at all until I was 15, and they had to be the oval or long shape, and I couldn't swallow circular ones until I was 19 years old. I would just choke on them. Even now I have some issues depending on the pills.

My 14-y-o still cannot take them!

[venusss]

I only take supplements, but since i always choke on my fishoil and st john's wort and lecitin, i prefer to do that in private. My powdered herbs and bach essences... well, it's obvious WHY i would not take them in public... lest I want to look suspicious

[eloquentdisaster]

I'll take my meds in public, as long as no one where I am knows me. If I'm with friends or something, I will sneak away.