Today, like every day since my wife was prescribed antibiotics for an infection, I had to hide one of the pills inside her food, because she'd apparently rather fall seriously ill than swallow them like an adult. FML
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Today, just like everyday, I opened my med box, took out a blister pack and took one of the pills before putting the pack back in the box. Today, not like everyday, I had diarrhea. Turns out one of the packs was laxatives put in my med box by my boyfriend because they looked the same as my meds. FML
Today, my daughter wanted to show me the tooth she had just lost. As I was in a rush to leave for work, I quickly picked up and swallowed my pill that was on the kitchen table. It was only until I looked back down at the table did I see not only my pill, but one extremely angry daughter glaring at me. FML
Today, my girlfriend came back from visiting her family. She'd forgotten to take her pills, and decided to "catch up" by taking almost a week's worth of birth control and prescription pills. She's fine, but I had to convince the ER staff that she's not suicidal, just stupid. FML
Today, I puked up an anti-nausea pill. FML
Today, my wife called me at work, crying, because she shat her pants. I'd feel more sympathy if she ever ate fruit, or vegetables, or anything other than sugar and carbs, or took the prescription fiber supplements her doctor prescribed. FML
Today, my daughter has an ear infection and hasn’t slept more than 15 minutes a night for the last three days. Well tonight she was finally asleep, but I needed to take my own tablets. I had a violent coughing fit while choking on them, and woke her up. FML
Today, I found out that when they put "Take with food" on the side of antibiotics, what they really mean is "Take with food because this stuff is gonna liquefy everything in your G.I. tract, and make you have to run out of the middle of calculus for the worst diarrhea ever." FML
Today, when I picked up my repeat subscription of anti-anxiety medication, they had changed the packaging to be more 'child safe'. Now it's so hard to get the pills out that I had an anxiety attack trying to take one. FML
Today, I forgot to bring my lunch to work. I got so hungry, I resorted to eating antacid tablets from the medicine cabinet for lunch. FML
Today, in preparation for a presentation at work, I decided to take a handful of vitamins to fight my cold. As I was putting the bottles away, I noticed one of them was a laxative. FML
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thatonegirlnic 10
You would think with all our technology they would make all pills in gummy form by now. Problem solved
FindingYujin 26
Well, I hope she isn't taking them at a different time and overdosing. If not, that's kind of childish (if she dislikes swallowing pills) unless she doesn't believe in medicine and whatnot.
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xReDMemory 28
If she rathers get seriously ill,you need to have a deep conversation with her. Not drug her against her will.
xReDMemory 28
It seriously annoys me seeing comments telling OP he is 'A sweetheart' and a 'Good husband' for drugging none other than his significant other against her knowledge and will. If you had good intentions,you'd treat her like an adult (let her do what she decides to do while talking to her about the consequences). not severe the trust between you and try to justify it with 'Good' intentions. Personally,I rather resort to pills as a last resort. Maybe OP's wife is the same. Maybe she even doesn't mind getting ill. Either way you need to TALK to her about it,not drug her. If my SO even thought about forcing pills down my throat (hiding it,even) I'd break up with them immediately and probably punch them out of anger.
Quiet_one 22
While I agree that the legal aspect of this is shady at best, waving it off as "she doesn't mind getting ill" doesn't make sense either. Bacterial infections generally don't get better all on their own, hence why so many people died from them before penicillin came along (and also why resistance to antibiotics is such a big deal). Maybe the doctor didn't communicate the necessity of the medication effectively, or maybe she's just stupid or doesn't care. Either way, I sympathize with the OP's frustration as I have a family member who refuses to follow the advice of several doctors, and as a result is probably going to die from a reversible condition. If there was a way I could trick him into doing it, I would without hesitation. It may not be "right," but I can understand why the OP would do it.
bomzo 22
get the liquid ones.
radianceepica 9
Is she on birth control? Antibiotics can block the effect of birth control. If you are having sex still, she may be not taking them because she knows this and doesn't want to get pregnant. If she is on birth control, and you are sexually active while you are sneaking her the antibiotics, you may be adding an extra member to your family in 9 months.
Missus1 7
Why are you all making excuses for this person? She's an adult not a toddler, and she should be well aware of the consequences of her actions! Unless she's opposed to medication she should be old enough to take care of herself!
GoatsAreEvil 5
I can't swallow pills, but I am a goat
katertott 44
The only way I can consume antibiotics is when I crush them up and hide the dose in a spoonful of ice cream. The ice cream helps to numb my mouth- especially if I've already eaten a lot- and to hide the awful flavor of the pills. I had to use this method with one of my cats too. She tasted her pills even when crushed and mixed with flavorful wet food.
aut5413 10
Sounds like my fiancé:/
The_Hula_Monster 10
Is it a phobia? You can't really accuse her of immaturity if it is.
lonelyman36 12
Sounds like my girlfriend, though it's kicking and screaming to the hospital, not so much meds.
Xx1998xX 5
Better than being a pro at it.