Re: Can your kids swallow pills?

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Toni...

My 18 yr old aspie STILL won't swallow pills...luckily, he happens to be

very healthy and has never needed to take a prescription ;-)

[Guest guest]

I myself can not swollow pills.

tsbthatsme <kbtoni@...> wrote: Reading some of the other posts about not

being able to blow noses,

and tie shoes I was just curious if the other aspies out there had a

hard time learning to swallow pills? My boys did not learn to swallow

pills until last year. (16 yo) Just wondering...not a big deal, just

curious is that was an apie *thing* or a B and N thing... Toni

[Guest guest]

Jake (11 yrs old), had a hard time with pills till he figured out

his " own " method. He gets a mouthfull of water, tilts his head back,

and I drop the pills in, and he swallows.......strange, but it works.

Still can't tie his shoes though. Putting on socks is a 5-15 minute

ritual, if I can get him to wear them at all.

Theresa

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~My 8yo son will only swallow pills...taking anything he has to drink

is more of a battle. Never had a problem when he was little getting

him to swallow liquids then one day at about 4yo it all

changed...very dramatically. He decided after being prescribed liquid

antibiotics, one's he'd had a few times before, that he would no

longer be willing to drink any meds. I say it like that because it

was our very 1st round of negotiation talks in many negotiations

since then. He didn't know how to tell us what he wanted to do...so

after realizing that to even get 3 doses a day in him it would be a

physical battle each & every time...I explained to my son that if he

wouldn't drink it it would have to be in a shot. Knowing my son

hates getting shots I thought I could at least get this perscription

finished & then figure out what was going on with him when he was

better.

He actually chose to get the shots...I was amazed because it

was " his " choice & I could see it. He gets a look in his eyes...when

something fits together for him. He bravely got his shots...something

I'd never seen him do & stuck to his word about no more liquids. The

next time he needed to take a med we talked about it when filling the

prescription & I asked what he wanted...liquid to drink or pills to

swallow. He has never had a problem...in fact sometimes he drinks so

little water it makes me gag.

He does things dramatically, always has...sometimes it takes sharing

it with someone else to see how spectacular it was...lol. I've

realized I love having an Aspie because of his quirkiness

sometimes...he's definately an individual...and I don't know if he'll

ever learn to tie his shoes...

~~

[Guest guest]

>

> Jake (11 yrs old), had a hard time with pills till he figured out

> his " own " method. He gets a mouthfull of water, tilts his head back,

> and I drop the pills in, and he swallows.......strange, but it works.

> Still can't tie his shoes though. Putting on socks is a 5-15 minute

> ritual, if I can get him to wear them at all.

>

> Theresa

>

I don't know, I'm 30 and I still take pills that way, except that I

toss them in myself. I take a drink, hold it in my mouth and put my

head back, put the pills in and take another swallow. That's kind of

funny. I don't like taking pills or wearing shoes so I guess Jake and

I have a lot in common.

Amber

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Put the pill on the tip of your tongue and take a drink with a straw. I learned

this out of ATTITUDE magazine and it works everytime with my 7 yr old nephew!

Lori

Amber <tootsanderson@...> wrote:

>

> Jake (11 yrs old), had a hard time with pills till he figured out

> his " own " method. He gets a mouthfull of water, tilts his head back,

> and I drop the pills in, and he swallows.......strange, but it works.

> Still can't tie his shoes though. Putting on socks is a 5-15 minute

> ritual, if I can get him to wear them at all.

>

> Theresa

>

I don't know, I'm 30 and I still take pills that way, except that I

toss them in myself. I take a drink, hold it in my mouth and put my

head back, put the pills in and take another swallow. That's kind of

funny. I don't like taking pills or wearing shoes so I guess Jake and

I have a lot in common.

Amber

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That is amazing to me! wonderful that he is so healthy! Never needing a

prescription? WOW!!

pltoc@... wrote:

>

> Toni...

>

> My 18 yr old aspie STILL won't swallow pills...luckily, he happens to be

> very healthy and has never needed to take a prescription ;-)

>

>

[Guest guest]

First of all, let's talk about the pill swallowing. I could never

swallow pills until I was 19 years old and my boyfriend didn't believe

me, he never heard of anyone not being able to swallow a pill. As I

was proving it to him, I put a pill in my mouth and SWALLOWED

IT!!!...Un believable...BTW that boyfriend is now my DH. As for the

tying of the shoes and noseblowing, I always thought that it was my

kids' Muscular Dystrophy that was hindering my son from doing those

things...I never thought that it could be the Asperger aspect.

P.S. What is B and N?

>

> Reading some of the other posts about not being able to blow noses,

> and tie shoes I was just curious if the other aspies out there had a

> hard time learning to swallow pills? My boys did not learn to swallow

> pills until last year. (16 yo) Just wondering...not a big deal, just

> curious is that was an apie *thing* or a B and N thing... Toni

>

[Guest guest]

---B and N are my twins n and Noah ! apparently nose

blowing, tying shoes, and swallowing pills *may* be an asperger

thing. Sure looks like it is common...

Toni

In , " Sandy "

<sandy1122@...> wrote:

>

> First of all, let's talk about the pill swallowing. I could never

> swallow pills until I was 19 years old and my boyfriend didn't

believe

> me, he never heard of anyone not being able to swallow a pill. As

I

> was proving it to him, I put a pill in my mouth and SWALLOWED

> IT!!!...Un believable...BTW that boyfriend is now my DH. As for

the

> tying of the shoes and noseblowing, I always thought that it was

my

> kids' Muscular Dystrophy that was hindering my son from doing

those

> things...I never thought that it could be the Asperger aspect.

> P.S. What is B and N?

>

>

>

> >

> > Reading some of the other posts about not being able to blow

noses,

> > and tie shoes I was just curious if the other aspies out there

had a

> > hard time learning to swallow pills? My boys did not learn to

swallow

> > pills until last year. (16 yo) Just wondering...not a big deal,

just

> > curious is that was an apie *thing* or a B and N thing... Toni

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My 8yo HFA son can swallow pills and blow his nose but can barely tie

his shoes.

>

> Reading some of the other posts about not being able to blow noses,

> and tie shoes I was just curious if the other aspies out there had a

> hard time learning to swallow pills? My boys did not learn to

swallow

> pills until last year. (16 yo) Just wondering...not a big deal, just

> curious is that was an apie *thing* or a B and N thing... Toni

>

[Guest guest]

If it's small enough, CJ can swallow it. He's 8. I have to break his

dextroamphetamine into 1/4's, yet he was able to take a melatonin, which

was just slightly smaller. I had a very hard time swallowing some pills

as a kid and a teen, and even into my 20's. I know my son's problem

stems from his dysphagia. Maybe mine did, too.

Debbie

[Guest guest]

LOL. My hubby (38) does the same thing - mouthful of water, head back,

& he drops them in.

Debbie

disorderlybehavior wrote:

> Jake (11 yrs old), had a hard time with pills till he figured out

> his " own " method. He gets a mouthfull of water, tilts his head back,

> and I drop the pills in, and he swallows.......strange, but it works.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son can swallow all 5 pills in the morning without liquid. He then takes

a drink but not always a need for the drink I don't know how he does it. Has

always kind of packed food in though and a lot of times I'm not sure he

chewed it prior to swallowing. Some of my NT kids though had a horrible time

with pills.

Suzanne

-- ( ) Can your kids swallow pills?

Reading some of the other posts about not being able to blow noses,

and tie shoes I was just curious if the other aspies out there had a

hard time learning to swallow pills? My boys did not learn to swallow

pills until last year. (16 yo) Just wondering...not a big deal, just

curious is that was an apie *thing* or a B and N thing... Toni

[Guest guest]

My AS son had a horrid time taking liquid meds...he HATE the taste of the meds.

(Even the pink amoxicillan!) so it didn't take long for him to start swallowing

pills whole, knowing that he wouldn't have to taste the med at all when he did!

Hugs & Peace,

Sheri Briley

http://my2.tupperware.com/johnbriley

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[Guest guest]

My son can handle two pills at a time. However we started with liquid, because

he was having the hardest time swalling pills. It wasn't until he go the statera

and it didn't come in liquid, that we had no choice and he stated taking pills.

But there are times I really wish for the liquid.

Leanne R. Back

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