Difficulty swallowing supplements
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:48 am
Hi everyone,
I am a firm believer in trying the natural route, having already suffered thru the DMD's with bad results. Whole 'nother topic.
So... a while back I found myself going a little overboard buying every natural supplement on the market if someone had mentioned it would help MS. There were so many, I literally kept them in a garbage bag and wrote the # to take in large numbers on the top of each bottle so I could keep track.
After awhile I couldn't get them down any more. They lodged in my esophagus and stayed there for days, and I would choke on them trying to get them down. I was miserable and wound up giving the entire bag of vitamins to another friend with MS.
Next I tried various liquid vitamin formulas but honestly they are awful... I liken them to scooping up oozing swamp slime and drinking it. I wish I could just plug my nose and deal with it but these make me gag.
I currently take Vitamin D drops and I have a powdered cal/mag complex that can be mixed with food or water. It's not a balanced regimen but at least it's manageable.
So... I am back on the VitaCost site and found a chewable Vit C with mixed bioflavanoids that looks good. I am thinking that I also need a good balanced high potency multi and B-100 as a minimum. Unfortunately I find that it's hard to swallow large pills these days as they make me choke.
What can I do to ensure I'm getting good balanced supplementation as recommended for MS while minimizing choking risk?
Thanks for any advice,
Pam
I am a firm believer in trying the natural route, having already suffered thru the DMD's with bad results. Whole 'nother topic.
So... a while back I found myself going a little overboard buying every natural supplement on the market if someone had mentioned it would help MS. There were so many, I literally kept them in a garbage bag and wrote the # to take in large numbers on the top of each bottle so I could keep track.
After awhile I couldn't get them down any more. They lodged in my esophagus and stayed there for days, and I would choke on them trying to get them down. I was miserable and wound up giving the entire bag of vitamins to another friend with MS.
Next I tried various liquid vitamin formulas but honestly they are awful... I liken them to scooping up oozing swamp slime and drinking it. I wish I could just plug my nose and deal with it but these make me gag.
I currently take Vitamin D drops and I have a powdered cal/mag complex that can be mixed with food or water. It's not a balanced regimen but at least it's manageable.
So... I am back on the VitaCost site and found a chewable Vit C with mixed bioflavanoids that looks good. I am thinking that I also need a good balanced high potency multi and B-100 as a minimum. Unfortunately I find that it's hard to swallow large pills these days as they make me choke.
What can I do to ensure I'm getting good balanced supplementation as recommended for MS while minimizing choking risk?
Thanks for any advice,
Pam