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Poll: Pill-popper or waiting it out?


What do you do when you are sick/have aches and pains?
Pop some pills
30.2% (61)
 30.2% (61)
Wait it out
59.4% (120)
 59.4% (120)
Herbs/Nature cures
2.5% (5)
 2.5% (5)
Other (Please explain)
5% (10)
 5% (10)
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1)   17 Feb 2009 00:49

Since I have a headache at the moment, it got me thinking. What does everyone do when they are sick/have aches and pains? I personally wait for a bit, and if it doesn't go away then I take some meds. This method has treated me well since most of the time, I won't have to even take medicine to get through the pain. Right now though, I had to take some Excedrin since my headache was getting increasingly worse and now its dying down(yay!)

So everybody, what do you do?

2)   17 Feb 2009 00:51

Wait it out, (almost) no matter what it is. If it keeps going on for days n' shit, see a doctor.

3)   17 Feb 2009 00:52

Well, almost all of the time I just wait it out.

If I'm really sick or have a bad headache I might take some Tylenol or something.

4)   17 Feb 2009 00:53

I concur with Haddi; wait it out. I have to be seriously sick or in pain to take medication and if I'm not I just "man up" and grin and bear it. Sickness is natural and pain is your body's way of saying something is wrong to dose yourself up seems sort of...arrogant in my opinion.

5)   17 Feb 2009 00:53

I don't get sick.
However when I broke my leg and had to deal with excruciating pain after the surgeries, I only used pain pills so I could sleep.

6)   17 Feb 2009 00:53

I wait it out most of the time. Try everything else at least. Drink lots of water, take lots of vitamin C ect ect. Aspirin is the last resort.

7)   17 Feb 2009 00:53

i prefer to grin and bear it, either that or beer, unless the headache is caused by beer...

8)   17 Feb 2009 00:54

I usually pop a panadol or two with a headache, sometimes I'll just game and hope I forget about it though.

9)   17 Feb 2009 00:54

If I've got a headache or a fever, I just take a couple of painkillers, Paracetamol usually.

10)   17 Feb 2009 00:55

I usually take a pill so it doesn't bug me. If that doesn't work, I just wait it out.

11)   17 Feb 2009 00:56

Drugs are your friends.

12)   17 Feb 2009 00:57

I wait stuff out, mainly cause overdosing on medication has led to the rapid increase in the number of super diseases.

13)   17 Feb 2009 00:57

I'm a waiting it out sort of person. I only take medication if it's absolutely necessary. Plus I'm allergic to codeine so I have to be very careful about what medications I take anyway since most strong painkillers are codeine-based.

14)   17 Feb 2009 00:57

I try and wait it out if its juts a headache but if its a full blown migraine yea then I start popping something and curl up in a dark soundless room.

15)   17 Feb 2009 00:58

I have a friend who at the slightest sign of a headache downs some paracetamol and that really annoys me. Often the more you take something, the less affect it has on you as your body builds an immunity.

If it is serious though, yes take something for it.

16)   17 Feb 2009 00:59

scotth266:
I wait stuff out, mainly cause overdosing on medication has led to the rapid increase in the number of super diseases.

erm, what? Paranoid much? Painkillers are not going to do anything to the actual cause of the problem - and if there is something you can fight with antibiotics, most people would take them I think....

17)   17 Feb 2009 01:00

I do a Pacman.

18)   17 Feb 2009 01:00

I have a headache every single day. I get used to it. But if it spikes above the normal pain amount, I usually grab some Excedrin.

19)   17 Feb 2009 01:00

My doctor hates prescribing meds because they don't allow you to build up your immune system. I went to him a week ago with a sore throat. I now feel like I'm in hell, and am starting to suspect that I have mono. Because of this, I say take meds right away! Learn from my mistake!

20)   17 Feb 2009 01:01

I don't usually take painkillers unless my daily functions are impeded by the pain, such as after twisting my ankle or throwing out my back (I had poor form when weight lifting). Then I take 3 ibuprofen or aspirin (I'm a big guy) and hope it goes away. It usually helps a little, but I find most nonprescription medication doesn't work very well on me.

21)   17 Feb 2009 01:04

I would wait it out unless it was serious.

22)   17 Feb 2009 01:04

I'm the exact opposite of the whole vegan thing.
I'm all for synthetic products.
As soon as I get a headache, I cram pills down my throat.
If I get sick, I fix up a cocktail of medications.

23)   17 Feb 2009 01:12

DraconianKing:
If I get sick, I fix up a cocktail of medications.

Yeah, this, only all day I have been having my "Medication Cocktail" with real cocktails. Am I still sick? Probably, but hell, I won't know if I'm ill or hungover tomorrow.

24)   17 Feb 2009 01:14

I wait it out. Pain medication makes me feel like shit as it wears off and most of them make me feel groggy the day after.

25)   17 Feb 2009 01:17

It depends on the headache, as some headaches I need to take medication as soon as I can before it develops into a migraine, this fortunatly doesnt happen so often, and I can tell when its a pre migrane headache and just a normal annoying one.
Other than that it depends how bad it is if I take pills or not. If its not too bad I try wait it out.

26)   17 Feb 2009 01:20

I often just choose to suck it up. I've found even over-the-counter medications have side-effects that I'd rather not deal with.

27)   17 Feb 2009 01:21

I have a bad cold right now so what i do is pop a couple pills and down them with half a gallon of OJ before taking a 13 hour coma...that usaly works.

28)   17 Feb 2009 01:23

I usually wait out something like that and distract myself, but if it gets really unbearable or I'm going out somewhere I take a pill or whatever I can do.

29)   17 Feb 2009 01:24

Wait it out like a real man.

30)   17 Feb 2009 01:25

I wait it out man my body is pure no alcohol or drugs in my body.

31)   17 Feb 2009 01:27

if i get sick or if i end up feeling pain in any part of my body i simply cause an even greater pain in another part of my body. this distracts me temporarily from my current ailment and allows me to move on. that was four years ago. it is a horrible cycle, i want to stop but i just can't. now my body is beaten and scarred, yesterday i broke two of my fingers just to get past a headache i developed at work. i want to stop i really do but every time i try it all comes seeping back, all at once and i can't bear it so i hurt myself again.

sorry i got a bit carried away. what was this thread on again?

32)   17 Feb 2009 01:44

When I was taking Isotretin, I usually walked around with 2-3 ibuprofen at all times because of the headaches I would get..

33)   17 Feb 2009 01:45

i become sick to my stomach when i take pills

34)   17 Feb 2009 01:47

Scorched_Cascade:
I concur with Haddi; wait it out. I have to be seriously sick or in pain to take medication and if I'm not I just "man up" and grin and bear it. Sickness is natural and pain is your body's way of saying something is wrong to dose yourself up seems sort of...arrogant in my opinion.

Well then it's a good thing I can admit I'm arrogant. I would think myself better in that respect without false notions that pain actually teaches you anything. (physical pain that is, don't underestimate uppercuts to the mind)

35)   17 Feb 2009 01:48

Wait it out... I'm getting off my Paxil which is a bitch.

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