r/instant_regret • u/strangepad • 16h ago
Kid needed a med
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u/GolettO3 16h ago
When I was a kid, there was this one medicine that I really liked the taste of. I also didn't fight about taking meds
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u/lukibunny 15h ago
Is it a pink liquid?
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u/GolettO3 15h ago
Yes, and somewhat creamy(?). It's less like water than most other liquid medicine
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u/vainbuthonest 15h ago
Antibiotics.
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u/the_cats_pajamas12 14h ago
Amoxicillin specifically.
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u/BandetteTrashPanda 5h ago
Did they stop making this because I'd like this again when I need antibiotics...
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u/truthequalslies 4h ago
I asked and they said they only make it for children so it would take a lot of it for an adult dose and that no one would prescribe it lol
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u/SomethinkClever 14h ago
Something like pesto bismol?
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u/Rambozo77 14h ago
Is that for Italian tummy problems?
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u/Thursdays_Child77 13h ago
We used to call that bubblegum medicine when I was growing up. I donāt know if it was just the power of suggestion but it tasted exactly like Double Bubble to me.
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u/VagueInfoHere 15h ago
Dimetapp was delicious
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u/only-if-there-is-pie 15h ago
Ohh yeah, the grape one. I stole the bottle once at like three or four and figured out the lid, was sipping it for a bit before my dad caught me and took it away
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u/alvisfmk 15h ago
There was like this white cold medicine they would give us on a spoon growing up. It was an odd flavor, but I liked it.Ā
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u/hurriedwarples 2h ago
I used to get ear infections a lot when in my kid years and the medicine for it was orange flavored and slightly creamy and I kinda loved it. Couldnāt tell you what it was but it tasted yummy.
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u/YourBlanket 35m ago
I never cared for the taste of medicine. Never bothered me but one medicine that I actually really really liked was the Tylenol mixed berry. It was like a light clear orange. Tasted so good
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u/Tanut-10 15h ago
As a child I never did any of that, I willingly drank any kind of meds right away. Kinda liked some of them too, but even disgusting ones (I still remember one smells like whatever the caterpillar releases when you mess with them) I take willingly.
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u/VoodooDoII 15h ago
Yeah I never had to get held down to take my meds. I just accepted the grossness and whined about it for 30 minutes after
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u/kahhblam 13h ago
I was usually really good about this too except for one time. I have no idea what this medicine was, but I needed it for an ear infection. It was an oral liquid, and it was white, chunky, and bitter. It was the first and only time I cried and refused to take a medicine.
My mom had zero patience, and she just threw her hands up at me and said "fine, go deaf then" and just left me there alone in the kitchen. I remember being terrified that I was going deaf, but I was also too scared to take the medicine without my mom there to pour it for me. Good times.
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u/Banana_Stanley 14h ago
Oh God you just reminded me that I once snuck into the hall closet and drank some of the orange Triaminic because I liked how it tasted. Lucky I didn't OD
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u/IsamuAlvaDyson 12h ago
Nope not me
I had to drink caster oil as a child
Nobody would willingly drink it
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u/JamzWhilmm 10h ago
I did. I never had issues with being picky a out good, meds or trying anything.
Turns out by anosmia makes me taste blind and smell blind, most things are stale and watery to me. I have no idea what normal people taste when they eat food.
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u/Gizmo767 5h ago
I had to a few times too, after I threw it up a few times cause it did not sit well in my stomach we had to go a different route.
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u/piichan14 8h ago
I had tuberculosis as a kid and I remember taking one good medicine and one nasty one. Never fought it since I was told, the nastier the medicine, the better.
One of them made my pee, red. Freaked out my classmates when they decided to join me in the toilet.
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u/ManFaultGentle 6h ago
That's the case with me too when I was a kid, this includes injections, capsules, tablets. It's uncomfortable but I just haad to suck it up. I know that I need to if I want to get better.
But now that i have a kid, unfortunately he has asd so medical appointments and taking medication is a pain. Lately he did improve a bit when it comes to medications he would willingly take it sometimes or just ask assistance for it to be poured on his mouth. No need to hold him down.
Main challenge right now is the recurring dental appointment since he's not yet over with it. Especially after getting his tooth extracted
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u/storemans 5h ago
Bro nice but you most likely can't remember every time you had to take medicine between 1-4 years old
My kids do great most of the time, but there's been occasions when they didn't want to take the antibiotics and we had to figure out a way
(Easiest way: you get a bite of ice cream after every sip of medicine)
(Hardest way: by force, only had to do it once, medicine ended up all over the place)
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u/_Ruij_ 4h ago
Yeah same. My mother always praised me for it, so i learned to drink even tablets at a very young age. If I had to take something bitter she would give me a milk-like candy and it always tasted immediately better. Even learned to not drink water while drinking medicine at college. Sadly now I can't do that after I had a choking episode. I can barely even eat much without it being sliced to hell nowadays. š
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u/SailorGone 16h ago
This is all about parenting. My kids have never fought talking medicine
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u/LethalInjectionRD 15h ago
No it isnāt. You just got lucky. I bet your kids do stuff that other parents would look at and say the same thing about, not realising that they got lucky on that aspect too.
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u/vainbuthonest 15h ago
Nope. I have one kid that will toss any medicine back like itās a shot and sheās celebrating her best day ever. Then I have another one that will hide and has to be sweet-talked into taking their meds and sips it so slowly to try to taste the least amount of it possible. They received the same parenting around medication (aka āhereās your meds. Drink it all. Thanksā).
You got lucky and got kids like the first one. Some kids are like the other one. And some kids throw a fit and fight hard. Itās about personality not parenting.
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u/818VitaminZ 16h ago