So how many of us are addicted to tablets like painkillers , sleeping pills etc etc etc.
How to find out that you are addicted to over-the-counter drugs.
How to overcome this addiction?
Is there a point when these drugs stop working and you search for other alternative drugs?
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I think not many people like having tablets for every other thing .. I cant even swallow one , when i know I need it :no: it just gets stuck in my gala and i have to have gallons of water for it to go down 
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I dont like over the counter drugs..
I like under the table ones ..
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How do people even develop addictions for over the counter stuff?
I am not addicted to anything except markers.
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None 
Clad…u naughty boy 
hmmm…how do you get addicted to over the counter drugs…me too..I hate tablets…even when I am sick…unless I am dying i dnt take them.
I have tried sleeping pills once…that also jst half of a tiny tablet…ONLY coz I really needed to sleep and i neede to stop my brain from thinking. That was the only time.
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I developed mad insomnia and I took sleeping pills for a month. I thought I would get addicted to them and used to feel horrible. But then, I just stopped cold turkey. Nothing happened, no addiction, nothing!
I think people get addicted to really heavy duty stuff like codeine, oxycontin, morphine n stuff.
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HP, what pills did you take for insomnia, if you don't mind sharing?
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^umm I tried a whole different bunch. And now I can't even remember the name..I will look it up for you but they are blue pills (which are only meant to be taken for short term use and I took them for so long, had to - nothing else would work!). My insomnia was like NO SLEEP WHAT SO EVER..not even an hour in a day/night.
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^ oh those blue pills… i took it last month and all my frds kept scaring me so after a month i just stopped and yeh i am not addicted to it…though it was awsome i would pass out in 15min 
ok i am addicted to painkillers … that too cuz of headache… i have really severe headaches… i started off with 1 painkiller but now 1 doesnt work and i have to take 2 
yeh its true your body get use to the drug if you take it for a long time that it stops working…
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^for sleep, you can also try some herbal stuff - velarian root or herbal melatonin; they might help.
ya blue pills were magical. They were the only pills that would put me to sleep for atleast 3 hours a night. Others, wouldn't make a difference at all. Thank God, my sleep eventually came back (my lack of sleep was due to a trauma and I eventually started sleeping on my own after about 3-4 months)
umm your headaches could be related to you not sleeping enough. What do you take for them?
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Alhamdulillah i m not... Allah ka shukar hai :D
^for sleep, you can also try some herbal stuff - velarian root or herbal melatonin; they might help.
ya blue pills were magical. They were the only pills that would put me to sleep for atleast 3 hours a night. Others, wouldn't make a difference at all. Thank God, my sleep eventually came back (my lack of sleep was due to a trauma and I eventually started sleeping on my own after about 3-4 months)
umm your headaches could be related to you not sleeping enough. What do you take for them?
yeh ma lack of sleep was the same reason but headaches r a diff reason... that i still didnt figure out lol
for headache i just take 2 pill of Tylenol and so far its working
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i don't think sleeping pills actually work.
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When I need sleep and I dont have to wake up early, I take Benadryl and Im out like a light!
As for other pills...I take vitamins everyday.
I take painkillers if I need them...usually ibuprofen or naproxen.
I have the same problem as CB...I usually need a nivala of roti and a gallon of water to wash down a pill.