I've been on some form of allergy medication since I was little to counter hay fever, ye ole seasonal allergies. I'm pretty much allergic to every pollen out there. Tree, grass, flower, actual hay, that whole bit. I used to take some sort of liquid and eventually switched over to Benadryl's small pills. Later switched again to Allegra and I'm on that now, but I've found nasal spray usually works just as well to keep the allergy symptoms away during the spring and fall.
Other than that, the only meds I had to take as a kid were for random colds, sinus infections, an ear infection or two. I was pretty pill phobic then. Everything had to be liquids. I probably had one incident of choking on a pill and that was enough to set off the anticipation of choking or gagging again. Kinda sensitive gag reflex, apparently common on my mum's side of the family. Eventually I convinced myself that small pills and capsules were okay, thus the Benadryl and Allegra. But for a long while there, big pills were a big no.
Then after I was finally diagnosed with Crohn's, I was put on Pentasa and Prednisone. Had a couple years' worth of inflammation going on then, lots n' lots of misery. Pentasa's size bothered me when I first saw them, but they were capsules so I figured I'd give them a try. They turned out to be surprisingly easy to swallow if lined up right. On the other hand, I thought Prednisone wouldn't be a problem since they were just lil flat pills. Yeah, uh, no. Pred has a very nasty taste and it tends to linger. Through trial and error, I figured out that I had to place it as far back on my tongue as possible, have some sort of carbonated or flavoured drink ready, and wash it down before it could settle. Which was kinda a split second thing but that worked out.
Let's seeeee. After a while, I had some trouble with anemia from an ulcer in the inflammation bleeding. Took iron and foliac acid. For a brief few weeks, I was on nine Pentasa, three Prednisone, one iron and one foliac acid a day. Whee. Then they tapered the Pred.
And the ulcer ate through a large blood vessel or something. They weren't sure. Knocked my red blood cell down to about a third.
So I opted for a resectioning of the inflamed section. Took two huge pills the night before that. Some sort of antibiotic deal.
After that, I spent over a year off medication. Back on a smaller dose of Pentasa for maintenance now. I'll take midol or tylenol for the occasional period cramps, iron and vitamin C every so often, B-12 shot once a month with supplements. Ramble ramble.
... At least I never had... acne?