#GelCaps

[aloehandsanitizer]

[3scythes]

Finally had a goddamn easy time falling asleep everybody say thank you 60mg CBD/10mg CBN gelcap

[3liza]

i finally got some big gelcaps and I can't tell you how much of a difference it makes to take 2.4g of salt in one gulp several times a day. i walked like four miles yesterday with all the dog stuff and I'm still doing chores and posting on all cylinders today. i mean yes "patient followed medical advice; feels better" is what I'm reporting here but I figured it was worth mentioning in case anyone with low blood pressure or hypovolemic conditions has looked at "eat ten grams of salt a day" and thought "that sounds like an enormous amount of trouble".

get the biggest gelcaps you can safely swallow and either a capsule filling machine/tray, or just use tweezers to dip them into a little bowl of salt, then dip the cap part, and then carefully put the two halves together. sometimes I take the salt pill with a pill of the same size full of gelatin powder, to protect my stomach if it's empty (sometimes salt pill + empty stomach = nausea)

💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊!!! 🧂!!

[pizza-let-loose]

ppfftt, i love that you knew what my next ask would be without mr even asking it, 7n7.

ANYWAY i believe gui anon was right about the whole medicine thing. so midol!

*gives bottle of midol (the gelcap kind not the chalky one)*

this shit is like magic for cramps n headaches n stuff. have chance take it when he wakes up

star <3

"Thank you, Lucky! Star gotcha you something to help you out" 007n7 hands Chance the bottel

[getvalentined]

I am going through almost the same dental situation right now and on my second round of antibiotics so I feel your pain and I am giving you so much sympathy.

Thank you so much for the kind words. I've thankfully been able to get the offending bones carved out, so now it hurts like a motherfucker in totally different ways.

I saw that you're still dealing with pretty extreme pain so I figured I'd share the OTC meds combo that took the edge off for me until I could get my bones carved out.

Note that this is the same regimen I've been given after the bone removal and also the one an oral surgeon gave to my sister after pulling all her wisdom teeth a bit back, so it's professionally approved, but it's pretty aggressive:

800mg ibuprofen (aka Advil, Motrin, but NOT ALEVE!) - you do not need the prescription strength 800mg tablet for this, it can be taken as 4x 200mg tablets instead; gelcaps are most effective for me as they kick in faster.

500mg acetaminophen (aka Tylenol, paracetamol, but NOT ASPIRIN!) - you'll probably need to get this specifically, as most of the time this is available in doses of 325mg or 500mg and nothing in between; I find the "rapid release" extra strength Tylenol in gelcaps works best.

I was told to take these together, at the same time, every 6-8 hours. They're NSAIDs, so they're unsafe if you have stomach ulcers or existing issues with your liver or kidneys, and you need to be sure they don't interact with any other medications you might be on. This is a really high dose so you'll want to stop as soon as possible, but it was literally the only thing that helped leading up to getting in to see a dentist, and is currently the only thing that's helping while I'm recovering from multiple molar extractions.

Also don't use mouthwash. My dentist straight up said to not do it unless it's a medicated wash given to you by a dental professional. Apparently it screws up the natural bacteria in your mouth the same way antibiotics screw up your gut flora, so it can make an infection worse? Misery.

Good luck, friend. I hope you get some relief soon.

[coatsinkleaf]

medicine: for adults please take 2 gelcaps

me, fully in my mid twenties: but ammmmmmmm I am adult though??????

[gamerphonzy]

The militant wing of Red Pill Reddit?

Or is that indistinguishable from Red Pill Reddit at large?

I don't mean to impugn on an artist's work, it's a hard job I know. But I THINK someone may have forgotten to...oh you know, draw Zatara's FACE Action Comics #141

[luncheon-aspic]

Something very weird is that some months my period pain responds to normal Tylenol and other months it doesn't and I have to bust out my precious naproxen gelcaps (which I have to get from the US). Guess which kind of month this is AND how far I am from home -_-

[xxangeldustanalogx]

mukbang video but its me taking a full bottle of dxm gelcaps in three mouthfuls

[teddykaczynski]

i took 19 15mg dxm gelcaps at like 3pm and i think theyre hitting now and my moms home

[doctoraxiom]

nail pro tip- they claim you can't mix regular polish and uv cure layers but actually if you're willing to let your polish outgas overnnight uv gel will adhere just fine to it the next day.

You also have to work fast (<15s between gel application to cure) and cure one nail at a time because regular polish is slightly soluble in the uncured uv gel and letting it dissolve too much also compromises the stability of your nails.

I'm a fairly active, work-with-my-hands-on-high-manual-effort-jobs person and last time I did this I managed to keep my nails totally unchipped for 8 days before they started going.

I also like doing this because it's way easier to remove uv gelcaps if there's an acetone-soluble layer underneath.

God i love chemistry

[dorothygale]

when i take my vitamins i remember when i was a kid i looked at my mom's vitamins and one was a clear gelcap kind of thing yknow and i was like what would happen if you cut it open? is it liquid inside or is it all solid? and my mom was like hmm i don't know and we put one on a plate and she cut it with a butter knife and liquid came out. and we were like kermit nodding dot gif. anyway idk that's a fond memory with my mom for some reason

[3liza]

i went through like 1000 gelcaps surprisingly quickly by making salt and gelatin pills and other stuff and buying more is like twenny bucks and i cant be spending the same twenny bucks over and over so i got a silicon baking mold with vaguely pill-shaped and sized divots, i guess intended for making dog kibble, because i couldnt find pill molds, and im going to try just melting the salt into a gelatin suspension and hardening it and taking those. i already tested it by makig the saltiest jello you can imagine and cutting it into small cubes and those are tolerable to swallow so i think this will work okay

[callipraxia]

Felt unwell for the past two days - I think it was more due to being over-tired than really ill, but taking gelcaps meant to treat cold and flu at night for two days did seem to help - so I stuck to familiar tea, if you can count a tea I’ve only tried once before as such - I made two cups of that Bill tea last night in the hopes of curing a headache, which helped. But now I’m back and it’s on to sampling Dipper’s tea.

An attractive enough blend visually, but I am again slightly wary of the brew (what is it with me being wary of the twins’ teas?). Lemongrass and blueberry? Fantastic. Passionfruit? Never tasted it, as far as I can recall, so I’m keeping an open mind on that. Sour apple….

Conventional wisdom says that one cannot appreciate sweetness and happiness and such without sourness and bitterness (both the flavor kind and the emotional kind) and sadness to contrast them to. I’ve never had much use for this point of view. They’re all easily enough distinguished from the beige evenness of nothing-in-particular, and the only use I can see for unpleasant things is purely punitive. Therefore, I would normally only eat something sour or bitter by accident or as an act of mortification of the flesh, a way of inflicting minor punishment on myself for minor sins.

Also, the dry mix smells…I don’t know exactly how to describe it, but my first thought was that yeah, this brings Dipper to mind - specifically, his regrettable alleged habit of refraining from regular baths. Not the first trait one likes to think of….

Luckily, though, it smells somewhat better with hot water on it. It also has apparently pretty fresh blueberries in it, based on one of them getting a bit of purple on my fingers when picking up stray bits of mix. That’s probably good.

Thankfully, the finished brew actually smells pretty pleasant. I can distinctly smell blueberry now! And I like blueberries, so that’s good. The actual color of the brew is a shade or so lighter brown than this picture.

Well, enough of waffling on. Time to take a sip….

…and another….

I can find the blueberries in the taste, too, but they’re like…slightly underripe blueberries? When the blueberries we grow in our orchard are Just So, they’re as easy to eat as candies. Before that, though, or if I eat blueberries from the store, there’s a nice edge of blueberry flavor and then what I perceive as an unpleasantly sour note. So, ultimately, five teas into the GF sampler set, I’m afraid I’ve found one that I don’t like. Sorry, @sovonight - I still consider you a really excellent blender based on the first four! There’s just always going to be a tea or two in such a long lineup that doesn’t quite jive. I will say that I don’t find it undrinkable or anything; I’ll try making the rest of this sample as a big pot and put some honey in it for one day when I’m working and not paying much attention to what I’m drinking. But it’s just not one I could see myself re-purchasing.

[shatteredgoddessdoll]

Faerie Powder

cw: violence

A doll hovers excitedly next to its witch.  For years, it has helped sell the faerie powder its witch makes.  Today, she is going to teach it how faerie powder is made!

It follows its witch into the forest.  An hour later, it spots three faeries.  One trapped in a cage radiating its witch’s magic, two others desperately trying to free her.  As it approaches, two faeries flee, and its witch lifts the cage and begins the process of carrying it home.  It never considered the possibility that live faeries were needed to create faerie powder, but it makes sense!

Back in its witch’s hut, its witch gets to work.  She retrieves a scalpel and begins the process by surgically removing the faerie’s wings, screams resonating throughout the workshop.  It asks its witch if the pain is necessary and its witch nods and she bottles the sound.  The wings will be preserved and sold for their levitation properties - with a faerie wing in hand, a witch can fly for a short period of time.

Its witch pulls out a machine and sticks a needle in the faerie’s veins.  The hum of the machine makes the faerie’s shrieks sound more distant as it drains the faerie’s blood.  Soft lavender.  For whatever reason, it was expecting red blood, just like its witch.  Sensing that it wants to taste a drop of faerie blood, its witch describes the neurotoxic effects of faerie blood.  This could not be sold in its witch’s normal shop.  It understands now the secrets of the black market deliveries it occasionally makes.

Skin removed, its witch begins the process of removing faerie meat.  It remembers an advertisement in the store - “Faerie Jerky!  One bite will nourish you for a week, perfect for long journeys”.  It had always thought the faerie jerky was an advertising trick, not meat from actual faeries.

As its witch removes the faerie’s eyes, she describes the process of sanding and polishing them until they are smooth as glass.  It remembers the eyeball decorations scattered throughout the store and home.  It always thought they were glass.  Knowing their true origin makes the decorations far cuter!

It’s finally time to create the faerie powder!  Skin, bones, and other remnants of the faerie are placed into a large grinder.  The final ingredient is added - the faerie’s scream its witch bottled earlier.  As it churns, surprisingly quietly, a steady stream of powder exits and lands in a large container.  It watches the process with delight, it has always wanted to see the process of creating faerie powder!

As the machine slows, its witch begins the process of dividing the faerie powder into vials.  Tomorrow, she will add them to the shop’s stock, ready for her eccentric customers to purchase.

Its witch takes 10mg of faerie powder, places it in a gelcap, and hands the faerie powder to it.  It smiles, swallows, and lies down.

As the dissociative effects begin to add distance between itself and its body, its thoughts wander.  This time, not through processing memories of abuse, but the joyful memories it created today, getting to be at its witch’s side as she created her medicine.

[thewickerking]

Cannot remember for the life of me where my dayquil gelcaps are (my mom bought me some when i had covid on new years) but I do remember where normal pills are and i took some s9 hopefully that helps. !!!