Have you ever been told by a parent ( mum or dad ) after 18 when ill , I think you should get a supp

If so, did you accept or what happened?

Mom advised me to take suppositories for throat ache.

@Pecan_nutjob Now how would that help pain in the throat?

Mom wasn't really big on suppositories, although we did get them once in a while. We were much more likely to hear, "You need to take an enema."

@Pecan_nutjob Now how would that help pain in the throat?

Tylenol comes as suppositories

Caresabouthealth, Susie: In France, there are suppositories supposed to cure throat ache that contain eucalyptus extracts and other stuff (pungent herbal extracts). 30 years ago there existed many brands, now there's only one left that I know of (Pholcones). My mother was an avid user of them and stuffed me with them whenever I had a sore throat as a kid, which was not uncommon (you know how it goes with schoolchildren, one kid catches something, then the whole class has it).

(you know how it goes with schoolchildren, one kid catches something, then the whole class has it).

... including the teacher. I know several who confirm that it is often the case.

I had a recommendation or two from my parents to use suppos when I was younger (older teens and twenties). I followed it, no big problem. Mom didn't offer to do it for me and I didn't ask.

There was no way, i had to accept it.

It was starting to get implied (by mom) during my senior year in high school while getting enemas, that it was hoped that after I moved out on my own that if or when I have trouble going to the bathroom, that I'd do something about it not let it go and get worse. Eventually (after letting it go and getting worse a few times) I came to the conclusion that she was right.

I have never since been quizzed about it though, and I wouldn't offer up the information to her that I had resorted to help, then or now.

I remember when I was 15/16, my mom getting the suppository box out of the fridge, offering me one and saying "here a suppository, you go to the bathroom right now and you take it!" I didn't like it but no way to protest and get her mad. I obey, go to the bathroom, bent over and push the suppository deeply in my rectum. I was very afraid from mom inspecting the toilet after while she never did. In the evening, same scenario but she brought the suppository box to my room asking me to take one before sleeping and one in the morning! Whenever she put me in suppository treatment it was for 2 or 3 days and it works, I feel better after but she was sharing it with my aunt, my father and my grandmom telling them I am sick and taking suppositories. Before sleeping, chest knee position, I inserted my second suppository and lay flat on my stomach trying to keep it inside.

I got a few growing up. My sister got them twice a day when she was young we both got switched to the red bag later in life

...it was hoped that after I moved out on my own that if or when I have trouble going to the bathroom, that I'd do something about it not let it go and get worse. Eventually (after letting it go and getting worse a few times) I came to the conclusion that she was right.

I'm not sure what my parents attitude was. I left home thinking that constipation was something that should not be happening, or that if it did I should just ignore it. Not sure why. I kind of wish they were more explicit about turning over managing it to me, but they weren't. Like you, edwasss, after letting it go a few times (well... maybe more than a few) I started managing it more actively.

I was on secondary school, has that type of Illness when you are not able to eat anything. When was laying in bed, my aunt come to the room: "I heard you are ill, I had this too last week, so I bring you theese to make you feel better, It helped me a lot" and placed the two suppositories wrapped in aluminium foil on my bedside table. "I know its suppository... but Iam sure you can handle that." (Of course, because I was curious about suppositories earlier before this illness and already stole suppositories from family medication drawer before and inserted them for fun) When she left, I grabbed one suppository, remove foil, go to knee chest and inserted it in my butt. Next one in the morning.

This was first time in my adult life take suppository because I need it, not only to playing purposes.

My Girlfriend shoved about four suppositories up My rectum, it felt so good!

Couple times a week actually. If I would even hear them saying anything about giving me one I would just go in there and make it known I wanted to go ahead and get it over with. Made me feel like I had control I guess 🤣 She'd normally say “your grandma will be here soon to give you your medicine” and she'd lead me to the bathroom as soon as she walked in. put my hands on the back of the toilet, lean forward and spread my own cheeks open… that was the part I hated! Then she would tell me pants up, go lay down. even the word suppository made me anxious. they were an extremely painful experience for me lol

I moved out on my own the day I turned 18. My parents never told me I needed a suppository after I turned 18, even if I was visiting them.

My Mom always gave me a glycerin or in my teens a Dulcolax suppository if she had given me a laxative the night before and it didn't make me go as soon as I woke up the next morning. She said it would help the laxative work. But if that still didn't make me go in about 20 minutes she'd give me a hot soapsuds enema. This happened right up until I moved away from home in my mid 20's. She was always overly concerned about me having regular bowel movements.

No, never. We were given senakot, a laxative, if we were having constipation.

My mother and aunt always advised when I was sick, that I should take a suppository. They believed they were more efficient. After the age of 15 and in adulthood, I already liked the suppositories and followed their advice.

My parents believed in suppositories and everyone in the house either got them or used them, especially for nausea or when nauseas. My parents believed the rectal route circumvented the risk of expelling oral medications before being absorbed. We got those little torpedoes till early puberty, like 12 or 13. Then my parents asks us to start taking the ourselves, first under supervision then from about 15 or 16 without.y parents would suggest a torpedo and insist at some point if the situation didn’t improve. Last week I visited my parents and I got pretty constipated and was feeling miserable. Dad came to my room and handed me a box of glycerin supps, and says: I trust you still know where these go… he just smiled and left the room. Two days later he asked me for the box, because he had a similar situation.

@Nancylisfa Hi, I also had many experiences similar to yours, regarding suppositories. Just like you, opening your butt for insertion was the most hated part. How did you come to like suppositories?

It never happened to me. By 18, I was living away from home, and never had that level of parental interaction.