I have heard of that before... Im wondering how many others feel that way too? I always tell my bf to take some meds when hes got a headache but he tells me it doesnt help... Silly boy!!

Never for me, but then I'm very stubborn.

Hmm, I wonder if that works for other pills as well. Like V.

Tis called the placebo effect. It has worked for me before, haha, mainly with my Tums, which I take as anxiety meds when I get a stomach ache. It literally makes me feel sooo much better, overall.

Edit: Should probably explain that I have emetophobia, the fear of vomiting, so if I feel sick I immediately start panicking. When i take Tums I convince myself I am not going to get sick.

Nah, I never feel better instantly after taking pills for migraines cause they are physically there.

There have been times in the past with weight loss things where I have imagined I could feel improvements, but unfortunately they were in my head

no, I deal with chronic pain and know the time between taking a pill and waiting for it to get into my bloodstream very well, it is excruciating. It makes me wish I was in the hospital so I could have the dilaudid in my IV and feel that warm rush as the pain killers hit your body and it starts to melt away. ummm so yeah, I don't ever get the placebo effect, and I am jealous of those who do.

No, I have to wait the 30-45 minutes until it kicks in. I may feel a bit more relaxed, knowing that relief is coming.

I wish! I try to avoid medicine (just a firm believer in letting my body fix things on its own whenever possible), and I have an absurdly high pain tolerance. Thus, when I do cave to take medicine, people know it's bad. And by that time I pop a pill, I'm craving instant relief and still have to wait for it.

I have two related chronic pain disorders (chronic intractable migraine and fibromyalgia) so I don't get releif until the medication kicks in. I feel better knowing I've taken something, but the pain doesn't quit until the meds work. If the pain is very bad, I'll take it with warm water and chew it (as long as it isn't a long acting med, then chewing it could result in an overdose) so that it kicks in quickly. In fact, I am in the habit of chewing my immediate release pain meds.

I've had so many meds NOT work, and some that only work sometimes, that every day is an adventure in pain for me.....and not the good kind.....

It takes a while to work for me.