Ick I had to take some cough syrup this morning. My throat was horribley soar and I couldn't stop coughing hard and whenever I coughed, it made my throat hurt even more. So ya, even though I had the flu, I had to get out of bed, heat myself some left over pizza for a healthy breakfast, and eat that nasty cherry flavored syrup crap. I hate being sick.

Did you know people actually get addicted to that stuff? I saw a video on it. If you take enough of it, you can get a high off of it or something. It's pretty sad.

You know what's just as bad as cherry flavored cough syrup? GRAPE flavored medicine...ughh ><
But I can't swallow tablets without it half dissolving first so I have to drink is D:

I loathe any flavored cough syrup- and I ALSO drink a lot of water afterwards to get rid of the aftertaste. :(. I've found that holding my nose while taking it helps a little, though. I figured that, if I can't smell or taste when I have a cold, that holding my nose while taking it would cancel the taste, like a cold does. It only helps a bit, though- I can still taste it, but it's not as gross as it would be. Compared to regular cough medicine, Dimetapp was wonderful.(Actually, I remember kind of liking the taste of it.. ^^;. Well, it was tolerable, anyway)
What I find even worse than cough syrup are cough drops with menthol in them. >_<. To me, they're like taking cough medicine, but a version of it that takes half an hour to get rid of. :(
I wish all cough syrup(and drops) could taste like Luden's, Fruit Breeze, or these tasty Crush ones that Walgreens sells. :). But then I'd eat it like candy, like I occasionally do with those(I have to restrain myself- none of them are actually harmful to eat, as they only contain Pectin, which is sugar, but they still are cough drops, not candy.)
And that WOULDN'T be good, as cough syrup and menthol cough drops contain more than just pectin. :(

I stopped taking the syrups because my parents noticed I'd drink a ton of water to get it down. X.X
I can't swallow pills very well, but they'll have to do if I don't want to take icky syrup.

The packet of lemon powder or something that you mix in hot water and drink is my next resort. But it's really awful tasting. O.O
I thought it'd be okay, since it was lemon, but I could not stand it. X.X

I get sick a lot with a stuffed nose, resulting in no smell. Thats the only time I can take those icky syrups. But when my smell comes back, I switch to pills. ><

I'm on of those people who take medicine, but it doesn't really work on me. I rarely take it too....