Mostly a guy thing?

I HATE hurting or being physically miserable for no good reason. Gimme any damn drug that helps, BUT I'll research it in depth, before I take it.
I will not go to a doctor unless it is absolutely necessary, BUT I have a very strong constitution and rarely get sick, infections or fear catastrophic illness (if you always worry about illnesses you could very well cause these illnesses).
Half a dozen times I've been cut to the bone, closed it w/ a couple of butterfly bandages and 3 weeks later there was barely a scar.

Yeah!! My boyfriend never takes anything like Advil or Tylenol. Only his asthma and acid reflux meds. Sometimes if he has a bad cold he will take Dayquil/Nyquil, but usually just toughs it out. Meow.

I'm either sippin on that lean or nothin at all

I think as a guy I have kind of just grown in to the whole, "be a man about it" thing. And a lot of other guys do the same I feel. We are so stubborn.

Cause I don't like doctors and taking meds. I believe I can get better on my own. If I get quite sick, only then I will take meds. Still won't go to the doctor tho... I have better uses for 15 Euros than giving them to a doctor to tell me what I know.

i avoid medicines because of all those atrocities and wicked animal experiments needed to create them.

I'm not a fan of medicine. If my body is going to be a bitch then it has to fight through it! Lol.

But in all seriousness, I just don't like relying on medicine to get past illness unless it would be something life threatening.

I'm a female and i try to avoid medication. Colds=nope; headaches=nope; menstrual cramps=nope; dog bite=half a pain pill; stomach bug=is there a thing for that?; flu= haven't had it in a while/can't distinguish from cold/no flu shot

I have taken stuff in the past,minimally, but trying to avoid it completely now and i have a pretty good immune system. I must admit to taking emergenC last year to prevent sickness and i have otherwise taken drugs recreationally in the past when i had symptoms to justify it.

Our bodies get stronger when we don't treat every little symptom.

Let the body run her course, she is mean green fighting machine. If you can avoid taking medication you should. Will make you stronger at the end of day, and if starts to make you super weak then yeah you may have to take some meds.

I always research anything I take but have no problem with medicine. I don't take them without good reason though because I think it weakens the immune system. I take quite a few prescriptions.

I don't think so, although whenever my body is feeling upset or in pain I take medicine outside peoples' presence.

I had a migraine at work during the last two hours (it actually happened twice in one week). At the time not one co-worker lived in town, so I had to tough it out. I had no medicine at the time; the pain was unbearable, yet I still did my job properly. I had to call my mother so she could drive me home. Once I got home, I took some aspirin and went to bed. My head is a bit phased out after sleeping, but the pain is gone. Now if I could figure out why I have a migraine once every six months.

They also live shorter lives.

I... sort of do this? I've never and probably will never take medication for something like a cold, headache, or any other pain. I try to minimize the amount of meds I take. Which means no vitamin pills or anything like that either. But if it's necessary, I take it. A sore throat, yes (though regularly having tea with honey works better than cough syrup for me) Flu, yes. I once got bit by a spider and had hives for a week, I took antihistamines the entire week for that too.

I do this. I try not to take anything in front of other people, not even my own mother. It makes me feel insecure and I'm not entirely sure why. I go back later and take it when they aren't looking.