"Bur I am only taking eleven supplements"

and she is taking four prescriptions as well. 

Yesterday someone asked me if I had given some thought to the way I would need to take the low dose of blood pressure medication with me if I do manage to get away in September.

I do not see this as a problem at all. It will simply go in the original packaging. It is very clearly doctor prescribed. My doctor was so unconcerned by all this she went ahead and doubled the number of pills I will be able to get next time around.

Not so this other woman. She was alarmed at the thought of me travelling at all if I had take any sort of medication. I know V.... as a  hypochondriac. She is often at her doctor for one thing or another. I know her doctor too. He once let his frustration with her and "all those supplements" show. It was a very brief, almost not there, look as she started to talk to him about something she had begun taking even before she entered his room in the clinic. His frustration was nevertheless obvious. 

Yes, she takes eleven different "supplements" and four prescription drugs. It apparently makes her annual holiday packing "very difficult because I have to take so much with me". 

I have tried querying all these so-called supplements and all the limitations she has put on her diet as well. It makes no difference. She looks pale and unwell to me. I know one of the prescriptions is for blood pressure because she showed me what she was taking and wanted to compare it with mine. I think she was disappointed to discover that we take the same thing but pleased to discover that she takes a marginally higher dose. She also showed me one for a thyroid condition which is commonly taken by many people and one for anxiety. The fourth one is one I looked up. It is of almost no value at all but sometimes given to people who want to believe they need to be taking something. 

And then there are the "supplements", the vitamins, the sleep aid and more. I cannot get my head around those. Apparently they are all "necessary" because "there are so many things I am allergic to I don't get proper nutrition". Really? Her husband, a long suffering man, tells me, "She is not allergic to anything if she wants to eat it." He has given up in disgust. 

All this of course is an addiction of a sort which is costing a great deal. I looked at all the pills and potions she had lined up one day and wondered how she could even be bothered. I would much prefer not to be bothered at all. I avoid taking things. It takes time as well as money. I have better things to do with my time and my money.