supplement situation

For several years, SJ has been on a supplement regimen.  Everyday he gets zinc, D3, magnesium, calcium, fish oil, coramega and therabiotic.  It is a struggle every day to get him to take them.  He cries and yells that he hates the supplements.  I know he hates them, but they are helping him.  Last summer, we took him off of the supplements to see what would happen.  He didn't regress, but his behaviors were hard to control.  We put him back on after a month and his behaviors improved.  Needless to say, we won't be taking him off of them again anytime soon.  Today's meltdown occurred due to the addition of a Zyrtec tablet.  I usually give him the liquid, but they were out of it when I went shopping.  He started crying and then yelling that he has to take too many pills.  I told him that it was the same medicine as the liquid, but he wouldn't hear it.  His crying turned into sobbing and the yelling got worse.  In his anger, he pushed his supplements aside and spilled the zinc all over the counter.  That was it for me and my patience.  I made him go to the corner and told him never to do that again.  It was 7:23 in the morning and I had already had enough.  After his time out, he said he didn't like the little pill (Zyrtec).  It tastes "yucky" when he chews it.  We told him he wasn't supposed to chew it.  He should just swallow it.  No wonder he didn't like it.  It probably tastes horrible.  When I ran out to the store a little later, I bought the liquid Zyrtec.  There is no sense in making an already tense daily routine any harder.  It may make SJ's and our day a little smoother!