Anyone else really paranoid or scared about taking new medicines?

[NotaPAWG]

Taking meds i’ve never taken before gets me super paranoid and scared. I always spend over an hour prior to taking what’s prescribed to me doing research, then become paranoid about the side affects and get an anxiety attack.

Today i started seeing my new psychiatrist and am starting meds for manic depression (bipolar), i was prescribed Lamictal. Not far into my research i learned that Lamictal can cause a potentially fatal rash called Steven Johnson’s Syndrome if not treated properly. it’s a very small probability that i’d get the rash and it’s uncommon, but that potential side affect even being a thing is enough for me worry.

For me, that’s a justifiable worry. but the possibility of that side affect makes me not too even try it, although i will.

anyone else like this?

there’s a few meds i try to avoid, like cold and sinus meds because a lot of them contain an ingredient that’s considered a stimulant and puts me in a full blown anxiety attack. i think that’s normal but i hate how my paranoia and anxiety about taking mood stabilizing or SSRI meds is so bad it makes me reconsider the whole med thung even though i need them

 

[Inf1ne]

Smoke more weed

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Taking meds i’ve never taken before gets me super paranoid and scared. I always spend over an hour prior to taking what’s prescribed to me doing research, then become paranoid about the side affects and get an anxiety attack.

Today i started seeing my new psychiatrist and am starting meds for manic depression (bipolar), i was prescribed Lamictal. Not far into my research i learned that Lamictal can cause a potentially fatal rash called Steven Johnson’s Syndrome if not treated properly. it’s a very small probability that i’d get the rash and it’s uncommon, but that potential side affect even being a thing is enough for me worry.

For me, that’s a justifiable worry. but the possibility of that side affect makes me not too even try it, although i will.

anyone else like this?

there’s a few meds i try to avoid, like cold and sinus meds because a lot of them contain an ingredient that’s considered a stimulant and puts me in a full blown anxiety attack. i think that’s normal but i hate how my paranoia and anxiety about taking mood stabilizing or SSRI meds is so bad it makes me reconsider the whole med thung even though i need them

I take Lamictil.

As long as they phase in the increased dosages you'll be fine.

I've never had a problem with any side effects

I also take Latuda and Alprozolam. They help with anxiety mostly.

I'd like to get off everything altogether but I've been on them for so long that I'm nervous I'd be buggin.

 

[NotaPAWG]

Smoke more weed

can’t, gives me anxiety attack’s no matter if it’s an indica or sativa

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

@biscuitsnbangers

The meds have affected my gambling though. I'm less concerned with losing because im so even keel now lol. Careful with Mohegan and Fox if u go

 

[Inf1ne]

can’t, gives me anxiety attack’s no matter if it’s an indica or sativa

Tried cbd?

 

[Clay Puppington]

I'm afraid to even smoke a blunt or drink some liquor nowadays. Start berating myself for mistakes made in 2011 type shyt

OP hopefully this vid will help (3 minutes)

 

[1thouwow]

nikkas still taking medicine in 2018?

 

[NotaPAWG]

@biscuitsnbangers

The meds have affected my gambling though. I'm less concerned with losing because im so even keel now lol. Careful with Mohegan and Fox if u go

fukk, that sucks because i have a gambling addiction and was hoping the meds would held me to be moreno rational and less impulsive

so i take it they don’t help with manic money spending?

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

fukk, that sucks because i have a gambling addiction and was hoping the meds would held me to be moreno rational and less impulsive

so i take it they don’t help with manic money spending?

Well they can on one hand, but on the other hand you don't have the downward swing to feel like shyt when you lose. That's what would make me get up from the slot or table in the past. I had my biggest loss ever a few weeks back because I was numb to everything and just kept pumping in hundreds

The bright side is that the drive back after losing isn't as bad ha

 

[NotaPAWG]

Tried cbd?

imma be honest, i have no interest in that and plus i don’t think taking that with a mood stabilizer will go very well. someone with bipolar needs a mood stabilizer and or antidepressant with it, as well.

 

[Canada Goose]

Yeah, of the side effects, but its minor anxiety nothing major.



I was worried that Zoloft would make me gain weight as loosing weight was one of the only positive things I had to hold on to... then I gained 40 pounds in one year

I haven't even started taking my month's supply of haloperidol yet cause I'm kinda worried that it would interfere with my melatonin supplements, I haven't had any issues taking Zoloft and melatonin so far, I'll probably start taking the haloperidol again tonight.


I was taking some other kind of schizo medication (forgot the name) but it made me sleep too much so I switched to haloperidol, my sleeping patterns gotten even worse since I stopped taking it, but the melatonin helps a little bit.

 

[NotaPAWG]

Well they can on one hand, but on the other hand you don't have the downward swing to feel like shyt when you lose. That's what would make me get up from the slot or table in the past. The bright side is that the drive back after losing isn't as bad ha

oh okay, i think as long as i just avoid it altogether or just go when in with someone i can manage. it’s when i go alone and in secret it’s bad, it makes me engage in the same shytty, lying, deceiving etc behaviors as when u was abusing drugs before i got clean.

i recently left my relationship due to my gambling habits and his unwillingness to make the effort to come out here to see me more since he lives right next to the casino and it’s a trigger for me. it’s gonna be very hard when MGM is up and running 10 minutes from my house

ive been thinking about attend AA or gambling addicts meetings. it’s really caused some financial issues for me since the summer when i started after my parents split.

 

[NotaPAWG]

Yeah, of the side effects, but its minor anxiety nothing major.



I was worried that Zoloft would make me gain weight as loosing weight was one of the only positive things I had to hold on to... then I gained 40 pounds in one year

I haven't even started taking my month's supply of haloperidol yet cause I'm kinda worried that it would interfere with my melatonin supplements, I haven't had any issues taking Zoloft and melatonin so far, I'll probably start taking the haloperidol again tonight.


I was taking some other kind of schizo medication (forgot the name) but it made me sleep too much so I switched to haloperidol, my sleeping patterns gotten even worse since I stopped taking it, but the melatonin helps a little bit.

lithium?

lithium is an anti-psychotic that had the same affect on me. lithium is actually one of the biggest reasons i had no interest in meds after trying them when i was a teen. they prescribed me way too much all i did was sleep, i was like a zombie and actually had lithium poisoning and fainted a few times from it.

this shyt is hard man, people on the outside of this shyt don’t realize that there’s so much involved and stresses within the help part. reaching out for help has always been the easiest part for me, it’s the things that come after that are the hardest.. the whole med trial and error, med cocktails etc

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

oh okay, i think as long as i just avoid it altogether or just go when in with someone i can manage. it’s when i go alone and in secret it’s bad, it makes me engage in the same shytty, lying, deceiving etc behaviors as when u was abusing drugs before i got clean.

i recently left my relationship due to my gambling habits and his unwillingness to make the effort to come out here to see me more since he lives right next to the casino and it’s a trigger for me. it’s gonna be very hard when MGM is up and running 10 minutes from my house

ive been thinking about attend AA or gambling addicts meetings. it’s really caused some financial issues for me since the summer when i started after my parents split.

Sorry to hear that about your relationship.

I'll be at the MGM a bunch since it'll be closer than the reservations for me by a good 25/30 minutes.

Look on the bright side, if it's that close you won't mind leaving if u win or lose quick.

For me, if I make that hour whip, I want to stay at least 5 hours and that leads to terrible decision making.