Many Days...
Let's see...last weekend I thought I was on the verge of death. I was laying on my living room floor feeling like I was not going to make it through the end of the day. The cause? A bad reaction to some medication that my doctor prescribed. It all started with a trip to my doctor for a check-up.
Not to brag, but I actually am a very intelligent individual (although I can be very stupid at times). Anyway, one side effect of having a high intelligence level can be that we tend to over think things. Some nights, I have a hard time getting to sleep because I think and think. I can play an entire scenario out in my head. I thought that I would mention this to my doctor. She promptly declared it to be an anxiety problem and gave me a prescription for a drug that is to be taken daily.
Silly me, I had been hoping for a once in a while thing for the nights when it is a little out there.
The next day, I felt absolutely horrid. I was sure I was having chest pains...my face was numb, my fingers tingled. To top it off, my head felt like it was going to explode. I was literally laying on the floor of my living room, willing myself to breathe.
I made a trip to the ER...then a couple days later a trip back to my doctor. She informed me that sometimes the medication can make anxiety symptoms worse...at least until the supposed therapeutic level is reached. She gave me a prescription to piggy back (take along with) the first one until I supposedly reached the desired point. I took the second prescription home...filled it, and proceeded to stop taking the one that was giving me the wild side effects. I figured that I could use the second one to counteract any effects caused by stopping the original meds.
So here we are, a week later...feeling much better. I should never have been on the first prescription. Oh well...sometimes things work out this way...sometimes we get a dose of something that we think we need and then we find out that we really don't need it. Sometimes it's a painful learning experience...personally I wouldn't recommend having to lay face down on the living room carpet...well at least not for anything other than the occasional sexual endeavor...
Not to brag, but I actually am a very intelligent individual (although I can be very stupid at times). Anyway, one side effect of having a high intelligence level can be that we tend to over think things. Some nights, I have a hard time getting to sleep because I think and think. I can play an entire scenario out in my head. I thought that I would mention this to my doctor. She promptly declared it to be an anxiety problem and gave me a prescription for a drug that is to be taken daily.
Silly me, I had been hoping for a once in a while thing for the nights when it is a little out there.
The next day, I felt absolutely horrid. I was sure I was having chest pains...my face was numb, my fingers tingled. To top it off, my head felt like it was going to explode. I was literally laying on the floor of my living room, willing myself to breathe.
I made a trip to the ER...then a couple days later a trip back to my doctor. She informed me that sometimes the medication can make anxiety symptoms worse...at least until the supposed therapeutic level is reached. She gave me a prescription to piggy back (take along with) the first one until I supposedly reached the desired point. I took the second prescription home...filled it, and proceeded to stop taking the one that was giving me the wild side effects. I figured that I could use the second one to counteract any effects caused by stopping the original meds.
So here we are, a week later...feeling much better. I should never have been on the first prescription. Oh well...sometimes things work out this way...sometimes we get a dose of something that we think we need and then we find out that we really don't need it. Sometimes it's a painful learning experience...personally I wouldn't recommend having to lay face down on the living room carpet...well at least not for anything other than the occasional sexual endeavor...
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