I am posting this here as a warning to anyone else before they take Mucinex, or for anyone who may have had my experience.
2 days ago, I woke up after 4 hours sleep with a sever anxiety attack. Now this in and of it's self is not uncommon for me. However, the anxiety usually subsides unless something else triggers my anxiety. As the day progressed my anxiety intensified to unbearable levels. By the following morning I had not been able to sleep due to it, and I experiencing the worst panic attack I have ever experienced. I was so scared and nauseated for the shear intensity of the fear.
I recalled the worst one I had ever had prior to this and this was a step above. The difference is that My worst one prior to this had a cause. This had no ryhme or reason for being this bad and I was grasping for a reason for my anxiety to be this severe. My husband convinced me to go to the hospital. They started talking about admitting me, which scared me worse so I bolted. I was looking for help like a pill that is stronger than my usual meds that didn't touch this anxiety not something to cause me more fear.
So eventually later on during day 2 it started to subside. By the evening I was feeling much better. That is when I noticed the Mucinex I had taken just a few hours prior to waking up with the anxiety. There are no warnings on the packaging of any side effects or drug interactions so I hit the internet.
None of the offical information lists anxiety as a side effect, but I kept running into stories about people who had experienced bad anxiety attacks after taking the drug. I can not come up with any other reason of having such a bad attack especially without being triggered or any other obvious cause. I am pretty convinced that it was the Mucinex especially after reading the other stories online.
I just wanted to get this out there for anyone else in case they have a bad experience.
2 days ago, I woke up after 4 hours sleep with a sever anxiety attack. Now this in and of it's self is not uncommon for me. However, the anxiety usually subsides unless something else triggers my anxiety. As the day progressed my anxiety intensified to unbearable levels. By the following morning I had not been able to sleep due to it, and I experiencing the worst panic attack I have ever experienced. I was so scared and nauseated for the shear intensity of the fear.
I recalled the worst one I had ever had prior to this and this was a step above. The difference is that My worst one prior to this had a cause. This had no ryhme or reason for being this bad and I was grasping for a reason for my anxiety to be this severe. My husband convinced me to go to the hospital. They started talking about admitting me, which scared me worse so I bolted. I was looking for help like a pill that is stronger than my usual meds that didn't touch this anxiety not something to cause me more fear.
So eventually later on during day 2 it started to subside. By the evening I was feeling much better. That is when I noticed the Mucinex I had taken just a few hours prior to waking up with the anxiety. There are no warnings on the packaging of any side effects or drug interactions so I hit the internet.
None of the offical information lists anxiety as a side effect, but I kept running into stories about people who had experienced bad anxiety attacks after taking the drug. I can not come up with any other reason of having such a bad attack especially without being triggered or any other obvious cause. I am pretty convinced that it was the Mucinex especially after reading the other stories online.
I just wanted to get this out there for anyone else in case they have a bad experience.