PointlessExistence
Silver Member
I know people have a lot of anxiety regarding meds, and even about meds working. Some people may be fearful that their meds are working because they don't know what to expect being "normal". Even though their outlook has changed, the unknown can be scary. I too suffer anxiety when my meds seem to be working, but the cause of my anxiety is very specific and quite different from the more typical reason I mentioned.
Whenever I think a medication might be working, I start to worry that something might happen that will stop me from taking the medication. Some of the worries have some merit, whereas some are just ridiculous. I worry that something will happen to me that prevents me from making my next appointment (snow storm, Dr. had a family emergency, my car will break down, I'll be assaulted and land in the hospital, you name it).
I also worry about being able to get the meds once I get the script and worry about my pills somehow getting damaged or ruined. I rush to the pharmacy, and I become a freak trying to keep them at the right temperature and making sure I don't take them too close to a meal or too close to drinking a lot of water, worried that those things may interfere with absorption, even though nothing I've read says they will.
I worry about taking doses too close together or too far apart (we're talking minutes, not hours), figuring that will change how my system absorbs it. And God forbid I somehow miss a dose or take an extra dose. If I do, I have to start adding up all the hours until my next appointment and try to come up with the most optimal way (as if I actually knew) to space out the remaining pills.
So the process usually works like this:
A) I'll be feeling and thinking in a "normal" way (which is rare).
B) It occurs to me that the meds are probably working
C) I stop feeling/thinking in a normal way, because all I can do is worry about being thwarted from taking my meds.
Does this happen to anyone else?
Whenever I think a medication might be working, I start to worry that something might happen that will stop me from taking the medication. Some of the worries have some merit, whereas some are just ridiculous. I worry that something will happen to me that prevents me from making my next appointment (snow storm, Dr. had a family emergency, my car will break down, I'll be assaulted and land in the hospital, you name it).
I also worry about being able to get the meds once I get the script and worry about my pills somehow getting damaged or ruined. I rush to the pharmacy, and I become a freak trying to keep them at the right temperature and making sure I don't take them too close to a meal or too close to drinking a lot of water, worried that those things may interfere with absorption, even though nothing I've read says they will.
I worry about taking doses too close together or too far apart (we're talking minutes, not hours), figuring that will change how my system absorbs it. And God forbid I somehow miss a dose or take an extra dose. If I do, I have to start adding up all the hours until my next appointment and try to come up with the most optimal way (as if I actually knew) to space out the remaining pills.
So the process usually works like this:
A) I'll be feeling and thinking in a "normal" way (which is rare).
B) It occurs to me that the meds are probably working
C) I stop feeling/thinking in a normal way, because all I can do is worry about being thwarted from taking my meds.
Does this happen to anyone else?
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