Have You Ever Been Prescribed A Medication That Had A Dangerous Side Effect For You?

[junglegirl]

I did twice. First I was prescribed buspar for anxiety and I have always had an aversion to violence due to the traumatic experience I had, but after taking buspar I felt the blood literally coursing through my veins and I even first fought with someone it was bizarre.

My second experience is far more dangerous. I was on nortryptiline and the doctor neglected to tell me itcould cause heart arrythmia. For two years I had times I felt palpitations that I misattributed to panic andwhen I went for a physical my physician said I had an arrythmia when he heard what I was taking he quickly took me off it and my heart returned to normal thank Goodness!

 

[Notsowild]

I know a lot of drugs have serious side effects. I was given an anti-psychotic a few years ago. When I got the prescription it said may give you tremors- I threw them away.

 

[Echo]

I have had the beginnings of anaphalytic shock from penicillin and diazepam. Needless to say, I shan't be taking them again.

 

[Kas_Can_Fly]

Fluoxetine made me massively obsessive - so much so that I was too busy counting in patterns from dawn till dusk to notice that it was filling every second of every day - luckily my doctor took me off of it and suddenly my life reappeared.

Citalopram made me violently sick to the extent I couldn't drink water for days afterwards, I also couldn't see and had extreme pain. Sertraline made me gain 6 stone in two months. Amytriptiline made me suicidal for which I was hospitalised and put onto another medication. Most other tablets I've tried did nothing good or bad. The new cocktail seems to be working (touch wood - I'm terrified it will jinx it!) :)

 

[junglegirl]

I am so glad the current regimen is working kas:)

 

[ms spock]

Yes increased suicidal ideation.

Muscle twitching.

Obsessive tongue movements.

and etc

 

[Healing Reins]

I was on giadon..I think I spelled that wrong, but I was on Giadonn...(I don't know how to spell it.) But I felt like I couldn't talk on it..it was really scary because I like to talk.

 

[Hope4Now]

Cymbalta for four months last summer. My internist hailed it as the miracle drug because deals with chronic pain and anxiety and peri-menopausal symptoms. Made me feel dead...like a zombie. Did nothing for the chronic pain.

Took myself off of it without phasing out (I know I shouldn't have done that, but I'd had it) and had a month of hideous withdrawl--crippling gastro-intestinal issues and completely psychotic dreams. I take nothing now except an occasional ativan if I have a panic attack I can't manage with breathing/meditation, or if I have not slept for more than a couple of nights.

(Also take some homeopathic stuff for anxiety which actually takes the edge off and has no other side effects). It has been encouraged that I take an anti-anxiety med, but the other one's I've been on (zoloft and something else) in the past did nada.

 

[Maggiemay]

Sertraline caused acid reflux which hasn't gone away, as did fluoxetine and lofepramine caused me to develop sinus tachycardia which too hasn't gone away. Mitazipine causes me to balloon in weight and quetiapine has just caused a manic episode... *sigh*
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[Lucycat]

Sorry I cannot see the poll. Has it been removed?

 

[cherryblossom]

@Lucycat , there was no poll posted, so the thread has been moved.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I was on Elavil and I loved it. But it gave me a cataract inside my left eye. Got off of that real quick.