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[Deleted member 34328]

I agree completely with the lack of sleep. Our bodies and minds can only function for so long without it.

I too am struggling to make sense of all this.

It doesn't make sense at all that the medical system is so completely blind to the needs. You could well be functioning on auto mode and so present "normal". Is it possible to take a friend with you to the ER and speak for you? - if you wish to try that route again?

 

[desiderata310]

Dead Link Removed (Tamiflu) may rarely cause serious mental/mood changes. This may be more likely in children. Tell your doctor right away of any signs of unusual behavior, including: confusion, agitation, self-injury.

I just thought I should throw that in there.
Have you called the MD that prescribed?

 

[Justmehere]

They gave me 150mg of Trazadone and said anymore would cause heart problems? The on-call doc told me to go to urgent care.

I can describe my symptoms quite clinically but then I think I sound too calm. And yeah, Tamiflu is well known actually for a lot of strange psych effects. I was on 7 meds last week, 6 (including the tamiflu) that came with black box warnings.

It’s been a full week since I’ve been off them, including the Tamiflu, but my doc said my body may still be trying to re-set. Even a week later? Ugh.

Going to urgent care.

 

[Deleted member 541]

I hope that urgent care can actually do something for you......

 

[Fadeaway]

I wouldn't rule out Trazadone as a cause. It has the same effect on me, which is worse than just not being able to sleep. Flexeril has helped me get a little more sleep it might be worth asking your Dr. about.

 

[Scarlet13]

It sounds in a way like a manic reaction.
I had this reaction to an SSRI and I felt extremely calm, yet extremely disassociated and so under the calm and lack of affect, I felt terror and confusion.

If the meds are out of your body you should feel better soon. Can you look up the meds you think could be causing this and check the half life?

I have had so many bad reactions and doing this brings me comfort.
You really sound like you can take care of yourself until this passes. Have you mentioned the drugs you were on and severe lack of sleep?
Maybe if you could figure out whats going on it could help.
Would a benzo taken once help, or would that be adding more medication into the mix?
I know klonopin got me calmed down from that SSRI and to sleep, but then I had to deal with the klonopin effects as I took it nightly.
But they can work taken very rarely, so you do not have to withdrawal.
This is hard when you cant get help. After you pass thru this, I would complain.

 

[Justmehere]

Urgent care sent me to the ER. If course. :banghead:

Round #57 of pass-the-patient. After a 4 hour wait the PA came in and said there is nothing they can do. He said to go home. I told him I wasn’t leaving until his attending physican came to speak to me.

I made it really simple to the doc. I skipped explaining the weird symptoms and told the attending, I gotta figure out how to not off myself in a weird fog. Can you help me do that? I broke down crying. This is all just too much.

He got it. He then asked me to explain the weird symptoms and said this is likely all a med reaction and said they could keep me overnight or I could take a higher dose of the Trazadone and take Ativan and sleep through this as much as possible. We came up with a plan to go home, but they put a note on file under my name to come back if things got bad in the next 48 hours, they’d fast track admitting me. They gave me a copy of the note so I could just come in and hand it to the triage nurse and not get stuck.

I’m feeling more normal at times... the doc said to expect it to get worse and better a few times over the next few days, and to not freak out when that happens.

I’m headed home. I finally figured out how to get help? Be a broken record and make it damn simple.

 

[Scarlet13]

Yes, take those meds and sleep it off. That is what my psychiatrist said to me. Klonopin got me through some rough med reactions.
Also, it must feel good for a doc to confirm this could be a med reaction. This might feel more real and something that can be helped.
My trauma t said that people with PTSD can have sensitive reactions to drugs.

 

[Anacristina Adams]

I’m not sure why (my doc thinks this might have been started by taking Tamiflu) but I have been de...

Oh my gosh. The Tamiflu! The same thing happened to me and I thought I was going crazy! Thank you!

 

[Fadeaway]

I didn't make the connection with tamiflu and my symptoms until this thread, so I guess that makes 3 of us now.

 

[Freida]

I am so glad you finally beat them about the heads enough to get help!!! And note to self: skip tamiflu

Sleep well!!!

 

[Deleted member 541]

@Justmehere I’m sooooooo sooooooo glad that you finally got help, that you DEMANDED the help and someone listened to you. Good for you for standing up for yourself and getting the help. I hope that you start feeling better soon.

This is a good lesson for all of us.... When you know that something isn’t right with you, keep pounding on doors till someone answers....