BubblegumUK
24-03-13, 14:14
Hi,
i really feel like i need some meds, i used to be on meds for 11 years and came off them in august last year, but things have been getting worse for quite a while now. i was prescribed escitalopram, but i'm scared to take it :(
I want to take it to help, but i'm scared. I'm scared i'm going to get loads of horrible side effects and i'll end up really ill, or end up having a catheter like what happened last time i took an anti-depressant and gave me a bad reaction, which tbh kickstarted this whole fear of medication.
If i take one, which i have tried before, i keep focusing on every pulse, twitch, dizzy movement, everything and i can't help but think its the pills. the biggest fear i have is a fear of not being able to urinate, now the urologist has told me that if i think about not being able to go it will take longer, the thing is though, if it takes longer to go i get convinced its the tablets that are causing it and i get more stressed, so next time i go to the toilet i get even more tense which makes it take even longer until i'm in total dispair :(
please, has anybody overcome this problem of fear of meds causing specific problems?
I really need some help with stuff, my care co-ordinator isn't returning my calls, in fact i have never even met him since my last one left the cmht over a month ago! so i feel that meds is the best option for now, but am scared to take them :(
Any advice?
Thankyou
Dave
i really feel like i need some meds, i used to be on meds for 11 years and came off them in august last year, but things have been getting worse for quite a while now. i was prescribed escitalopram, but i'm scared to take it :(
I want to take it to help, but i'm scared. I'm scared i'm going to get loads of horrible side effects and i'll end up really ill, or end up having a catheter like what happened last time i took an anti-depressant and gave me a bad reaction, which tbh kickstarted this whole fear of medication.
If i take one, which i have tried before, i keep focusing on every pulse, twitch, dizzy movement, everything and i can't help but think its the pills. the biggest fear i have is a fear of not being able to urinate, now the urologist has told me that if i think about not being able to go it will take longer, the thing is though, if it takes longer to go i get convinced its the tablets that are causing it and i get more stressed, so next time i go to the toilet i get even more tense which makes it take even longer until i'm in total dispair :(
please, has anybody overcome this problem of fear of meds causing specific problems?
I really need some help with stuff, my care co-ordinator isn't returning my calls, in fact i have never even met him since my last one left the cmht over a month ago! so i feel that meds is the best option for now, but am scared to take them :(
Any advice?
Thankyou
Dave