ZaraB90
29-01-15, 17:48
Hi there,
First post here so sorry if it's in the wrong place! Bit of background: I've been grappling with what I think is the start of Health Anxiety for a long time now - basically since I had an unexpected, very severe chest infection. Because I had just moved away from home (and my family live on the other side of the world), it hit me really hard that if anything were to happen, I would be alone here. Since then I've had a huge phobia of anything happening to me given my family are 28 hours away. Any time I start to feel ill, I feel every symptom about ten million times harder than I probably ought.
So yesterday morning I woke up and had a dry tickle in my throat. Within the space of 12 hours, I was feverish, coughing up a dark yellow mucus, and my entire body was aching. My dad said (via FB) that I was experiencing ordinary symptoms of the flu. I tried to ignore it. But then I felt like I was having stabbing pains on my sides and managed to get out and see the doctor. The doctor has prescribed me Amoxicillin - one 500mg pill three times a day.
I've taken Amoxicillin before (for UTI's mostly) and never had any issue, but I think because I'm feeling so unwell already, I'm panicking about stupid things like that my mouth feels itchy. It's not mega itchy, and I know I'm obviously suffering from throat irritation anyway. But I wanted to know whether it's possible or likely that you could develop an allergy to a previously tolerated pill? Didn't want to Google it and know I've always found really helpful posts on here - hence the joining to post. Just getting really anxious about everything and was hoping to hear some sound words of advice!
Thanks in advance xx
First post here so sorry if it's in the wrong place! Bit of background: I've been grappling with what I think is the start of Health Anxiety for a long time now - basically since I had an unexpected, very severe chest infection. Because I had just moved away from home (and my family live on the other side of the world), it hit me really hard that if anything were to happen, I would be alone here. Since then I've had a huge phobia of anything happening to me given my family are 28 hours away. Any time I start to feel ill, I feel every symptom about ten million times harder than I probably ought.
So yesterday morning I woke up and had a dry tickle in my throat. Within the space of 12 hours, I was feverish, coughing up a dark yellow mucus, and my entire body was aching. My dad said (via FB) that I was experiencing ordinary symptoms of the flu. I tried to ignore it. But then I felt like I was having stabbing pains on my sides and managed to get out and see the doctor. The doctor has prescribed me Amoxicillin - one 500mg pill three times a day.
I've taken Amoxicillin before (for UTI's mostly) and never had any issue, but I think because I'm feeling so unwell already, I'm panicking about stupid things like that my mouth feels itchy. It's not mega itchy, and I know I'm obviously suffering from throat irritation anyway. But I wanted to know whether it's possible or likely that you could develop an allergy to a previously tolerated pill? Didn't want to Google it and know I've always found really helpful posts on here - hence the joining to post. Just getting really anxious about everything and was hoping to hear some sound words of advice!
Thanks in advance xx