eastofeden
05-06-16, 22:12
There's a spare cupboard in my kitchen full of medication. Some of the pills are quite old and have fallen out of their packets and I've been meaning to clean out this cupboard but I have a serious contamination phobia, especially when it comes to chemicals and medications.
I'm worried about effects of breathing in or accidentally consuming even tiny fragments of old medication and it's putting me off cleaning out this cupboard. I don't want to use any cleaning agents either in case they combine with the meds and produce toxic chemicals.
It's really freaking me out and even though I was wearing gloves during the cleaning I had a panic attack feeling like the chemicals were getting into my system, and had to go sit in the shower trying to rinse off. I have an irrational fear of it getting on my skin or hair or mouth and poisoning me. If this sounds crazy it probably is - I must say I'm not thinking rationally at all. My mental illness interferes with my perceptions.
The medications are just beta blockers, some old penicillin and some lansoprazole, but I still can't face cleaning them in case they've degraded over time and could be toxic. What should I do? Can I hire a hazardous waste cleaner to help me clean up or is that stupid for such a small task?
I'm worried about effects of breathing in or accidentally consuming even tiny fragments of old medication and it's putting me off cleaning out this cupboard. I don't want to use any cleaning agents either in case they combine with the meds and produce toxic chemicals.
It's really freaking me out and even though I was wearing gloves during the cleaning I had a panic attack feeling like the chemicals were getting into my system, and had to go sit in the shower trying to rinse off. I have an irrational fear of it getting on my skin or hair or mouth and poisoning me. If this sounds crazy it probably is - I must say I'm not thinking rationally at all. My mental illness interferes with my perceptions.
The medications are just beta blockers, some old penicillin and some lansoprazole, but I still can't face cleaning them in case they've degraded over time and could be toxic. What should I do? Can I hire a hazardous waste cleaner to help me clean up or is that stupid for such a small task?