Re: Anyone else have anxiety around taking medications due to fear of side effects??
Originally Posted by
sammiej123
I have developed a real fear of taking any kind of medications. This is going to be life debilitating and it is so frustrating. I worry about anaphayltic shock mainly and heart palpitations, feeling strange and not having control etc etc etc …. Please can anyone advise or help me?? thanks in advance.. I hate anxiety it is ruining my life completely..
Hey, I also have this! I'm ok with medicines I have taken for a while but any new medicine and I'm like you, I have to read through all the side effects of the leaflet and end up getting myself in a right state. In the past I have refused medicine for this reason convinced I'm going to have an anaphylatic shock. The best thing I have found is weighing up the benefits of the tablets and how they will improve your life and then trying to remember that the risk of anaphylactic shock is very small. Also the more anxious you become about taking them the more likely you will experience symptoms like heart palpitations and feeling strange as this is a result of anxiety.
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