Can Medication make you feel worse?
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Cuchculan
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Depends if you are new to medication. Can take time to start making you feel better. 4 - 6 weeks to really do its thing. With others they expect side effects. Like they sit there waiting for them to happen. They feel anything and they blame the medication. I am on 5 different types of medication and never had any side effects at all. But we all differ. Could be all in the mind. Could be those early weeks of medication taken if you are new to them.
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When did you start the medications ? And what are you taking ? In my experience you can psych yourself into believing it makes you feel worse cause if you on heightened anxiety little things that change how you feel can trigger panic for example even caffeine.
Here is basic pharmacology 101 you learn the first day in class - ALL medications (does not include things like insulin) are toxic to the body even higher dose supplements. The hope is that the therapeutic effect outweighs the toxic.
If you ever tried smoking chances the first few cigarettes made you feel bad - then the body turns off the dash warning lights and you no longer have the warning you are being damaged
Medications save lives and they also can be doing long term damage that we wont feel. I have permanent neurological damage from a anxiety drug so I have to be very careful about what I ingest
If you ever tried smoking chances the first few cigarettes made you feel bad - then the body turns off the dash warning lights and you no longer have the warning you are being damaged
Medications save lives and they also can be doing long term damage that we wont feel. I have permanent neurological damage from a anxiety drug so I have to be very careful about what I ingest
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I started the medications back in the summer, they've been working okay for awhile now- Only recently have they stopped Helping me calm down.
Lorazepam, I think- my doctor was scared to give me anything else.
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Lorazepam is a benzos, and benzos are very addictive. You might have grown a tolerance to your dosage. Talk to your doctor.
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I'll talk to my doctor then.