So I had a horrible UTI that I got meds for on Friday. I am allergic to a lot of meds, even ones that i have taken before and didn't have symptoms the first few times. Usually it's just hives, only one time when I was young did I need steroid treatment because my throat closed up.

Anyways, I have been on these meds for three days and have been doing surprisingly well until today. It's like all the side effects just hit me at once. The upset stomach, cramping, and the usuals that go with large doses of antibiotics. I also woke up with a sore throat and swollen glands but I have been a bit under the weather so I tried not to think about it.

Tonight I am having trouble even swallowing soup. I am not sure if it's the meds or if it's the fact that I have been running on 2 hours of sleep and dealing with three little ones while the h is out of town. Either way, I am completely freaking out. I am trying to breathe through it and tell myself that even if it is a reaction, I am not making it better by panicking and that tons of people have reactions to meds and don't end up not waking up in the morning. My doc can't call me back until ten and it feels like it's getting worse with every passing minute. I don't want to call an ambulance because after I looked it up it says that difficulty swallowing is a common side effect and just to call your doctor but it's also a side effect of a panic attack right? I am going to feel so stupid if I go to the er for anxiety or wind up passing out from hyperventilating and not eating all day, not to mention I have to wake all my kids up and drag them with me.

I hate anxiety! I thought I was doing really well on these meds, because usually I do end up getting scared when I am on them and that hasn't happened until tonight. I started to freak out once on the second day because they do make me really drowsy and weird feeling but I talked myself out of it fairly quickly. I was nervous with my husband leaving today because my train of thought was even if I do have a severe reaction somebody would be here to call an ambulance but I just keep picturing me passing out and my kids finding me the next day.

Probably a panic attack mixed with the allergies that were making me sick this week, don't you guys think? I have taken these meds at least 4 times in the past and with the stress of the day and the stomach pain, not to mention lack of sleep and food, I am probably just exhausted.