[Valis]

Wow...I have read alot of posts here on medication, and some of the side effects that are happening to people are down-right scary

I was just wondering if any of you believe the benefits of the drugs, out weighs the negative?

Are dealing side-effects actually worth taking the medication?

...hmm, just something I was wondering about.

[(JD)]

Welcome to psychcentral! I am so allergic to medications... and can't take ANY generics... so you've certainly read some of my horrible reactions. But I keep trying the new ones because IF something ever works right... it would be worth all the bad ... usually meds have side effects initially and often "go away" I can't seem to live through the common early side effects. But this is this way for the world... not just psychotropic meds and such... the problems ppl with MS have and their meds... same.... it's rarely try one pill of something and voila! it works, all better.. sigh.

[eskielover]

You must have been reading my posts too. My allergies are so bad to almost EVERY med, not just the psychotropic ones either however they seem to be the worst.

I have reactions to Codine, penicillin, Keflex, benedryl, aspirin, reglan, compazine, foradil, albuterol, migraine meds, & yes, the antidepressants, just to name a few.....lol if that is just a few....yes, I am in trouble because it is the family of drugs I have problems with. My reactions are so bad that I CAN'T take them because the reactions are so severe that it is dangerous. I get the strange reactions that are down at the bottom of the list & even the Drs aren't familiar with the reactions.

I was in the hospital with a bad asthma attack a year ago (an alergy to the smoke from a huge brush fire close to home). They gave me a new drug that was supposed to be SO MUCH BETTER....yea, my throat got swollen & lost my voice.....don't know how much it affected my breathing cause it was already bad.....ended up 5 extra days in the hospital trying to figure out what was the problem....yes, looked up about the med when I got home & that was an uncommon reaction...lucky me. When I was in the hospital the beginning of this year, they use a local when they put in a PICC line (for nutrition). My are got all swollen & hot.....they said it was a reaction to the local (novicane or lidocane).

The parkinsons reaction to Thorazine, compazine, reglan, was something that hit me at home. After experiencing the symptoms for a few days, I went to the ungent care & they suggested a possible reaction to the compazine...followed up with my neurologist because it wasn't going away & he continued taking away the other meds until the symptom finally went away. It took so long for it to go away, I thought it might really be the desease.....very scarry.

I just started going to my GP a year ago & he has gone through some of these horrible side effects/allergies. He also is now afraid to perscribe any meds. My pdoc has gone through the same things with me & once we found seroquel that hasn't had a side effect yet, we are satisfied to stick with it for the now. My pain specialist is the one taking care of my migraines & so far, the Fentynal is working just fine. Praying that nothing will go wrong with that med because I would hate to have to go back living with migraines daily.

I am always afraid when a Dr wants me to try a med. I don't want to look up the side effects to start, afraid that I will experience it & they will think I am making it up. It is scarry when a Dr gave me benydryl to stop the itching from the burns of the bededyne under my leg cast & I woke up not being able to breathe at night after taking it.

My reactions are such that I have to stop the meds...It isn't a matter of living with the side effects here.

Debbie

[Butterfly_Faerie]

With any medication you are more then likely have to deal with side effects, it's your body getting used to the chemicals... they aren't always terrible, but they can be. Just got to deal with them the best that you can...

[m_rlopez]

I was on Trazodone, but I stopped taking it because it made me feel so tired and it was very hard to get up for work. I also got dizzy when I climbed out of bed.

[ickydog2006]

I guess it depends on how you look at it in my case

suicidal vs. small inconveniences

most people don't have a problem deciding in my case

alot of meds have caused me to gain 35 lbs. i'm 5' tall. my mantra, when i can't zip my jeans, is this : i'd rather be fat and happy, than skinny and dead.