Freaking out over taking a med or not

Hi SB,

If you were prescribed an antibiotic, it is because you have a bacterial infection somewhere in your body and you do indeed need it.

Trust me, the effects of an infection gone untreated are WAY worse than any side effect that you may...or may not get!!

I had to take a pretty heavy duty abx last November for a UTI. I did not have one issue whatsoever...and like I said, it was heavy duty...and I am prone to IBS issues, so I was worried about what it might do to my gut.

It did absolutely nothing except cure my infection.:)

Take it with a probiotic, or active culture yogurt...and continue with that for a week or so after finishing your prescription. You will be fine! :)

S.C.

Yep...Cipro. ..like a million mg's too!!!

...I was like...hmmmmmn....

But like I said, zero issues.:)

It should be absolutely fine with your benzo too...no worries.

S.C.

You'll be ok soulbreaker! Hang in there!

Just took it and now I'm nervous waiting

Yeah I calm down a lot already just can't sleep cause it hurts.

What are we like, Ive been the same being on antibiotics for an ear infection and iam constantly agonising... Is it the anti-biotics making me feel so ill or the infection, I have been getting what feels like little electric shocks in my head whilst on them and then that makes me worry more, but after reading posts on here , ive had a good chat with my self and im completing the course and coping just !! Good luck and keep smiling x

bless you , if we all didnt feel so worried and anxious , we could probably laugh at how irrational our thoughts are, i can say that cos i am having an anxious (nearly free) half hour. If i have to take pain killers Which i am at the moment i can sit there agonising ... What if. So i got round it by taking them at night, then if they made me feel stranger than i normally do, at least i wont fall over bump into anything etc Now i do sound strange. I dont know about you but just reading these posts gives me strength to beat this dammed disease of the strong, cos lets face it we have to be strong to cope daily with what it throws at us , i find i just get on top of one anxiety symptom and it throws another , then another BUT i can and i WILL x

Cipro is no big deal you will be OK! I also have pill phobia from a doc who gave me too much heart med once.

SC is it suppose to hurt so dang much? I got a long time ago and can't remember how it felt.

Kinda weird that I don't have much pain urinating, but have waves of pain through the day and all I'm using is a heating pad which helps a little.

Maybe, I do feel it a little, but the general pain is what is really bad. It even hurts to the lower back.

soulbreaker - don't be afraid to take a pain killer too. I think an ibuprofen will do you well - reduce inflammation and help with the pain. Take the recommended dose on the bottle and you'll be JUST FINE!

Hang in there!!