I dont want to take this pill!

time2reclaim:

We are trying to be here for you. I and many others here probably, have been alone and in trouble.

You can come on this board as often as you want, and reach out to others for help.

As has been mentioned, you can start off with 1/4th or 1/2th of a pill, to lessen any side affects.

What new pill are you taking, an anti-depressant, something to help with anxiety?

You keep "reading" have those side effects. That doesn't mean you will have them.

You have a right to your anger. Please try to think of something good, like, this new pill may help.

You're say you're having panic attacks now, getting off the other pill. I've had panic attacks in years past, and had them off and on for years. Lithium (for my manic-depression) stopped mine cold, but I don't know what your doctor wants for you.

Might look up on net, panic attack medicines, or something like that, and see what it says.

To a degree, I know what you are going through: nobody helps, nothing works. Very tough situation.

"I'm so mad at my life right now and everything." You are one tough senioritta. Try to fight through this.

Please let us know how you are doing.

Way to go, time2reclaim.

You've taken your first pill, your blood pressure pill.

Horray! Horray! Horray!

Did you write down in your health journal what time you took that first pill, and what your blood pressure was when you took it?

You can check your b/p in an hour or two or three, and see if it's working. I know, it's not supposed to work that fast, but you can check it every few hours, or whenever you want, and see how its working.

Here's a saying I like to say to myself and to others:

"One problem at a time, and be positive about that problem."

You can also look on the net search engine for foods, etc., that help with b/p. Also, I use a heating pad a lot. Heat expands the blood vessels, and allows more blood to flow through, such as, putting it on the heart, for instance.

It makes the heart work less, for the blood vessels are expanded, and the blood flows easier. Again, it could help with b/p, I would try everything I could think of.

Also, I find a moist heating pad works better for me. That is, most such pads come with a pad you can moisten, and put inside the cover which comes with some, but not all, heating pads.

If your heating pad did not come with such a cover or the pad to moisten, you can just get a kitchen or small bathroom towel, moisten it, squeeze it out, and lay it on top of you, with the heating pad on top of that towel. And then relax laying down or watching TV.

You said,

"Dr. also wants me to take something for anxiety but I can only handle so much at one time so waiting on that."

What do you have for anxiety? Is this the pill you're worried about and you don't want to take?

Are you still anxious? After you feel comfortable that the b/p pill is doing OK, possibly in a few hours, you decide, you might want to consider taking 1/4th or 1/2th of the anxiety pill.

But these are just suggestions, you know more about your situation than I do.

Also what's helped me was, I read a column on being positive, and it really helped me have a better attitude going into a problem, that I could solve the problem.

So, do you think you can solve this problem? That has a lot to do with whether you're going to or not.

Great job on taking that leap of faith!

Envisioning only positive things will help ensure everything goes well. Positive mantras and reassurances are actually powerful tools!

Remember that negative reviews are much more prevalent than positive ones, because it is human nature to report the bad...rather than the good! So for every complaint...there are just as many, or more satisfied users! (you'll just never hear from them)

Again, Sending thoughts and prayers!

S.C.

p.s. you may want to keep one of your threads going as an open conversation...rather than having a bunch of smaller ones. It will be easier for you to look back at your responses and use this as a journal of sorts by doing so.:)

Well I got dizzy and my head hurt and my heart rate felt weird so then my bp was climbing and climbing. When I left it was 191 over something I forget. That was about 2 hours after I took the pill. Wasn't sure if it was the med or anxiety so my son took me to ER. Just got home a bit ago.

Time2reclaim,

I was terrified to start taking my anti anxiety medication. I had to seek quite a bit of comfort and reassurance from the lovely people on here but I did take them.

Then I grew anxious with "what ifs", so admittedly for the first few days of being on the tablets I was very on edge simply due to worrying about it.

I've now been on the medication for 13 days and I have not died or succumbed to any long lasting side effects (hopefully it will stay that way and I'm sure it will).

You will be fine, so please do take whatever tablets/medicine you have been prescribed and do not read up on or research in any way the side effects or people's reviews - I did and it was a mistake!

Good Luck.

Scaredlady,
Thank you for your post. I would love to think things will go ok. LOL I would love to think anything would go ok at this point. I don't like the way I feel on medication, the headaches, the dizziness, nausea, shaking, fatigue, insomnia, racing heart, rashes, itching and burning. I have had it all the last 3 weeks. Between the ER and my Docs I have taken or been given I believe a total of 9 medications in that time period. I am exhausted.

LOL all this began because I saw a new dentist because I need a tooth pulled and my bp was found sky high at that office. I still haven't gotten that tooth taken care of yet.

I do appreciate the post, I am just having a down day I hope I will be back to myself soon.

Yes he just said to tell my Dr. as if she'll call me back haha. I took my bp about half an hour ago and it is 145/105 so I should feel safe to just sleep tonight. I hope.

These symptoms could all be due to the anxiety and not the pill for your blood pressure.
All the symptoms suggest this .... I think we have all experienced these unfortunately because you are in such acute anxiety it is throwing absolutely everything at you together..
At least your blood pressure is a sensible number now 😊

Keep your fighting spirit up xxx you can do this xx

Post Edited (gilly2) : 11/14/2016 1:19:50 PM (GMT-7)

I wrote down today what all meds I have taken in the last 3 weeks since I was taken to ER at the clinic. Some of those were for the blood pressure readings and some of them were for the symptoms of the blood pressure medicines. I have had 8 total meds in the last less than a month. Some of them had no negative reactions, one gave me a red hot rash, one I had itching and burning as well as elevated blood sugars, one depleted my potassium reading in 2 days but I had no negative reactions to, one I had a headache and nausea the day after but it works well but is only for bp spikes not daily, this last one I became dizzy, got a headache, nausea, felt spacey and had more than one panic attack after taking. I've since found others who have had similar experiences with this med, it is called Amlodipine. I may have panic attacks and anxiety but I am having legitimate reactions to these medications. I have had an allergic reaction to a topical antibiotic in the past, it caused swelling at the application site. I do not want to take a medicine that makes me miserable and that is the issue. I take ranitidine every day twice a day. No reactions I take it and forget about it and that is the way I expect medication to be. Take it, it does it's job and does not become the center of your life due to miserable side effects. That's all I want <3

I hope this doesn't sound *****y I sure don't mean it to be just so you know. It is hard to post on here sometimes and not know how another person will read it. I just want to get back on with my life and not have my bp number be the center of my existence and stress.