I,AM LIKE THAT WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS. I HAD SO MUCH ANXIETY IN ME I HAD TO GO TO ER.. BUT IF YOU HAVE AN INFECTION JUST GIVE YOU ANTIBIOTIC. THEY SHOULD,NT HURT YOU.

I am always scared to take any kind of medication. I am always afraid of what it will do to me...then it causes me anxiety! I suffered for 20 years with anxiety and then I finally couldn't take it anymore and took medication...I wish I would have taken it a long time ago...however I still will not take the ativan that my doctor says will help me even more...I feel for you and understand where you are coming from...usually you can tell the difference if it is your anxiety or side effects because if you mind gets distracted for a bit then the symptoms go away...if they don't then it may be side effects...good luck..I will be praying for you....

I have had reactions to meds, and had to go to the ER for an antibiotic. As for medication for anxiety, i've been on anti depressants before and went through the whole thing of different meds to find out what worked. I dont want to go through that again. the side effects and feeling numb, feeling like i'm on a constatnt high. I went on welbutrin a few years ago to help me quit smoking and it made me moody all the time. I've never been so afraid of meds the way i have been now. The past few years gave me to many reactions that now i will freak out. I had to take meds for my knees as i was hit by a car and the tremodal gave me upset stomach, etc. I hated it. How do i overcome this?

I thought I was the only one, I'm so glad I'm not! I'm so scared to take anything, even just a stupid little Asprin for a headache. I always get nervous meds will make sick so even thinking of taking something will stress me out.

gjuls- even a half milligram of Ativan made me feel nauseous, I had to take .25 milligrams. Then I tried Zoloft which almost got me sick.

The only advice I can think of is just take the medicine because if you don't your infection could get worse and then you're really gonna feel bad. :/ And you shouldn't have to be on it that long, so try and remember that. Or try some mantra meditation, before you have to take it repeat to yourself that the medicine will help you and not harm you.

Good luck!

I'm right there with you on this. My anxiety was set off by taking wellbutrin to stop smoking. I then tried some anti dizzy and ant nausea drugs which made me feel worse. I was then put on vitamin B complex to help with the anxiety and the first vitamin seemed to help, but when I needed a refill, I couldn't find that brand, so tried another kind of B complex and that made my symptoms worse.
I'm now petrified to try anything....including an asprin.
Last night I tried auroma therapy and used an oil.....again....it set off the anxiety. I'm so frustrated. An thinking about doing yoga or seeing a chiropractor? Not really sure....just the thought is setting off the anxiety.

Its so re-assuring to hear that i'm not alone. Yeah when i hurt my knees and had to take meds i had to write it on a post it note "it will not hurt me" and it helped, i was fine. But i'm with you all, i will not even take meds for my allergies cause its a pill. So i buy childrens benedryl because its in liquid form, i cant find adult in liquid form, lol. I wish they would make anit depressants or anit anxiety in liquid form, then i would take it. The thought of pills just scares me, and i'm with you i cannot take an ibuprfen for a headache. Do vitamins really help? I was on vitamins before and when i stopped taking them, i felt better for a few weeks.

MS blank - really? essential oils set it off for you? I use this lavendar oil from whole foods, its in a blue bottle called anxiety release.

Yes, the essential oil I used set off the anxiety and I don't use a cheap kind. I just used a little on a finger that was getting an infection and before you know it....my heart was racing and I got dizzy and nauseated. It is so frustrating as I've used aroma thearapy for years. By the way......my finger got better...LOL.