No your not meds can do all sorts of things to your body. Just think of the antibiotic as temporary until your tooth feels better.

You are not ridiculous. Many people get anxious & panicky about taking medicine. It's ok. It may be hard, but just do your best so your tooth gets better. I agree with kp0988 on this. It's only temporary.

Make a countdown list. That will help. It will pass and you will feel better.

After you finish, add probiotics to your diet to balance your insides again. Antibiotics strip the good bacteria as well as the bad.

Smile :-) Your teeth are thanking you for taking care of them.

Before I comment, let me say that I'm not suggesting that you not take your antibiotic. I suffered from a wisdom tooth that got infected and needed to be removed. I didn't have dental insurance or the money to go to a dentist. I was in agonizing pain and couldn't sleep or function for days. I got online and discovered that Ginger Root works as a natural antibiotic and pain reliever. I thought, yeah sure...but at that point I would have tried anything. I went to the grocery store and bought a small chunk of it. You cut off a piece and place it on the affected area, bite down ( ooooh...it's bitter tasting ) and hold it there for a a minute of two. Repeat this a couple of times of day. Amazing. It stops the pain and clears up the infection.

Angela

OMG! Lanaleo15, YOU SOUND LIKE ME I SWEAR! I HATE HATE taking pills. Im already very anxious because of my dizziness. I cant tell you how many medications I have for everything and i dont take it and feel like CRAP> EVERYONE think im stupid. (probably is) because i would rather suffer than take medication.

What freaks me out is the side effects. EVERYTHING causes dizziness. (or so it says) and thats what im afraid of. And feeling lethargic...SIDE effects. So your not alone. I get freaked out about taking medication. I forced myself to take a motrin 600 for my headache.

Aww thnak you everyone! :)

Dizzybabe i know how you feel! The side effects scare me because what if it is a side effect and i cant tell because of anxiety. I actually took my antibiotics today and oh man the anxiety was intense. Its like any change to my body and my body will freak out and i start to shake. I keep telling myself its good and it will help and i read the thing no really bad side effects. So i'm trying to stay positive but today was not so good, i hope tomorrow will be. I could already feel a different with my sinus's and tooth so that made me happy, then i freaked out, lol.

I will try the ginger root. I used to eat it raw because of my heart burn and that really helped my heart burn, but after doing it a few times i couldnt' anymore the taste was horrible.

I had to start an antibiotic today and I totally know how you feel... it makes me nervous every time. When I start a new medication, I always take it when I'm with other people so that I'll feel safer. I usually crack a joke about it too like "Oh I'm taking this new medication so if I start to foam at the mouth, you'll call 911, right?" Once I started admitting to people that I was nervous about it, it got easier. I was surprised how understanding people are.... a lot of people don't like to take pills.

I had an issue w my teath veryyy recently... Antibiotics won't do anything bad to u.. I also hate taking medicine... But u will b okay!!!!!! Better to freak out taking medicine u don't wana take than having gto deal with a huge problem w ur mouth... Take what is prescribed... Ull be okay! Good luck!

I don't like taking new medicine. It usually takes me a couple weeks to get enough courage to take them. I am supposed to be on lexapro but can't seem tiger started. I have been like this with every medication that I have tried in the last few years. Always worried about side effects or bad reactions. I had one bad reaction to effexor and that really turned me off to taking new meds. But antibiotics have less side effects than most major drugs so I don't worry about them as much. The biggest one is a rash. I have never had a antibiotic give me any kind of reaction.

I think i'm doing ok, this is day 3 of taking them and my anxiety is not nearly how it was the first day.

I've had a reaction one an anti biotic before, it sent me to the ER. I had a rash, felt drunk, stomach really hurt, and i cant remember what else. So that is why i'm freaking out. But the pharmacist, dentist, have assured me its no where near that one and that i will be ok.

I am glad your anxiety level is down and that you are sharing that. That is a true fact about anxiety. The levels always do go down. Your body only has so much adrenaline and then it is depleted and you calm down. That's why one of the coping skills is rating your anxiety on a scale from 1-10 so you can see that the level eventually decreases.

Glad to hear you are doing better!

I have issues with medicines too. To the point that I will question anything and everything including an all natural herbal supplement. I have recently had to overcome it due to dealing with an ulcer that all my anxiety has caused. Mine started because of a severe panic attack when I started Lexapro... I messed up, I read the paper that came with the Lexapro.... my mind went crazy and of course, I couldnt tell the difference between the panic attack and side effects. STOP READING THE SIDE EFFECTS PAMPLET. We will and can imagine the side effects. You know your body, trust your doctor enough to know what to put you on... the most I ask now is for the lowest dose available and tablet form so I can cut it in half... even quarters if i want to. Be sure to always tell your doctor this though as some meds dont work right if you split them. I done more harm to myself NOT taking meds than taking them. Ive finally decided it would be best to take something to calm my anxiety down and now my anxiety has been elevated when I find myself calm and not experiencing it for a little while. Like yall, I have a bag full of prescriptions because I refused to take them but through therapy, I have realized, sometimes you just have to. She gave me this reasoning and it made a lot of sense since I used to be a firefighter. Firefighters dont train when they are fighting a fire. They train before (impossible for us) and inbetween but never during a call. Our 'call' is in the high anxiety state, thats when we are fighting our fire... to train and learn we must come down of the adrenaline rush and be in a clear state of mind. We have to get you in that clear state of mind and off the adrenaline rush and sometimes you need medicine. Makes sense!
One more thing... just so you can see how you can imagine side effects and why I say dont read that paper. For a minute imagine yourself going into the kitchen. Get a lemon, a cutting board and a knife. Put the lemon on the cutting board, slice it open and now quarter it. (Dontcha smell it already?) Now imagine picking up a piece of that lemon (I bet your mouth is watering now) and putting in in your mouth. (Puckered up yet?) Seee, how fast we can imagine things? There's no difference between that and imagined side effects. WITH THAT BEING SAID, TRUST YOUR BODY, IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS SEVERELY WRONG CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR GO TO THE ER. Im not a doctor, I just know what my issue was and sharing my experience.