I am the same way!! Partly because of side effects, and partly because i once had an allergic reaction after taking one and stopped breathing!! It was one of the scariest moments of my life. I am now scared of taking new meds because there is always a risk of being allergic! I also am scared of side effects, some pills have huge risks of deadly reactions:S. Ugh, I have been getting a little better, but its hard! I understand!

yep- and i am almost recovered and i dont even use them!

I use very few meds. I'm afraid they'll give me cancer. My counselor said, "But if you decide to take them, they might relieve the fears that you have about taking them." I had to process that for a while. But I'm considering it.

I'm all about meds. I take like...5 different kinds for my psych illnesses, as well as one for my stomach. If I don't take them, I get dangerously sick.

Give them a chance, and hang in there! Most of the side effects listed for any med are ones you will NEVER have. Some of them might not even be due to the meds, but during the studies on new meds, every single thing has to be listed that a person experiences that could possibly be related to the med being taken. And most side effects, if you do have them, diminish after a few days.

My daughter is very scared of medication. Even when she was a baby, she would throw up any medicine she was given. She takes medicine now, but very carefully. She knows it helps her, but she is always afraid it will hurt her. It is sort of a love/hate relationship.

it was hard for me to go on meds. since i was diagnosed years ago, i have tried no meds 2 different times with the support of my doc of course. the first time i went back on when i started getting bad. this time, which just ended a few weeks ago went terribly bad. my doc allowed me to really stick it out. right now, i am worse than when i was first diagnosed. it is scary! i tried the natural route for a couple of reasons. one was that is the kind of lifestyle i lead, wholistic. the other reason is i have never had the results from any of the many many many meds i have been on that i see other people have. it is frustrating! also, i had gone off because i was hoping to get pregnant this year...now that will be next summer/fall! i am working with specialists regarding this. right now i just need to get healthy and functioning again! hang in there katie...the side effects can suck, but they won't kill you! i know when that is an obsession for you it is hard to do! i am here for you!

i am so afraid of medicine , i'v only been this way for 5 years . if the doctor gives me a new medicine i research it online and read all the scary side effects , then i call the pharmacist to make sure i can take it with my other meds .i will only take a partial dose the first time , after i swallow it i have a panic attack and think i'm having the side effects i read about .

I am afraid of what the side affects will do to me took a medicine that stopped myheart in the doctors office and since then be afraid to take new pills i wait and wait and say i will take them and finall do and wonder why i didn't earlier.