Antibiotics can throw off my balance of anti-anxiety & anti-depressant medications
I am getting over a sinus infection that was overlapped with the flu. So that is about 3 weeks all told that I have been taking either an antibiotic and/or Tamiflu. And today I am feeling really cranky and sad. My anxiety and depression are getting the upper hand.
I have had similar experiences of feeling like crap after having other upper respiratory illnesses. My psychiatrist has always reminded me that the physical illness plus the medication taken for it can upset the balance of mood, calm, attitude, that I have achieved by taking Paxil and Neurontin. So, while I know in my head that I must hang on and wait for my emotional balance to be restored, it is not easy. It is hard not to take it out on my husband, who has done nothing wrong but whom I find particularly annoying right now.
Tags: cranky, flu, Tamiflu, psychiatrist, Paxil, Neurontin, anti-anxiety medications, anxiety disorder
- Posted in : generalized anxiety disorder
- Author : freebird
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Maybe the antibiotics are causing the anxiety to get bad because your system is sensitive to the increased heart rate that antibiotics causes me? When I take them, it can be worse to have the panic attacks than be sick. Comments?