Antibiotics

[Dex337]

Hello I am hoping someone here has similar experience. Few years ago I had bad probs w anxiety and panic attacks. Thankfully after a long road I found a good doc that got me on the working meds and I actually stopped the meds over a year ago all has been fine since.

2 days ago I was prescribed amoxicillin for an ear infection. Last 2 nights I have had trouble sleeping pounding heart etc all the symptoms I remember from my.bad anxiety days.

I called back Drs office. They seems sceptical these were side effects of amox. But I got them to agree to give me a diff antibiotic.

So .. am I crazy? Now thinking back 2 years ago I am beginning to think my original incident was actually started from a course of amoxicillin!

Anyone have experience w.this and any recommendations what might be a lesser risk antibiotic to ask for??

I've stoped taking the amox cos the way they made me feel simply.wasnt worth it bit I also don't want to risk stopping antibiotics w an ear infection after 2 days.

Tia

[Paxiled]

No, actually, this is a very common side effect of taking antibiotics.  People also are very commonly allergic to certain antibiotics.  Antibiotics also kill off the beneficial organisms in our intestinal tract that are a very large part of our mental health system.  It's probably the antibiotics.  You should also know that guidelines do not call for antibiotics to treat ear infections unless they are very severe and persistent -- they go away on their own, as do sinus infections, and because of the tremendous overuse of antibiotics it is not recommended they be used for this disease, again, unless it's quite severe.  You might talk to you doc to see if he or she is up on the latest guidelines, which aren't new to holistic medicine but are to allopathic medicine, which hands out antibiotics like candy.  (They also hand out anxiety meds like candy, too, without considering there might be some other cause, in your case apparently antibiotics.  If you look back at the archives of this forum you will see a lot of people who got anxiety problems and sleep problems from taking them).

[Paxiled]

But I have to add, if you do have a generalized anxiety problem that would be different.  In this case, you were fine, started taking a drug, and weren't fine.  Too many people overlook the most recent change in life, especially with medication, and look for deeper problems when the most recent thing you did that was different is usually the culprit.  At any rate, you'll know if the problem goes away when you stop this particular antibiotic.

[specialmom]

I agree that it most likely isn't the antibiotic causing the anxiety symptoms directly.  But rather your internal propensity to anxiety that the action may trigger.  Do you have a psychologist you see?  Would be a great time to reconnect.  good luck

[AnxiousNoMore]

2 days is likely too fast for that to happen if it would even happen to you. Antibiotics take 2 days to get an effect in your system,
Perhaps it is a kind of ptsd issue that you have when you think of this med. Or maybe you are allergic to it and get anxious afterwards. Possibilities are numerous and answers are likely not going to be available, so in future just request a different med especially if the new one works out for you.