bad effects from sudafed [exacerbation of paranoia etc] what to do?
Yesterday my GP advised I take Sudafed to clear the tubes in my ears that weren't clearing properly after a virus.
Although wary, I dutifully took it, as having one blocked ear for a week and a half is no fun.
Yesterday afternoon I took 2 doses, spread apart. I felt fine yesterday, and not really tired at bed time. However I took the mirtazapine as usual, but couldn't get off to sleep. Then when I did, I kept waking up. I was itching all over.
I woke up really early. Then have been super cranky and angry and hostile all day. I met my parents for lunch, and was badly paranoid in the restaurant when a big party were taking photos of each other. I practically ran all the way home afterwards, and now I'm barricaded in my room as my flatmate has guests for dinner.
I get these symptoms usually, but not this intense.
I have a much clearer ear, but my mind is in chaos.
And then I read that anxiety and paranoid psychosis can be side effects of the ingredients in Sudafed. Nice.
Am I right in thinking that ephedrine products can actually mentally stimulate some people and make them "activated", in some cases paranoid?
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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It could be that you are expecting a reaction from medication that makes your body and mental wellbeing change.
I think psuedoephidrine does however make people more awake if you are sensitive, but the chances of it effecting you now are slim and will get slimmer as time passes, I don't know if that helps.
I was kind of expecting the lack of sleep, but not the full scale angry paranoid episode.....So it wasn't all 'self-fufilling prophecy'.
I didn't read re the anxiety and paranoia until 24 hours after taking them. So. Sorry if I'd not made that clear.
It's not a nice experience.
I do still feel quite jittery, I just hope it continues to ease throughout the day.
There should be more warnings about these things, especially in those possibly susceptible.
Pseudoephedrine can cause anxiety etc.
I had a GP that advised me against taking it. Just stop taking it and use something else instead, Olbas Oil or something. Not a big deal.
Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?
yea ephedrine is a stimulant but I think pseudo ephedrine is bbut not to the same extent. I don't think the side effects are unusual but there are plenty of alternatives. x
^I think it has to do with the degree with which the compound crossed the blood-brain barrier. Amphetamines in general act to reverse the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine. Methamphetamine (desoxyephedrine) quickly crosses this barrier so it makes you more alert, while pseudoephedrine has a harder time crossing, and so it mainly affects the sympathetic nervous system. Somebody correct this if this is wrong.
oks. Thanks for the info.
Well, I have felt slowly a bit better today. Work helped, having a safe boundary area. I still feel quite tense, but there's lots going on in my life to cause that too.
My ear has been blocked again much of the day.
My GP said Sudafed I think because one of it's particularl targets is the tubes in the ears, my problemo.
I suppose I could ask in Boots to see what the pharmacist recommends [if there's one working on Sundays] or I guess I could just wait it out. *sigh*
I have too much going on in my life. No wonder my ears block up and try to shut things out a bit, and no wonder I get angry when the barrier is removed. Although it's not only this emotional aspect that's in play, that is part of it.
I can chill out in a Frankincense oil bath tomorrow afternoon... that should help. A bit. :)
