Multiple medicine allergic responses
Didn't see any discussions regarding multiple medicine allergic responses. I am embarrassed to say, I am up to 24 allergic responses with medications. The allergic reactions are things I can't control such as high potassium, low sodium, noncardiac pulmonary edema. I feel like health care providers open the chart and see this, I get labeled as "crazy" and when I say I am starting to react to a medicine, noone listens. If I stop the med for my own safety, then I am causing a problem, even if my blood pressure drops due to side effects starting or I feel weak and sodium is dropping and is 130. I don't even want to use healthcare. It is exhausting advocating for myself. I was warned by a pulmonologist, my allergic reactions are dangerous because I rarely have a rash and therefore, treatment is delayed or felt not warranted.
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@legeke I am the same way. I cannot take any ant depressants. My husband check me into Chicago Rush which has an incredible mental health facility. He took me off of SSRis and then put me on an older drug, an MAOBI inhibitor. Within 3 days the depression lifted and then he put me on lithium. That was 2014 and I have been fine ever since.