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Posted at 11:18 AM on May 09, 2009 by rod29201, #41331
Horrible experience with amoxicillin, which was prescribed for a nasty sinus infection. Major nausea, fatigue, feeling lightheaded and dehydrated. All I wanted to do was to sleep. Missed 2 weeks from work. The nausea was completely debilitating. But curiously, get hungry at the same time was feeling nauseated. When I do get some food, I have to force myself to eat it. Also had major headaches. Got sort of paranoid that something else was seriously wrong with me! Have been off amoxicillin for a little over a week. Feeling VERY depressed and hopeless. I want so bad to get back to my normal life, but it is like I have no energy or desire to push on. I have to literally FORCE myself out of bed and to work. Very concerned here and do not want to have to start taking an antidepressant. Does anyone know how long these effects will last or what I can do? Doctor gave me an additional prescription for Cipro, but I am afraid to take it because I feel like I am trapped in a vicious cycle and these feelings will only get worse. I am not used to taking meds!!
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Reply 6 months ago on May 21, 2009 by savvytime, #19986

I am having a similar reaction! I took it last Friday and Sat - got very dizzy and nauseous with rash, stopped after 3 doses. I have bouts of feeling nauseous, extreme thirst and back pain tonight. If I overdo it at all, at night the symptoms return - like tonight. I'm calling my doc again in the morning to see how long this can last. It's really scary - you think your kidneys are failing or there's something seriously wrong with you. The docs/professionals I've talked to seem puzzled. I can't believe they aren't more up to speed on this. I, too, wonder how long I am going to suffer or if I'm having serious serious problems. I almost have gone to emergency several times over the last 5 days.

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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 23, 2009 by bellofsunshine28, #22451

I had a similar reaction! I've NEVER been depressed in my entire life and Amoxicillin made me feel depressed and made me vomit constantly and have diarrhea. THEN my infection STILL wasn't gone and my doctor put me on clindamycin which made everything worse! Now I'm having bad dreams, anxiety, depression, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and diarrhea. I only had a bladder infection to begin with. Antibiotics are horrible! I am not taking ANYTHING else. I'm going to try some organic vitamins and exercise to get all of this out of my body.

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