So last week I had a virus that hit me really hard and made he quiet weak, spiking temperatures upwards of 38.8c so in my weakened state other things like to jump on me. So I started having shortness of breath and a congested feeling so back to GP I went for third time in 10 days. My chest was clear on listening, my sats and pulse was ok but I was given amoxicillin because how I felt and my neutropenic condition.
Now don’t get me wrong I need the antibiotics but that doesn’t mean there is not down sides. So I think everyone knows the ‘normal’ side effects of antibiotics like digestive distress, nausea etc the ‘mundane’ things people expect even if diarrhoea can be dangerous to a person with a stoma it generally manageable. There is at least in me a more insidious issue these drugs bring to me, so when I get prescribed these I am generally not in the best of places physically or mentally to start with. They lower my mood and make me feel depressed, it doesn’t help recovery when you don’t want to do anything and everything you do is so much harder just because of your mood.
When I am unwell I have to force myself to get up and not just lay in my bed because I know it won’t help me get better. The psychological effects of medication can have a huge impact on a patients recovery and I think this is a side effect that isn’t talked about and it leaves patients left feeling pretty shitty about themselves because they don’t know what is going on. So here is an espresso blog post to try and help you understand antibiotics effect you in more ways than you think. If antibiotics make you feel down please tell someone, while they can’t change how they will effect you they can help support you through it. Do not suffer in silence, their are no medals in life, we all need to help each other through our hard times so we can get back to shining.
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