Scared that I got poisoned from a tums, Idek anymore :(

Hi Stacey, I feel your pain! Seems like you have health anxiety which I also suffer from. I have tge exact same fear of medications and side effects. I read the leaflet from top to the bottom of new meds before I take them!!! Well, I am improving now and I'm not as bad but I was terrible few weeks ago. But this will pass. From what you're saying your anxiety is through the roof at the moment which leads to insomnia. Insomnia then makes you tired and doesn't let your body or mind rest which in return you get less sleep - breaking this circle is the most important thing now for you. There was a time when I didn't sleep or over 72 hrs, following allergic reaction to sertraline, it was a living nightmare! Brought on panic attacks and more anxiety. I think what you can try now is to go for a lot of walks to get your endorfin levels up and get a bit tired, do a lot of meditation throughout your days and if you can try something that will help you sleep. Once you get few nights of better sleep you will notice a difference in your anxiety levels. Think about this med - it is OTC and you took it loads of times before - you never got poisoned nor sick from it! It isn't even poisonous!!! I know how hard it is but you really need to trt to distract yourself and focus on something else than thinking about this as you only feed your anxiety. Fingers crossed you will manage to overcome it soon! ?

I really dont think that you have been poisoned by the tums but I know how easy it is to get freaked out by anything that you take into you. You are okay. Lets face it, you haven't died or been taken to hospital. What has happened is that you have got anxious. Anxiety cant harm you or hurt you in any way. It is your bodies own defence system. You are experiencing nervous arousal, that's it. You wont die from it and you wont go insane. You're just anxious along with hundreds of thousands of other people just like you. It is very common. That's not to say that it isn't horribly uncomfortable but that is all it is. The more you accept it and dont fight it, the better it will become. Go and talk to your doctor if you haven't already and look at other advice given on this forum. There are really useful suggestions here.Good luck.