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8. And, My Personal Reactions to Two Drugs: (Benadryl being One)

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210. And, My Personal Reactions to Two Drugs: (Benadryl being One)

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. And, My Personal Reactions to Two Drugs:

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Last edited Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:11 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
"Paradoxical Effects" on some people with Anti-Depressents......

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(I'm a person who has had paradoxical effects from drugs. I don't like to fly and am prone to panic attacks so I got a prescription for one of the Benzodiazepine drugs. I took a pill and freaked out heading to the airport with a panic attack along with violent shaking. It was a good thing I wasn't driving. I never took another pill and stopped flying because it freaked me out so bad. Many years later I had an minor operation but became so agitated in the recovery room they had to hold me down because part of the the anesthesia had some derivative of a benzodiazepine in it and caused me to have a reaction. The hospital actually refunded me the money for my anethesia on my bill because I had put on my Patient information chart that I was allergic to Benzodiazepines and someone didn't check when they gave me the particular anesthesia that they did.

So this can happen. Plus both my daughter and I can't take Benadryl for colds or allergy. We both freak out instead of becoming drowsy. No one else in our family has that contrarian reaction. I found out about it when she was little and screamed all night when she was prescribed it for a mild ear ache...and years later I took it for a sinus infection (not thinking that my daughter had a former reaction) and became horribly agitated with palpitations and cold sweats.

Different Meds for Different Folks...can cause some strange stuff.