The Happy Homemaker

Last week I was given the anti-biotic Bactrim. I went through two horrible nights of illness soon after. I had terrible chills and I had trouble breathing. I was so sick I could hardly get out of bed. The worst part was that my chest was in pain. I went to the doctor and she said that Bactrim doesn’t cause those side effects and to continue taking it.

I waited a week. If a simply had a cold I wanted to get rid of the cold before taking the medicine. Last night I tried it again. Again I had terrible chills and horrible pain in my chest. I had trouble sleeping because my throat and nose were closing up. I also began to get a rash this time, something that I didn’t get before. I had to take a Benedryl in order to sleep.

I didn’t take the medicine this morning and I feel fine. I really feel like the medicine caused the symptoms I was having. There are only certain antibiotics I can take, but unfortunately I don’t remember their names. Even the Z pack made me very sick even though I did not have much of an allergic reaction to it.

I just don’t handle medicines very well. I am not a medical expert, but does the fact that I am severely allergic to molds have anything to do with my intolerance to antibiotics? I hope that does not seem like a dumb question.