3 stories from people sharing their experiences
My doctor switched me to Effexor. After a month of side effects, he told me to just stop taking it and go back to my old meds. What followed was the worst experience of my life. Sweating through a shirt every 15 minutes, had to call my husband home to lock up the guns. Called my doctor — 'you're seeing a psychiatrist now, can't help.' Called my psychiatrist — 'I didn't prescribe it, can't help.' Nobody would help me...
Between my first and second heart surgery I could no longer walk 15 feet without excruciating pain. A statin allergy had been in my medical records for over 10 years. But they kept insisting I HAD to take them. They made me try 2 more statins just to 'prove' I was allergic. I spent 3 years needing a mobility cart just to get groceries...
I was diagnosed with atrial tachycardia and scheduled for an ablation. But one night, everything went black. No sound, no color, no thought. Then an explosion inside me — and everything came back. The next morning my heart didn't feel tired anymore. I told every nurse and doctor at the surgery appointment. Nobody believed me until the surgeon finally listened for 5 minutes. My heart was perfect...