Didn't take my medication for a week

[Mel12345]

Hi all, I take medication for anxiety and the last week I unfortunatly lost my medication while on holidays. Pretty stupid of me not to take back up. So after a week I've definitely been feeling withdrawal symptoms including lightheaded was and inability to sleep. Anyway got home yesterday and started taking my pill again until I can get a doctors appointment. Has anyone done this before? Did your withdrawal symptoms disappear when you started your medication again? Or should I have just stopped until my doctors appointment on Monday??

[white knight]

Hi Mel, welcome

Unfortunately advice on medication is very limited on this forum.

I suggest you ask your doctor on Monday. If you need quick advice perhaps an emergency dept at your local hospital could help out.

Sorry I couldn't help.

Hope you are ok. Tony WK

[blondguy]

Hi Mel

Like Tony WK mentioned medication advice is limited...I have been in your situation however and just from my experience keep your doctors appointment...please. I have had 25 years of severe anxiety and am sorry for the feelings you have now. I would see my GP

I am sorry that I couldnt be of any more help

Kind Thoughts

Paul

[geoff]

hi Mel, can I just say what happened with me, and this may not be the same as what you are going through, it's just my experience.
I have been out of a script for my AD and not taken it for two days, which meant that I started to fall back into depression, as I believe I had overcome it, but if my doctor's appointment was not until 2 weeks away I went to my pharmacist who gave me enough to last until I saw the doctor.
We can never decide when we take our medication, that is if we want to miss a day here or a day there, because that's not the reason why we take it, so if the bottle tells us to take it everyday then that's what we should be doing. Geoff.