Side effects game

Kevin Hodge · #1 8th March 2018, 20:53

Some people, sa or no, take medications

Lets see how long a list we can make of side effects of meds we have taken!

Rules -

It has to be a known side effect of something you have actually taken

You don't have to have experienced the side effect

One side effect per post please and someone else gets the next go!

Ok ill go first

Kevin Hodge · #2 8th March 2018, 20:54

1. Fruit-like breath odour

Kevin Hodge · #3 8th March 2018, 21:39

^ blimey

3. Halos around lights

Kevin Hodge · #4 8th March 2018, 21:47

Yeah the suicidal urges from anxiety meds is like the most deliciously zen bullshit imaginable

5. Unwanted breast milk production (how can this possibly be unwanted? Ffs)

Dougella · #5 8th March 2018, 23:58

^ It's possibly a bit inconvenient if you don't actually have an infant that needs feeding.

6.) Death

Kevin Hodge · #6 9th March 2018, 00:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dougella

^ It's possibly a bit inconvenient if you don't actually have an infant that needs feeding.

6.) Death

free food is free food!

8. hallucinations

Kevin Hodge · #7 9th March 2018, 00:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kooky Monster

7) Behaving With Excessive Cheerfulness And Activity

A rare side effect I would have actually welcomed.

is that real?! what the hell causes that?

i cant help thinking that if anti-depressants cause suicidal thoughts then excessive cheerfulness must be caused by depressants

Kevin Hodge · #8 9th March 2018, 09:44

^ if its not one thing its another

9. seeing, hearing or feeling things that aren't there (sounds like i got presrcibed religion lol)

Kevin Hodge · #9 9th March 2018, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kooky Monster

^ Can't argue with that logic but it's Prozac, apparently.

To be fair though, it's only behaving with excessive cheerfulness, I suspect the overwhelming feeling of dying inside would very much remain intact.

sounds like a drug designed to make you fail esa assessments

Dougella · #10 9th March 2018, 19:31

11.) Decreased appetite or increased appetite.

Kevin Hodge · #11 9th March 2018, 20:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by biscuits

10. going back on the tuna.

Dare i ask...?

anxiouslondoner · #12 9th March 2018, 21:16

I've never been on depression meds but I've had the malaria tablets that give you diahorrea (though to be fair it might not have been due to those) and the ones that give you crazy nightmares.

Selina Kyle · #13 10th March 2018, 17:33

Paranoia

(I don't need meds for that, can manage that fine on my own)

Rocket Spud · #14 10th March 2018, 18:01

Dry mouth

can't remember whether it was with anti-psychotics or sleeping pills. I've not taken meds for years

Kevin Hodge · #15 10th March 2018, 18:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by biscuits

I didn't eat more than a few mouthfuls for quite some months. I was vegetarian at the time too, but because I hadn't been eating I thought I should eat something substantial. So I went back on the tuna and had a tuna sandwich. I could only eat a mouthful because I remembered that I hate tuna and mayonnaise.

I wasn't exactly normal in those days!

I think I went back on the meat then too. Maybe they stop you caring about animals!

Warning: may cause carnivorous behaviour

Kevin Hodge · #16 10th March 2018, 18:20

15. Night terrors

Tubbs · #17 22nd March 2018, 01:09

16. Tremor

Kevin Hodge · #18 22nd March 2018, 01:12

17. clay coloured stools (good band name that)

Kevin Hodge · #19 28th March 2018, 15:59

18. "reduced levels of consciousness"

flumpsy · #20 28th March 2018, 16:07

Turns your arse-eggs deep purple.

Kevin Hodge · #21 29th March 2018, 10:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by flumpsy

Turns your arse-eggs deep purple.

I had a trip to Dublin once...