So to start off, I have a pretty severe sinus infection and possibly a severe tooth infection as well. I know the first because I went to an ENT, and I know the second because the ENT I went to- said that he thinks I need to have a dead tooth removed, and that it it’s more than likely also infected.
The problem I have is that I seem to have a bad reaction to the medicine I was given in that I absolute lost my shit when I was on doxycycline. Or it could have been the Fluticasone because apparently that can have some bad reactions exactly like mine.
From out of nowhere… my heart rate was off the charts, horrible panic throughout the evening, disassociation, terrifying dark thoughts of doom and gloom…. the works.
This was Thursday night.
I’ve only JUST begun calming down and then found out when I woke that my childhood-into-mid-adult best friend living on the other side of the country has died.
So I’m not doing well.
I have a bad infection and I can’t take antibiotics for it- (the idea of trying anything else makes me shake with anxiety now) and I have a white knuckle fear of hospitals.
I don’t know what to do.
I know that it’s best to go to the hospital, but they’ll want me to stay there for observation. Which is for the best because if anything happens, I’ll be safe- but the idea of being in a hospital away from everything I know is freaking me out.
How do I do this?
Listen to your doctor and go to the hospital. Infections from tooth decay and sinus infections can go south pretty quickly if they aren’t addressed appropriately. Doctors will treat people outside of the hospital whenever possible, if they are telling you to go to the hospital, you should listen. If your body could fight this infection without help, it would have knocked it out already.
Thank you. I probably will when my girlfriend wakes up.
I put mine off for years, so happy it got fixed (well, they pulled the tooth and the infection disappeared quickly). A dentist friend informed me that infections can kill you as they can cause the airway to block up. Get it sorted.