I have taken allegra before but had not taken it in years when I went
to my allergy doctor to get some relief from constantly stinging eyes.
He prescribed allegra 180 mg (timed release). I got home and took
one about 7 pm and about 3 in the morning I woke up feeling horrible.
I was scared to death. I couldn't talk, I felt like a boulder was
sitting on my chest and I couldn't breathe, even though I was
breathing ok. My heard felt so funny I can't explain it. My husband
checked my bp and it was 130/90 and my pulse was 98. My pulse is
often pretty high but that was a little higher than usual, especially
at night. It got so bad I started crying because I thought something
very bad was about to happen to me. My husband sat up with me and
watched me for hours and I finally got a little better in an hour or
two but not much and now its 24 hours later and i'm better but still
feel slightly heavy in the chest. I called my allergy doctor and got
a quick "allegra does not have side effects like that. Your episode
was not related to allegra. You should stop taking it anyway and go
to your family doctor. Thank you and have a nice day." it was an
obvious, we don't want to deal with you type thing. I felt helpless.
I haven't made an appointment to see my family doctor yet because I am
completely and totally convinced it was the allegra. I have no
history of heart problems at all. I do have diabetes but my doctors
all know this and I have taken allegra in smaller doses before, but
they weren't timed release either.

Has anyone else had a problem similar to this? Am I losing my mind
like my doctor obviously believes and wouldn't see me?

Thank you,