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Q: Bad Anxiety Side Effect From Medication?
asked by: christa84 on May 1st, 2006
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I just had surgery wednesday and i'm on 500mg tabs of hydrocodone 2tabs every 4 hours.
As of last night i've been having overwhelming feelings of anxiety/doom at night I can't sleep and it makes me want to cry. I keep drifting off and then I wake up like a second later with that over whelming feeling and it's just really scary. I'm about to wake my parents up, because i'm really freaked out.

I had issues with anxiety most of my life, but nothing like this. :( i'm going to stop taking my hydrocodone because I think it's causing it but I don't know. I guess i'll just have my mom call the doctors office tomorrow and tell them :(


i can't stand this feeling :(
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mankey
replied on June 23rd, 2006
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Hydrocodone Withdrawl Can Cause Anxiety...
But it doesn't sound like that's what is happening to you if you're following the reccommended dosage. Anxiety is the opposite of what hydrocodone is supposed to do, normally it gives you a calming, sedated feeling... There are issues with generic hydro's vs. Brand names in what types of fillers they use... Sometimes generics have less of the active ingredient than the brand names and have been accused of causing withdrawls - which could be what you're experiencing... Watson's are the most common generics by far - here's a chart I found of what they supply (brand names) if you want to compare your prescription to it... Could help if you've changed pharmacies or gotten a refill of a different type...

good luck and I hope things work out for you... :)
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