What drug did you take once and thought “nope, never again”?

I fucked up and took too much generic allergy meds once, probably 10 years ago. Not trying to trip, but asked a coworker for some to fight bad allergies in the morning and ended up taking probably 4-5 of them without thinking. I rarely took allergy meds, and didn’t know how bad it was to take too many. Same day I had to go with my boss to a big trade show. By the time we got to the trade show, I 100% thought I was dying but had so much anxiety about it I couldn’t mention it to him. The walk from the parking lot to the entrance felt like some month long purgatory where I dealt with knowing this was how I was going to die and being incredibly embarrassed. Complete out of body experience. Trying to communicate with anyone the entire time was hellish. After a few hours of torture at the trade show, I finally mumbled something to my boss about thinking I took too much allergy meds. The next few days were honestly a blur, and ever since then I have had horrible anxiety. Would be great if I had health insurance to deal with it, but I don’t. Haven’t taken a single pill of allergy meds since then, no matter how bad it gets. Too terrified to relive what happened back then.

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