Worried about "overdose"

[Grace360 0]

Specifically fentanyl. The deadliest and worst kind. I just took my anxiety medication that I should take in the morning.. oops. Keep forgetting. But here's the issue. I slept last night falling asleep to dance moms and my foot accidentally knocked my pill case over and it spilled. I only had one in there. I said I'd put it back in before I fell asleep, but I didn't and it was sitting open all night. I noticed it today and quickly closed it back. But who knows what could've happened in those hours. Someone could've swapped out my pill for something laced with fentanyl or something else deadly I don't even know about. I just took it but I'm so scared. I know I'm not alone but I've read it before. A mother and her sons. They overdosed and the ambulence got there fast. She begged them to give him that overdose reversing drug but it was too late even then. And some survive. But you don't are many of those, not at all. 

[bin_tenn 1252]

Nope. So much nope. I advise seeing a therapist and seeking help for this irrational fear.

[Mrsrpmddo 222]

Are you in your own home? If so , who would do that? Your minds playing tricks on you. You’re fine. 

[otten 23]

You need to see a therapist. You are coming up with more and more outlandish scenarios to worry about.

[adamden 58]

Grace..... Grace Grace Grace Grace Grace...... 

Are you even telling your therapist about these irrational fears? This has gotta stop if you wanna get over this.

[jonathan123 2368]

Hi. Grace.

Irrational fears are common especially in health anxiety. It's ok to say stop it but how?  First of all, when an irrational fear arises, STOP, don't let it take hold but ask the question. 'Is there any rational need for this fear'? The tablet thing you describe is typical. The answer must be, if it was in your home, 'why would anyone want to do that to me'? Then accept the rational answer. Stop arguing with yourself. It's not easy and takes a lot of practise.

A mother and her sons. They overdosed and the ambulence got there fast. She begged them to give him that overdose reversing drug but it was too late even then. And some survive. But you don't are many of those, not at all.  

Now you have obviously read that somewhere. I could recite to you so many such incidents it would take the whole website. You are 'catastrophising'. Making big issues out of stories that have no relationship to your condition. Do you google, if so STOP AT ONCE. I can't emphasise this enough. Your mind is sensitive and vulnerable to suggestion. Wide open! The more you analyse and doubt the worse it will get. The seeds of doubt grow quickly. Before you know it you have a forest of doubts.

The word 'fentanyl' has stuck in your mind. I have never heard of it. You read it and it stuck. But why not all the other toxic chemicals but just that one? Because you heard about it. If you had not read about it how could it be in your mind? 'Free floating anxiety'. It will settle on anything the slightest bit negative.

 I just took it but I'm so scared

And there you have the root of the problem. Being scared brings on more fear and more adrenaline and you get caught in the 'fear/symptoms/thoughts/adrenaline/fear cycle'. Break the chain. Ask questions. 'Why do I think that'?' What possible reason could there be for that'?

Take care and give yourself time..

 

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[mollyfin 366]

You can't "lace" something with fentanyl.  It's given in tablet (rarely, I think, since it's mainly given to end-stage patients or patients with severe pain from cancer or chemotherapy) or dermal patch form.  But that doesn't matter, because you KNOW this is all anxiety-based, because you're here, on an anxiety forum, not in the ER, right?  Recognizing that it's anxiety is a great beginning, but if you keep looking for people to tell you that it's not reality, you're still letting the anxiety control you.  Talk to your doctor, therapist, whomever, about how to calm your anxiety on your own, without Google or reassurance.  There are self-help books and workbooks for managing obsessive thoughts, and there are great resources posted right here.  And I'm betting a lot of people here have techniques they can suggest for how they work through their anxious times.  I literally have arguments with my own thoughts, reminding myself my fears aren't reality.  And sometimes that doesn't help at all, and I'm back off the rails, or I KNOW it's anxiety but that doesn't help.  But it's better than it was.  That may not work for you, and there are plenty of other methods for coping with anxiety.  Hell, just coming here and talking about it can help sometimes.  But right now it doesn't seem to be helping you much and you seem kind of stuck.  What has worked for you in calming anxiety in the past?  Does it no longer help?