Side Effects
Phenobarbital (Phenobarb) is a common drug prescribed for epilepsy. It is also one of the "oldest" anti-epilepsy drug around. It is affordable and somewhat effective, but for new patients, it exacts a heavy toll.
All medicine have side-effects, so the doctors say. A few weeks into consuming Phenobarb, rashes began to develop on my legs, stretching from my butt to my feet. These rashes were big, red, itchy and ugly. If I were a women, I'd 'die' because I looked like the Elephant Man, albeit only on my legs. Well, this is a slight exaggeration, but the rashes were very visible. No one ever told me so, but from what I read and what I knew first-hand, this is likely a side-effect of the phenobarb that I was ingesting. The effect of the ointment that I was prescribed for the rash only went as far as dealing with the itch and inflammation, but the rashes remained. It remained for about 2 - 3 years, when, as suddenly as it appeared, it quickly disappeared. I was still on phenobarb then.
The other common problem with anti-depressant drugs was they cause drowsiness. I began to dose off more often than I used to, or at least found my thinking process slowed, but thankfully, it wasn't often, nor obvious. My studies suffered somewhat. I began to get poorer grades than I used to. I remember a fellow student's un-disguised glee when he beat me at the exams. This person had always lost out to me all these years from when we were in Primary school. Though I was disturbed by my slide in performance, I was more disturbed about this person's glee. He was supposed to be a friend.
I never made it known that I was on anti-depressant drugs, not in school, not to my friends nor teachers. I didn't need pity, nor special treatment. It was only a temporary setback, I told myself.
Thank God, 2 years later, I got good enough grades to make it to one of the best post-secondary schools in the land and the envy of many. I was still on anti-depressant drugs.
All medicine have side-effects, so the doctors say. A few weeks into consuming Phenobarb, rashes began to develop on my legs, stretching from my butt to my feet. These rashes were big, red, itchy and ugly. If I were a women, I'd 'die' because I looked like the Elephant Man, albeit only on my legs. Well, this is a slight exaggeration, but the rashes were very visible. No one ever told me so, but from what I read and what I knew first-hand, this is likely a side-effect of the phenobarb that I was ingesting. The effect of the ointment that I was prescribed for the rash only went as far as dealing with the itch and inflammation, but the rashes remained. It remained for about 2 - 3 years, when, as suddenly as it appeared, it quickly disappeared. I was still on phenobarb then.
The other common problem with anti-depressant drugs was they cause drowsiness. I began to dose off more often than I used to, or at least found my thinking process slowed, but thankfully, it wasn't often, nor obvious. My studies suffered somewhat. I began to get poorer grades than I used to. I remember a fellow student's un-disguised glee when he beat me at the exams. This person had always lost out to me all these years from when we were in Primary school. Though I was disturbed by my slide in performance, I was more disturbed about this person's glee. He was supposed to be a friend.
I never made it known that I was on anti-depressant drugs, not in school, not to my friends nor teachers. I didn't need pity, nor special treatment. It was only a temporary setback, I told myself.
Thank God, 2 years later, I got good enough grades to make it to one of the best post-secondary schools in the land and the envy of many. I was still on anti-depressant drugs.
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