A Personal Story Worth Sharing for Awareness
I was driving; cops had the road we live on blocked in all directions. Even with the GPS, I couldn’t figure out how to get home. The situation confused and aggravated me. My wife was upset and worried, and she was yelling, or I thought she was yelling. At one point, I made a right turn, but I didn’t see the cars speeding toward us. The drivers leaned on their horns as they drove past. I don’t know how they missed hitting us, and I give praise to God because it had to be divine intervention.
I made it to the grocery store near our apartment. I called a neighbor, and she came to lead us home. My wife and I were so angry at each other that we didn’t speak all day Sunday. I had to stay in the bedroom with the lights out for hours, because I couldn’t take the noise. I calmed down enough to apologize to my wife.
My wife has been on me for weeks over my medications. I see the doctor and tell her about an issue I’m going through, and she writes a prescription. Today, I Googled each medication. Several of them cause confusion and brain fog. It pissed me off. So, I quit taking the meds.
ChatGPT begged me not to quit taking the meds. I told the bot, in a polite way, to piss off. In a few hours, I started feeling better. In fairness, the bot was concerned about sudden withdrawals. I am concerned about the poison in my system. I won.
I never mistrusted doctors, but I’m starting to change my way of thinking. Are they so busy they prescribe meds to get the patient out of their hair? I found out a lot of my chest pains go away if I spend a few minutes on my wife’s treadmill. I braved the heat yesterday and went for a walk. I felt better, except almost passing out from heatstroke; that part sucked. I will use the treadmill until fall.
I would never tell anyone to mistrust a doctor. I’m telling people to research the medications they’re prescribed. I would have done it sooner, but I was too confused to do anything. I couldn’t figure out how to pay for groceries or gas this morning.
It pisses me off that I wasn’t warned about the medications, and why was I prescribed so many meds? Medications that cause brain fog and confusion? I stopped taking them. My wife is going to keep an eye on me and see how I do.
My wife noticed the changes before I did, and it took me a minute to accept that something was wrong, and I can’t unsee it. If you love someone who has health problems. and he or she is changing before your eyes, check the medicine cabinet. Then have a chat with their doctor. Do it before someone gets hurt.
My brain fog put a dampener on a wonderful evening with my wife and in-laws. It didn’t have to be that way. Don’t be afraid to ask your doctor hard questions. I almost lost myself mentally, and I almost killed myself and my wife.
Final Thought:
I don’t recommend that everyone stop medications on a whim. For me, it was the right thing to do. I recommend you use caution with medications. Especially medications that may affect your cognitive abilities. I shouldn’t have been driving that night. It’s a blessing I didn’t cause an accident and hurt or kill my wife or anyone else. Be careful with medications and don’t let doctors over-prescribe them to you. Ask your doctor pointed questions and be careful.
Lawson Wallace is a freelance writer who specializes in emails, blog posts, Resumes, and cover letters. He can be contacted at lawsonwallacewrites@outlook.com
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