ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
ME/CFS fatigue, anxiety; stimulants caused psychosis and housebound agoraphobia
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2025
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
My doctor wanted to prescribe them to me for general fatigue
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Summary
A person with lifelong anxiety described trials of two medications. A beta blocker taken for Raynaud's circulation problems made them faint for the first time ever. In 2025 they said stimulants, officially prescribed after an ADHD evaluation though their doctor wanted them for fatigue, greatly improved their energy and focus, but one form caused psychosis and another turned their anxiety into agoraphobia that kept them housebound for over six months; both resolved off the drugs.
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What they tried
Also tried
beta blocker· Worsemeds (normal and long acting form)· Worseemergency anti-psychotics· Not saidAntipsychotics (unspecified)· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- beta blocker · Worse
Tried them to help with my circulation problems (Raynaud's), they knocked me on ass. Literally, apparently I have low blood pressure in general, and beta blocker made me faint for the first time ever, a lot.
In context ↗ - meds (normal and long acting form) · Worse
They did do wonders for my physical and mental energy, and for mental focus and ADHD stuff. ... As far as side effects, it was absolute hell.
In context ↗ - emergency anti-psychotics · Not said
a very tiny bit of occasionally tardive dyskinesia from the rather high dose anti-psychotics
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-13 | beta blocker taken for Raynaud's caused faintingTried them to help with my circulation problems (Raynaud's), they knocked me on ass ... beta blocker made me faint for the first time ever, a lotIn context ↗ | Beta-blockers (unspecified) |
| 2025-10-23 | stimulant medication greatly improved physical and mental energy and focusThey did do wonders for my physical and mental energy, and for mental focus and ADHD stuff.In context ↗ | Stimulants (unspecified) |
| 2025-10-23 | stopped stimulants after psychosis and agoraphobia; side effects resolvedAfter I was stopped the meds, the issues stopped. No lasting issuesIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Beta-blockers (unspecified)“Tried them to help with my circulation problems (Raynaud's), they knocked me on ass. Literally, apparently I have low blood pressure in general, and beta blocker made me faint for the first time ever, a lot.” In context ↗ Low blood pressure or fainting
- Stimulants (unspecified)“One made me psychotic (as in putting up on emergency anti-psychotics and not being allowed to handle anything sharp).” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
- Stimulants (unspecified)“The other, turned my relatively bad but lifelong anxiety to extreme agoraphobia” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
- Antipsychotics (unspecified)“a very tiny bit of occasionally tardive dyskinesia from the rather high dose anti-psychotics” In context ↗ Other
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
apparently I have low blood pressure in general
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
turned my relatively bad but lifelong anxiety to extreme agoraphobia
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