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Allergic reaction/ anxiety

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dimplesanddonuts · 13/06/2025 15:49

I have the MJ in my fridge to start at 2.5 mg but I’m so scared to take it. I am really anxious and have health anxiety but I am 5 foot 6 and weigh 13 stone 5 and my BMI is 30.2 which is obese acceptable to the NHS. I think I’m just scared as I have had reactions to medication in the past, allergic reaction to erythromycin and when I had my Covid job I felt funny & faint but I have looked into it and apparently it’s a vasovagal nerve reaction. Not sure I spelt that right but it happens sometimes on having injections although I don’t feel your needles, I just overthink the side-effects. I feel funny. My heart rate goes up, I don’t know if it’s anxiety. It happened when I had some lemon bottle injections in my arms and also when go to the dentist and I have the injection to numb, it happens then I’m just so nervous to start any tips. I have IBS & I have been diagnosed with chronic urticaria, so I have hives sometimes which has made me anxious that if I am having an allergic reaction that I don’t know if it is or not. and also I’m scared in case I have an Anaphylactic shock. I’m allergic to PPD also. (Hair dye) I just want to be slimmer again. Wish I didn’t have anxiety. Anyone else the same?

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dimplesanddonuts · 13/06/2025 20:50

sandybeaches74 · 13/06/2025 19:19

Honestly @wobblybrain… she’s said she has a fear, she’s also said she has multiple allergies. So just let her be for gods sake. If she does a little bit and is fine, then she’s reassured herself and then it will be fine. Then the next time she can be more confident. I’m pretty chill in most other areas of my life but having a reaction is actually no joke, so yes, you are the ‘PP’, I was talking about. The PP with seemingly no empathy and a belligerent self important belief that you’re right all the time. Yawn.

OP… just do what you need to do to feel confident. Keep challenging yourself to face the fear head on and you will get there.

In regards to my reaction, I was given a full does of docetaxol chemo for breast cancer, which is pretty heavy. My body went bright red, my chest closed up, my tongue started swelling, I got hives all over my face in the space of 30 secs. The staff were on top of it straight away and it all got reversed but it was scary. Weirdly I had always had a fear but I had worked so hard to get rid of it and I had, then it actually happened. It wasn’t pleasant but it was fine and I actually went on to have more of the drug, which saved my life. I’d have it again if I needed it. My situation is not yours, you have choices and you will be ok Flowers

Thank you so much. I guess I’ll just have to sort myself out. Backstory I think I have health anxiety because my son is autistic and he’s heavily dependent on me and doesn’t leave the house, home School and his father recently died in November and every day he always says to me I don’t want you to die. I don’t want you to die because if you die, I will end my own life so I think this is created the HA lately because I never was like this before Now I’m second-guess everything and ruminating about everything and I just want to lose some weight to feel better about myself, but then I’m thinking what if I take that and then I end up ill I’m not being able to care if my autistic son so I think this is the deep rooted issue that I need to work on but it’s not easily solved because he doesn’t listen to me and doesn’t wanna leave the house and it’s just upsetting me and he won’t have no friends and he just relies on me for everything to be his mother care parent friend et cetera. I have CAMHS and social worker disability involved but he won’t listen to us all. So I think this is why. I used to be carefree and take any medication with a second thought. I also have 6 and 3 year old. No support. Partner works all day. I can’t have friends as he gets upset with the change. Even my 6 year old can’t have friends in garden as he kicks off. Has violent outbursts. Feel so alone. Also my mum has that chemo she has breast cancer. It made her face all red. It was actually red in colour and they said it was normal. Take care of yourself.

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