I
was thinking back over my torturous years of dealing with the agonies
of unchecked all-over atopic dermatitis, which rendered my skin looking
like I had been using a chicken joint's deep-fryer as a hot tub, and I
recall with horror the time that I was prescribed a cocktail of
Gabapentin and Doxepin as a way to relieve the relentless itching and
peeling of my skin. I'm no stranger to psychoactive chemicals, but I can
say with authority that that combination gave me what I can only
describe as an actual out of body experience, coupled with
flesh-crawling imagined terrors. From drugs.com:
"Using
doxepin together with gabapentin may increase side effects such as
dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, and difficulty concentrating. Some
people, especially the elderly, may also experience impairment in
thinking, judgment, and motor coordination."
I
took that combination for a total of three days, after which I took
myself off of it and told the prescribing doctors that I refused to
continue with that course of treatment. It's the closest thing to what I
imagine the worst kind of demonic possession being.
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