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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Jisha_Tinkle on 2025-10-26 18:47:03+00:00.
This didn’t happen “today” but I did realize the mistake today. I’ve recently started taking Vilazodone for anxiety and depression. I was told to take 10mg to start and move up to 20mg later. I’m used to my medicine being precise and only ever look at how much to take, how often and under what circumstances. I’ve been taking a whole tablet every day for four days straight. My brain felt like how drinking a Diet Coke feels. There were incredibly awful symptoms I was experiencing like confusion, everything looked further away, cognitive abilities dropped, a lot of pressure in my head, etc.
Yesterday I felt incredibly irritable. I felt violent, and I felt wrong. I was genuinely afraid I was going to hurt someone because of the medication. This morning I woke up with intense intrusive thoughts. I’ve been crying so much. I had a mental breakdown and made a private video on Facebook for a few people I trust. I went over everything I was experiencing, and my best friend called me wanting to know what was going on. I explained everything and she told me to break the pill in half to take half the dose because coming off of it is going to be rough. I listen to her, and I’ve been feeling better today.
Hours later I think “I should really look at the pills”. I notice the mg’s of the tablets…it’s 20mg. I’ve been taking double the dose for four days straight. I’ve never had to look at what amount of medicine is there before, so it never occurred to me THAT was the problem. I could have wound up in the hospital for not reading the medication well enough. I very nearly could have gotten serotonin syndrome and died from this.
TL;DR I didn’t read my antidepressants well enough, and almost killed myself.