Today, I found out that my doctor wasn't kidding when he said "sudden diarrhea may occur" with my new medication. I learned this while walking my dog a mile away from my house. FML
HauntedTwilight tells us more.
Hey, OP here :) I've never experienced any side effects from medication (until now), and when the doctor and I went over the side effects together he kind of chuckled when he said "sudden diarrhea may occur". The medication is cymbalta (anti-depressant) so I took it as a joke that an anti-depressant could cause such a side effect, and when he chuckled I really thought he was kidding. I was clearly wrong, haha. Luckily, I was able to bolt home before anything extremely bad happened. My dog enjoyed the quick run a lot more than I did. Still easily one of the most embarrassing days of my life! I've earned the nickname "Shitty pants" from my 61 year old father who is never going to let me forget this. Shitty situation all around! :P
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IloveToLaugh143 21
Use the bushes. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Dreamsorrow93 24
Well, make like your diarrhea and run for it.
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tony1891 22
well that just stinks
drunkmunkey 24
it may stink for you if OP was in your yard :)
Thinkitthrough 23
No shit it's going to stink it's... well it's shit.
Rinat_fml 26
Guys, thanks for stating the obvious.
BrickTamlandLamp 13
Sorry OP. Definitely not your fault, but I'm pretty sure you're going to ask the doctor now about side effects for the rest of your life.
Thinkitthrough 23
My point exactly.
incoherentrmblr 22
Reminds of Jim Carrey from Me, Myself, and Irene...
IloveToLaugh143 21
Use the bushes. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Kyle1dc 17
Today, I had diarrhea and so I went in some bushes. After about 7 minutes my ass was burning like no other. Guess who wiped with poison ivy? FML
el_mermaid 16
she should've been carrying a bag, not for the dog when it *****.....but for her spontaneous urges
brivielle 15
this is an FML
HarleyQuinn1996 8
And now for the rest of the day you are glued to the toilet, waiting for your bowels to attack
JessieTaft 17
Well at least you weren't hiking with people or something like that...
BigPeter 8
Then there'd be leaves at least
Dreamsorrow93 24
Well, make like your diarrhea and run for it.
peacheso 31
You're*
blackonblight 33
#11 in this case either would work. Your possessive as in 'make like the diarrhea you have', or you are, which is mildly redundant since the phrase 'make like' already implies that same idea.
peacheso 31
Ok thanks #16. Live and learn
salic77 11
Way to look stupid while trying to correct someone else. It's mostly cuz YOU'RE black.
SmittyJA24 26
I'll presume your doctor didn't stress the word "sudden" enough in his warning. Doctors are like that.
michaelm1290 23
*engaging ninja stealth mode to sneak home
Dave_Davington 34
Always take a diarrhoea warning seriously. Inconvenient as it may be, the risk is just not worth it.
Brandi_Faith 34
If you took all the side effect warnings that seriously, you wouldn't leave your house for the first few days after starting a new medication, and I'm pretty sure most people don't have time to take 2 days off work and sit on the couch on the chance they may have a side effect.
salic77 11
Did he say all of them? Nope, just the diarrhea. Way to rant about nothing.
octinate 17
#74 it still applies. Can't take two days off work every time you start new meds just in case you get diarrhoea lol.
azyjazy713 11
At least you had some poop bags with you already. Hopefully on a quiet street with lots of bushes
afkwarrior 25
I'm sorry, I guess this is just gonna have to be one of those things that you can't blame on the dog.