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Beloved influencer Elyse Myers shared a terrifying medical emergency
"So, I never went to bed last night, because yesterday afternoon I wasn't really paying attention and accidentally took double my dose of ADHD medication. It's extended-release," she shared via Instagram on Wednesday, July 22. "I already take a relatively very high dose, and it's necessary, but it's not a dose you want to take two of in the middle of the day."
She went on to share that her heart rate began to spike quickly while she was "sitting completely still." The terrifying ordeal and her anxiety led Myers to call 911.
"This was not a normal panic attack. I was trying to tough it out, because I did not want to be the person that calls 911 for a panic attack. But I also don't want to be the person that dies because they don't call 911," she continued. "I had made the decision and asked my husband to call 911 for me."
Myers explained that she recently took a class through the American Heart Association and, because her son is a "heart kid," she had an at-home EKG machine on hand. By the time first responders arrived with a defibrillator, it was not needed.
"I'm so glad I called. There is no world where I would have been able to convince myself that nothing terrible was about to happen," she added. "I knew deep in my soul, this felt really really different. There is nothing in my body that recognized the severity and the depth of that feeling. Nothing but a medical professional was going to reassure me."
The That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You author shared a PSA to followers to "be careful when taking medication."
"TLDR: I am safe! Just have a migraine, no sleep, and a gnarly anxiety hangover, and I’m sooooo glad I asked Jonas to call for help," she captioned her post.
The TikTok star has been open about her struggles with anxiety and mental health in the past, including during an "OCD trigged panic attack" in September 2024.
"Tonight, out of nowhere, I felt like I got hit by a train," she shared at the time. "The bad news is: it sucked very much. The good news is: I have a partner who would spend his entire night telling me everything is okay and would drive to my office to convince me nothing is plugged in and nothing was left on...I wasn’t okay. But Jonas had enough 'Okay' for the both of us to make me feel okay."
