Dear Lauren,
Yes, this condition is initially difficult to treat, it takes a while to get the right medication "cocktail" working, and as you can already tell, there are side effects. But keep working at it until you feel that you are able to get back up and around. You may need to take a little break from life to get this under control, but many people do. It's a real shift, a real change from "normal", but you are tough and you can do this - roll with the punches as best you can, cry if you need to, get angry if you need to, and always remember that even if some other people don't always understand, you have us here to talk to, and we most defnitely do.
Big hugs,
Lily