Health - 7 January 2007

Was I abused as a child?
I don't know what to do. This year I did an evaluaton of my life and I really think I might have been abused a child. I don't remember it at all, but I have some symptoms. When I was in my teens, I was very promiscuous. I stopped being promiscuous in my early twenties, but I would get in relationships with people that I knew would not be suitable for a serious relationship. Then I when I got older, I fell in love with two men that I believe are both closeted homosexuals.(i read that this is a way of avoiding intamcy) I also have never achieved orgasm during pentration except for two times after I smoked marijuana.

I'm 28, so I don't want to throw any more of my life away.. but I don't know how to make myself better.

I don't have money for counseling and I'm not even sure if I was abused, but obviously something's wrong with me. Can any that's been abused shed some light? Do any of you know of any books that might help?

2007-01-07 14:01:18 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

i have cracked my fingers for years but now they are starting to go sore and i cant get alot of force into them! i am only 15 and i hope this will go away. could anyone tell me what is wrong and how to solve it.

2007-01-07 14:00:43 · 6 answers · asked by nikkikik 1 in Men's Health

I am a disabled person, and I am living and sleeping in a bedroom, in which there is no room for a wheelchair. I have to be carried to the toilet by my husband. I sleep alone everynight, as there is no room for a double bed. The Social Services, and the Planning Department have refused to extend the room. Where can I go for help?

2007-01-07 13:58:54 · 8 answers · asked by VALERIE D 2 in Women's Health

I am not diabetic but I might be heading there based on how much my sugar swings. Has anybody in this type of situation been able to knock off that darn pad of belly fat? Last year at this time I was 12 lbs lighter.

I don't eat that much but my sugar goes up to the 130s and then crashes to the 80s and I'm guessing this is causing my fat to build up and not go away.

This seems to be simply from avoiding meat and eating fruit or honey and low-fat ice cream at times. I hardly eat any fat. But I'm getting fat anyway.

I eat whole-grain, low-carb, low-fat bread only and eat low-carb, low-sugar oatmeal and don't drink sodas. I'm careful.

What am I doing wrong? Something, apparently, b/c it's all being stored as fat. And my sugar should not go that high.

2007-01-07 13:58:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diabetes

2007-01-07 13:55:21 · 6 answers · asked by faiz_ace 1 in Men's Health

Some Times when i Wee i get Hot Flush anyone know why ?

2007-01-07 13:55:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

I don't completely understand health insurance as I'm still covered under my mother's.

When a person switches health insurances, what constitutes a pre-existing illness that they will not cover?

For instance, I'm on a few medications so will a new insurance company not cover those specific medications or any medication used to treat the overall condition?

If either case is correct, is it possible that a doctor can sign something that says the person must stay on that specific medication so that the insurance company must cover it?

For example: I have GERD and am on Prevacid and Reglan. If I change health insurances will they change the medicine to something else like Nexium or will they not cover any medication having to do with GERD at all?

2007-01-07 13:52:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

2007-01-07 13:52:14 · 7 answers · asked by camela t 1 in Allergies

I am curious and confused. A major characteristic of borderline personality disorder is an intense fear of abandonment. So i want to know why the only advice i can ever receive as a carer for someone with borderline is to run for the hills. The logic behind it is that people with borderline suck the life out of everyone they get close to and destroy them, which i get and can understand why it would be easier to run. But what confuses me is that people with the illness are already desperatly afraid of losing those they care about, this fear is what causes their behaviours and the source of their overwhelming pain. If i run to protect myself from being destroyed am i not just continuing to enhance my friend's pain. if we all run whenever we meet a borderline who will help them. Are we running just because it is too hard to stay. Or is running to save yourself actually the harder thing to do?

2007-01-07 13:51:11 · 8 answers · asked by colonel 2 in Mental Health

I'm 5-5, female, age 21, weigh 170. All of my weight went to my hips, arms, breast and face. My stomach isn't that bad but could be beter. I own a treadmill, boflex (mostly for arms), one dvd for yoga, and another for abs. Do you think it's possible to get in shape by the end of May?

2007-01-07 13:49:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

2007-01-07 13:48:07 · 10 answers · asked by WIly 1 in Respiratory Diseases

It began when I was 14 and it has gradually worsen since then. I am now 22 and 5 months and it just keeps getting worse. When will it stop advancing??????
I have between 2.5 and 3.5 in each eye. I don't remember exactly.

2007-01-07 13:46:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

what are the symptoms of strep throat?my tounge is all white and bumpy and it hurts to swallow and my nose is runny and i have a headache

2007-01-07 13:46:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-01-07 13:46:30 · 6 answers · asked by meme v 1 in Diet & Fitness

2007-01-07 13:46:03 · 5 answers · asked by M.A. 2 in Heart Diseases

2007-01-07 13:45:49 · 5 answers · asked by sanie c 1 in Diet & Fitness

arg~ i am about 5'3'', 115, size M for shirts, and a size 4 in most jeans.

is that: skinny? not skinny & not fat (normal)? just a lil fat? or pretty darn fat?

2007-01-07 13:44:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I am 5"2, 66 pounds.

2007-01-07 13:44:33 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

if you light a cig take 2 hits put it out and re-light it are you only smoking once? i would think your only smoking once puls less if you would to cut off the burnt part of the cig so you dont tase the nasty stuff becuase your still only smoking one cig and doing the same amont of damage as only one cig would do to your lungs/body

2007-01-07 13:44:05 · 4 answers · asked by Tiffany 3 in Cancer

2007-01-07 13:43:10 · 3 answers · asked by RAINYGAL333 1 in Skin Conditions

I didn't smoke for 6 months before that and I didn't smoked that much that day either.

2007-01-07 13:41:42 · 13 answers · asked by butterly22 1 in Other - Diseases

Looking for a cream with no menthol as my daughter is either allergic to menthol or her skin is just too sensitive to handle it. Is there even a cream out there that works that doesn't contain menthol? Everyone I have ever used that actually helps contains it so. Thanks in advance for any good suggestions!

2007-01-07 13:41:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2007-01-07 13:40:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I have a mole on top of my head. it's not a pretty one. right now it's covered by my hair; however, i'm slowly losing it. i want to know if u guys have any advice. i suppose that the easiest way would be to just stop going bald. what's the best way to go about that? and if that's to difficult or expensive, what are ways to remove the mole? btw, learning to love it will not be possible.

thanx so much!

10 points for best answer!

2007-01-07 13:39:26 · 17 answers · asked by themouse 2 in Skin Conditions

2007-01-07 13:38:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

i have been taking them every day for about 2 weeks and have lost 15lbs but my friends say i need to stop can this really hurt me?

2007-01-07 13:38:11 · 61 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

2007-01-07 13:37:55 · 16 answers · asked by VALERIE D 2 in Mental Health

At my job they make me take the capacitor's out of microwaves so they are able to be recycled. Is it possible to get radiation poisoning???

2007-01-07 13:37:27 · 3 answers · asked by Nit 1 in Other - Health

Why do people cry? It's been bothering me.......... Also what is you eye made of and why does fluids constantly have to be in your eye? Hmmmmmmmmmmm......

2007-01-07 13:37:07 · 1 answers · asked by *~Kendra~* 2 in Other - Health

how do you build strength but don't build bulk while lifting weights?

like, a 6'5'' 160 has equal strength strength than someone who is 6'5'' 200?

2007-01-07 13:36:42 · 2 answers · asked by rose64190 1 in Diet & Fitness