Health - 22 June 2007

I am sixteen and my eyesight has just gotten bad recently. I never had problems before last year, but now everything that is far away is blurry. Most people that I know (who are nearsighted) had their vision decline around the age of twelve. I was wondering what may have caused this to happen.

*Its not hereditary because non of my immediate family and only a handful of my extended family wears glasses.

2007-06-22 19:05:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Optical

2007-06-22 19:05:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Recently I started gaining weight in a very short period of time. As a matter of fact 6 mon. or less. i weighed 140 and now 200. It seems like anything I do isn't helping. I dont know what to do anymore.

2007-06-22 19:03:23 · 9 answers · asked by SUGARLIPS3957 1 in Diet & Fitness

My entire life I have hated every single person I know. I despise my family, and only choose my friends based off the people I hate the least. Everyone is always so obnoxious and stupid. Most people just conform to how everyone else acts, so this idiocy spreads. Nothing is mentally wrong with me: I know the difference between right and wrong, and I'm near the top of my class. All I see all my life is other people trying whatever they can to make their lives as easy as possible for themselves and then act foolishly even though they know they were acting foolishly at the time, then they make crappy excuses for themselves. Whenever I try and criticize people, everyone always just uses the same little quibble: "you're only 15, you don't know anything." I'm sure they think that we're all going through the same thing, but life's not a procedure like that and they really don't know what they're talking about. No one realizes that maturity won't come to you, you have to find it yourself

2007-06-22 18:53:42 · 13 answers · asked by SilentFox12345 3 in Mental Health

i have been on effexorXR for 2 & a half months now. I hate the idea of being around people & leaving my house & i avoid it whenever i can...this is kind of a new symptom for me ( i've been on many antidepressants in the past )...my boyfriend is getting VERY impatient with my behavior & my recovery...any info or advice??...Can the medication be causing this??

2007-06-22 18:53:28 · 8 answers · asked by murphy 3 in Mental Health

is that normal

2007-06-22 18:51:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

i heard it is not a good idea to take any medicine during your cramps because it comes in with being pregnant when you want to..is it true?

2007-06-22 18:49:11 · 5 answers · asked by heyy 3 in Women's Health

I'm starting to work out with resistance training, and I'm working primarily on the biceps and abs, what other areas should i train with to avoid problems?

2007-06-22 18:47:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

He's 21 yrs old. About 4-5 years ago, he got in an argument with a cop at our high school...The cop approached him and got in HIS face, which caused him to shove the cop a little. So, he immediately got expelled from school and was sent to a psychiatric hospital for 7 days. They did an evalutation of the incident, the "shove", and ended up prescribing him to geodon, lamictal and he was already taking lexapro.

Well, its been years and hes still taking it all. When he runs out of the meds, and esp. when he drinks a lot...he yells stuff out a lot and he pushes me around & pinches me like hes just playing around.

My dad says hes dangerous. I had to call my dad during a fight we got in when he was drinking, and he sent the cops over too. I've been w/ my bf for 2 years. Hes a sweet, charming guy but I feel like these meds have screwed him up so he can't get off them

Does anyone know anything about these meds, lamictal geodon + lexapro? He says he is bi-polar, but my dad thinks theres more

2007-06-22 18:43:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

I'm 13, I currently weigh 138 lbs, and I'm 5'3. A week ago I weighed 149. I don't know why I can keep drasitcally losing and gaining weight. I've been eating an energy bar and a glass of skim milk for breakfast, drinking a gallon of water, and jogging for 30 minutes every day. Usually I don't eat anything else, or I'll have something small and healthy like a piece of grilled chicken. I weigh myself first thing each morning, and when I do what I've been doing it keeps going down. But then if I go a day where I eat normal meals, I start gaining instead of losing. When I lose a lot I still feel perfectly healthy, have lots of energy, and I feel a ton better than I do when I eat normally. Is that bad?

Another thing, although I'm 13, my body has developed extremely fast for my age. I'm more "developed" than most of my 16 year old friends. I'm not a skinny toothpick that's straight up and down.. I actually have some curves.

2007-06-22 18:41:33 · 11 answers · asked by the loser 1 in Diet & Fitness

2007-06-22 18:40:11 · 2 answers · asked by sincere12_26 4 in Diet & Fitness

is it normal for my underwear to be like, wet at the end of the day?

2007-06-22 18:36:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-06-22 18:33:57 · 6 answers · asked by mysteirizx 1 in Other - Diseases

2007-06-22 18:33:39 · 5 answers · asked by Ness 1 in Other - Health

I read that i might have it. been having fast heart rate

2007-06-22 18:29:30 · 14 answers · asked by rasbeery jam 1 in Heart Diseases

I cant get my sleeping pattern back of falling asleep early. What can i do?

2007-06-22 18:27:13 · 8 answers · asked by Hilary Jean 2 in Other - General Health Care

2007-06-22 18:25:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

hi!, ummmm.....i have a speech problem. like i stutter. i kno its geneic and everyone tells me that i'll grow out of it, but it doesnt seem to work, wat can i do so i can possibly stop (i only stutter wen im nervous or wen i stand in front of crowds) please help. thank you!!

2007-06-22 18:21:50 · 7 answers · asked by blackbuddafly24 3 in Mental Health

for those who have or had genital warts i wanted to know if they are there all the time or they are there some of the time and then pop up in outbreaks like herpes thanks just wondering

2007-06-22 18:20:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in STDs

Recently it has been reported that that Brady Quinn got 24 reps with two plates at the combine--But in this test are the players required to pause with the bar motionless for a second at the bottom of each rep before lifting (as powerlifters in competition are), or are they allowed to do the whole out-of-control-negative-take-a-bounce-off-my-ribcage thing that so many people do at the gym? Because it seems like the former would be a LOT harder than the latter.

2007-06-22 18:15:34 · 3 answers · asked by elgüero 5 in Diet & Fitness

2007-06-22 18:11:31 · 10 answers · asked by dwmjr1985 2 in Mental Health

2007-06-22 18:10:56 · 10 answers · asked by EricaEcstasy 1 in Women's Health

I am engaged to a man who has epilepsy... I would like to know what ways I can help him when he has a seizure,... ive been looking it up online, but does anyone have any good websites for family members?
Thanks in advance!

2007-06-22 18:08:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-06-22 18:05:57 · 7 answers · asked by bikash.chowdhury 1 in Diabetes

2007-06-22 18:04:47 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

2007-06-22 17:51:55 · 9 answers · asked by footcrampmassage 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-06-22 17:49:26 · 13 answers · asked by Lexman 2 in Mental Health

i saw a valtrex commercial and they say herpes have outbreaks.

so my question is: how long do the outbreaks last ? and
and when ur done with an outbreak do they all dissapear?

i dont have herpes

2007-06-22 17:44:33 · 8 answers · asked by monkeytits 2 in STDs

2007-06-22 17:30:59 · 11 answers · asked by rtrttytyty t 1 in Mental Health

I have a close friend who is diabetic, doesn't follow diet and takes lots of insulin. Lately she has become very paranoid and highly irritable. She also has COPD, kidney failure, congestive heart failure and weighs 350 pounds. She won't listen to doctor or me. We have been friends for 35 years and she use to be incredibly beautiful and normal. Gained 200 pounds in 5 years. She is 55 years old. Any and all suggestions to save her life would be appreciated. Family have all passed away and very few friends left. What to do, if anything or should I just resolve "that you can't save someone from themselves"

2007-06-22 17:24:01 · 10 answers · asked by sukidog33 1 in Diabetes