Health - 8 September 2007

I currently take Depakote (1000mg) for headaches and Abilify (10mg) for something vague. The doctor never really told me what it's for specifically, but I think it's for paranoia and perhaps schitzophrenia. Shortly after starting the Abilify, I became very sleepy. I would sleep 9 or so hours a day and still be groggy. The doc cut my dose in half for a week for my body to adjust, and it helped for a while. Now, though, I'm sleeping 10-12 hours and usually fall asleep during class or end up taking a nap on days I don't have class. It seems that Abilify causes insomnia, but I've got just the opposite, and I'm wondering if it could be the Abilify anyways. Thanks in advance.

2007-09-08 09:21:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

im 15 years old and my gyno just told me to try loestrin 24 for a few months to see if it will help me get rid of my cramps. i havnt started to use it yet and i was just wondering if people have used it , specifically girls my age , what their side affects were ... details please ... thanks

2007-09-08 09:20:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

2007-09-08 09:15:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

How would I get that process or identifying the stimuli started?

2007-09-08 09:14:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

2007-09-08 09:13:56 · 40 answers · asked by shnoble 1 in Mental Health

If not, then im in trouble. Practical joke gone too far :(

2007-09-08 09:12:20 · 24 answers · asked by vasquez109 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I've been dealing with depression over several bouts of cancer. I decided to seek professional help. I've seen two psychiatrists now and they both say my husband is sabotaging my improvements so that he can keep me in control. They claim that he prefers that I am depressed as he has more freedoms when I depressed. For instance, when I am happy and smiling, he has a habit of getting right in my face and saying, "I caught you! You're smiling and depressed people aren't allowed to do that!" On repeated occasions, I've told him that I don't like it. We will have plans to do something that day, but after he does this several times, I get depressed. At that point he tells me that since I'm depressed, he's going to make other plans to go out with the guys for game of golf or to the bar to drink. Do you agree/disagree with the psychiatrists? I am too close to this situation to decide.

2007-09-08 09:10:51 · 9 answers · asked by anon 3 in Mental Health

2007-09-08 09:08:38 · 3 answers · asked by aa-hh 1 in Other - Diseases

I started the pill at 11:00 pm. Do I wait until after 11:00 next Friday? Or is it after 11:00 pm next Thursday? I want to be safe. Thanks!

2007-09-08 09:02:56 · 11 answers · asked by Colleen 3 in Women's Health

i know that being fat makes u taller (which im not), so of course im eating healthy. but does coffee make u stop growing taller? i know it messes with ur matabolism, but i dont care. i dont want to be tall. im 5'3 and in 8th grade. and i dont want to be a weird 5'7 woman. i just dont like being tall...it looks kind of weird to me. (no offense to some of u.) and um, dont post something like, "put a rock on ur head and ull stop growing." well of course, um...that wont do anything. any advice?!??!

2007-09-08 09:02:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

im 11 VERY over weight but im a 34A...if i lose weight will my breasts shrink?

2007-09-08 08:59:26 · 11 answers · asked by metal-head : ] 2 in Women's Health

I work 3rd shift and hve only been doing so for a month. I was a stay at home mom for 10 yrs. so this is a major adjustment for me, and my feet really hurt.

2007-09-08 08:55:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

especially when I don't eat after 8pm. I do have wt. to lose but I am religious so far, in diet low in carbs and 1200 or less cal. I do take metformin 2/day

2007-09-08 08:53:56 · 7 answers · asked by kim 7 in Diabetes

the ativan(lorazepam) is wrking gud whenever i suffer frm depression with the change of season is there any other medecine which works like ativan but having less side effects ?no matter how much expensive is the medecine ,right now i m taking half 2 mg ativan is dat doze equal to 1 mg ativan full? i m taking dat ativan just once at night half of it...nd i m feeling better but if i don't take it the things start going worst but when the season change completes no need of any medecine ....but when the season changes i am out of control repeated negative thoughts and i m out of control voilent nd breaking things screaming ,the things r worst but i noticed aftr taking ativan i m ok but if i skip it fr even one day d nxt day symptoms returns but that is only when d season changes like 2 months in summer to winter nd 2months frm winter to summer.rest of the year i don't take any medecine i start taking b4 when the season starts.so is dat i have to live always in ativan fr entire life

2007-09-08 08:50:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

Im seventeen and was just beginning to get a normal period last year, then i got prego! i didnt go though with the pregnancy and FINALLY went on B/C. I did the shot for a while and hated it, then went on the pill and loved it. I haven taken the pill in over 4 months and just recently, i started to get periods twice a month or have my period for a week then have it again just two weeks later! Im going to get checked out, but does anyone have an idea as to what could be going on with me?

2007-09-08 08:48:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

i heard there was a 24 hour lens you wear and it reshapes your eye so u dont have to wear them anymore

2007-09-08 08:44:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

my mom is living in alabama at the moment and i live in texas. my sister has pretty much disowned her. she is a drug attict, she wants everyone to take care of her, and she is very manipulative, she is 56 yrs old. she makes up illnesses and gets doctors to prescribe her LARGE amounts of pills, and she smokes weed, right now she is on speed/meth too. i want to put her in a home, wether that be mental, old folks, or rehab i dont know. i think it would be good for everyone especially my mom. if i could do this they might be able to find out what is REALLY wrong with her, and get someone to rashon her the right medications, she would be taken care of, i would visit often, and it would benifit all of our mental health. she is incompitent to take care of herself. anyways how would i go about doing something like this? is it possible?how much would this cost? ect...? plz help! no rude answers.

2007-09-08 08:44:00 · 7 answers · asked by Dungonecrazy11 2 in Mental Health

Well my friend warned me that when her friend had used crest white strips "too much" her teeth began to become lightbluish- transparent. I've only used it about 5 days out of the 10 days... and already my bottom of my top teeth and my top of the bottom teeth are transparent. I know it makes my teeth sensitive but the last time i've used them was about 2 weeks ago. My teeth don't hurt or anything its just been that bluish-transparent on the tips for that long. Will they stay like this forever?

2007-09-08 08:40:55 · 1 answers · asked by panda 1 in Other - Health

2007-09-08 08:40:43 · 5 answers · asked by holla609 2 in STDs

If it can be transmitted through sexual contact, and from sharing needles can it be transmitted if a mosquito sucks the blood of an infected person and then goes and sucks the blood of a non infected person. Its not like the mosquito cleans its little sucker after every drink.

I don't think this is a stupid question. I'm just wondering what y'all think.

2007-09-08 08:38:16 · 8 answers · asked by brandie m 2 in STDs

How painful is it? How long does it take before you start to loose your hair? How much better chances do you have if you choose to have chemotherapy? Someone said it makes you very tired. Is that true?

2007-09-08 08:36:41 · 11 answers · asked by Gray Wolf 1 in Cancer

so my moms dad has thick hair, but I took a medication (Beta blocker) that increases androgens, but if I didnt have the bald gene in the first place could I go bald still from the androgen increase? Thanks

2007-09-08 08:32:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

If not, why is it okay to bake a cake with eggs in it, leave it out for 3 days, and then eat it?

2007-09-08 08:32:17 · 7 answers · asked by upstairs_albert 2 in Other - Health

i want to grow about 2-4 inches this 3 months. im 5.3' 15

2007-09-08 08:31:57 · 8 answers · asked by Yasir Ali 3 in Diet & Fitness

I have recently experienced a loose back moller tooth. What should I do about it? Who do I see? What if it comes out before I can reach the appropriate doctor/dentist?

2007-09-08 08:30:37 · 2 answers · asked by Peter N 1 in Dental

2007-09-08 08:26:46 · 6 answers · asked by Ram 1 in Men's Health

I've been waiting for months for councelling sessions to start on the NHS, but I'm getting a bit frustrated at the wait - it's not easy to deal with depression and having to muddle through day to day, sometimes I really don't feel I can cope.

I wanted to know how much private councelling costs on average, to see it it is a viable option.

2007-09-08 08:25:06 · 16 answers · asked by nypherbel 2 in Mental Health

2007-09-08 08:21:57 · 6 answers · asked by melissaw77 5 in Other - Health

What can you do besides take meds? I have something I can hear myself chew. I am sneezeing

2007-09-08 08:21:31 · 3 answers · asked by Sugar 7 in Allergies

I just tried putting contact lenses in today, got them both in in around 25 minutes. But my eyes feel red/irritated, like i've been staring at the computer screen all day. Is this normal, and when should it stop/get used to it?

2007-09-08 08:18:33 · 7 answers · asked by arsenies@sbcglobal.net 3 in Optical