Health - 31 October 2007

2007-10-31 19:54:53 · 7 answers · asked by Lelaki Curious 2 in Mental Health

how many of each of these pills would u have to take to kill urself? and wat are the symptoms of an overdose?
asprin
advil tablets 200mg
amlodipine besylate 10mg
simvastatin 10mg
tylenol
pain killers
sleeping pills

2007-10-31 19:52:28 · 14 answers · asked by ♥istillovehim420♥ 2 in Mental Health

im 22, still living at home, i dont have a car, and all i do is go to work. this is something thatis really depressing me because i still have to depend on someone. i should be independent, dont ya think?? i don't really have friends. recently broke up with my long term boyfriend of 4 yrs,(which by the way was my fault). started seeing( sleeping) with this 37 yr old man and just broke things with him. he thought i looked/ acted too young and we weren't going anywhere.this is also depressing me..this all happened in the matter of one month (last month). i feel so unwanted by everybody. i don't know what to do with myself. i can't be alone. is anyone going through a similar situation? i would like to talk to someone that is willing to listen..thanks

2007-10-31 19:52:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

I am a recovering addict ...Iv meth user for 11 years and I now have 2 1/2 years clean,I am still horribly paranoid,of strangers ,of random freak accidents,and even of my own husband who after 3 years has given me no reason to be paranoid,I have tried so many medications and nothing has worked what in the world can I do this is ruining the quality of my life and making me and my hubby crazy!!

2007-10-31 19:46:13 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Mental Health

I have a history of mental illness and have been hospitalized over 25 times since '99 (not since '05) for suicidal depression. I just yesterday promised my 12 year old daughter I did not need the hospital, but I'm really having to fight to not OD on sedatives.

My husband is asleep, and as screwy as it sounds I don't want to wake him up just because I'm feeling suicidal - probably because we've been through this so many times for so long.

I'm not safe to drive, because of my desire to self-harm and also because I've taken my nighttime meds which have sedating qualities. (Taking just the prescribed meds and not OD'ing was quite a victory).

Should I call 911 and check myself in, and leave a note for hubby and the kids, or just take an extra sedative to knock myself out and deal with it in the morning? (this has been a constant for several days so it's not like things will be better after a good night's sleep. I usually wake up worse than the night before.)

2007-10-31 19:46:09 · 11 answers · asked by mrscjr 3 in Mental Health

2007-10-31 19:44:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I should be getting braces soon. But all of my wisdom teeth are pushed out about half-way. Would they have to extract them or can the braces go on as is?

2007-10-31 19:44:43 · 4 answers · asked by stacichu7 3 in Dental

I just bought a 65mm exercise ball (because I'm about 5'7" & ~118lbs) yesterday because I want to workout my abs and try to get AT LEAST a flatter stomach.

I never have worked-out like this before and am not active. I seriously don't do anything (yet I'm freakin' skinny...) but I'm want to become active. I tried out my ball yesterday and did ab crunches and I CAN ONLY DO 6 reps and they were painful! What is hurting IS my stomach though, I feel it in each crunch. Am I moving too fast? Should I keep doing 6 reps a day and add 2 more reps each week or something? Should I not even use the ball and start at regular (floor) crunches or something? I don't know if I'm hurting myself or helping myself. I have no knowledge in this. Give me advice and answers, please please.

Also, it would be nice if anyone has a exercise routine they could recommend me doing by personal experience, from a website, or anywhere! Whatever helps/works.

2007-10-31 19:43:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I checked out some websites a few minutes ago, about depression and such, and I can relate to a lot of the symptoms. The only problem is that I'm...well, not exactly afraid, but...I don't really want to approach my parents about it. I don't know why, but I just don't.

Lately, I could seem just fine, but the second I leave the room, and I'm alone or something, I feel really depressed. Even if and when I come back to do whatever I was doing, I don't feel the same as I did before I left. I get irritated easily, and I've felted really stressed out lately. I've felt distant from everyone, too. I can't focus much anymore, I never want to get out of bed, I've been more forgetful....The list goes on, but there isn't enough room for every specific thing. So....Does anyone think I'm depressed?

2007-10-31 19:34:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

2007-10-31 19:24:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

Which are better? Can i get more protein from these pills than i would get from a protein shake? What amino acid pills should I take? because I looked up amino acid pills and there are a bunch of different types of amino acids. Thanks.

2007-10-31 19:24:53 · 3 answers · asked by vamp402 1 in Diet & Fitness

I am freakishly skinny, I scare myself, I am like a toothpick...and I'm sick of it. I am way too tired of someone yelling out to me "hey, go eat some fires skinny", "I'm going to snap you in half like a toothpick", or being called anorexic. I eat normally (well, not as healthy as I should) but I eat proper portions...I eat the same as everyone else, sometimes even more. I have tried the eat nothing but junk food diet, I gain just a few pounds, but the minute I stop I loose the weight again. Then when I had appendicitis and had to go to emergency the doctors were pounding me with questions because they though I had an eating disorder. During that hospital stay (about 2 years ago) I lost 15 pounds (SO I WAS LIKE 123 POUNDS [I'm 6'4"])...at that point I looked like I was going to fall over and die I was so skinny. But within a week or two I gained the weight back, but no more then before. I don't know what to try...I'm a teenager, but still WAY skinnier than everyone else.

2007-10-31 19:17:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

I woke up a few days ago with my mouth and tounge swollen. I could hardly talk and was difficult to understand. I went to work anyway but a few hours later, I developed a fever and went home and slept most of the day. Slowly it has gone away (I still can feel some sensivity in the roof of my mouth).

Now, although only the roof of my mouth feels a bit painful, my whole mouth and lips are very sensitive to anything even mildy spicy. I like Jack cheese and had some but found that I couldn't even think of eating it. I ate a bite the other night and it burned my mouth terribly. Before, I enjoyed it all the time. I tried taking a shot of wisky at a party of a friend and found that it also burned my mouth and tounge. I had to spit it out it hurt so much.

I'm worried that this is a symptom of something else very serious going on in my body. Does anyone else know what can cause this?

Thanks - Rich
litehaus22@yahoo.com

2007-10-31 19:16:41 · 6 answers · asked by litehaus22 4 in Other - Diseases

2007-10-31 19:04:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

is it possible for a child (18 mths) to be the only person in a home of 4 to get carbon monoxide poisoning? or is usually everyone effected?

2007-10-31 19:02:16 · 2 answers · asked by mmydean2 2 in Respiratory Diseases

running? kickboxing, workout videos? what works, and what has worked for people in the past?

also, how much to lose a little weight and stay in shape?

2007-10-31 18:59:22 · 51 answers · asked by Silly9 2 in Diet & Fitness

Is it any good? Anything worth living for?

2007-10-31 18:58:31 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

2007-10-31 18:56:44 · 9 answers · asked by chicaguapa 2 in Other - General Health Care

I really need to go on birth control, however I am nervous about weight gain. Is there a pill that is known to not have this side effect?

2007-10-31 18:54:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

A very close friend of mine is going through a terrible time. His sister's heart stopped and due to the fact she lacked oxygen for so long, she became brain dead. Tonight, the life support gets turned off and he wants to get together with us (his close friends) while this is happening as he can't bring himself to go see it being done.

I have shown him my sorrow and that I am there for him, but I am really at a loss of what to say. This is the second person near to us that we have lost in a very short time, but I still don't know what to say to the deceased loved ones.

Please help, any ideas will be really appreciated.

2007-10-31 18:36:52 · 9 answers · asked by kimison_au 4 in Mental Health

okay so my brother asked me to sleep with him and then started BEGGING me to give him oral and i said no 50 times (litarally) and he kept on begging and i said i was gonna leave and he said he was sorry and then made me sick of it and told me it would be so hot and sexy and i have issues with that, and he knows it, i fold under pressure soooooooo easily and i did it.... I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!

2007-10-31 18:29:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

I am a patient of lipoma (excess fat cell growth).. Please help..

2007-10-31 18:27:50 · 4 answers · asked by Capt. Jack Sparrow 3 in Diet & Fitness

Please only honest answers...did your eating habits/exercise habits change also...did it really help you overcome some of your issues

2007-10-31 18:15:57 · 7 answers · asked by anna 2 in Mental Health

i have very prominent pain in my adams apple and my throat. its been happening pretty frequently for over a month ,usually after sneezing it will start hurting for a while, today it has just continued to hurt . what could cause this? i am worried about maybe throat cancer or something because i used to smoke and ive been around alot of chemicals because of my job.

2007-10-31 18:05:54 · 5 answers · asked by None 4 in Other - Diseases

I haven't been able to sleep tonight, and I really do not want to go to school tomorrow. I'm trying to find a way to get out of it, and the only way I can think of is period cramps. I've had really bad cramps before, and I missed school for it once,and I'm trying to think of what I did.
Everytime I sat down/stood up it hurt, and I was walking with my back bent a little,

but does anyone have any good tips?

2007-10-31 18:04:21 · 4 answers · asked by flandreaa 1 in Women's Health

My doctor says my anti-thyroid antibodies are elevated. I do not know what the anti-thyroid antibodies are called. As far as I can tell by the research I have found on the internet, anti-thyroid antibodies are associated with Hashimotos/hypothyroidism. I thought that hypothyoidism would make my heart rate slow. Also, does anyone know what the anti-thyroid anitbody is called? My doctor says that the normal limit is 35.0, my level was over 1,000.

2007-10-31 18:01:19 · 2 answers · asked by trish33181 1 in Other - Diseases

My mum, 4 of her sisters and her mum died of cancer so does that mean I might have it? iDK if im over reacting but I was just wondering. if there is a chance, what do you think that I should do? Should I go to the doctors or sumthing?

Thanks.
=]

2007-10-31 17:56:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer

well we have had smoking, then alcohol, now red meats contribute to cancer, you see i dont think they still know what causes cancer,they are clutching at straws, we will all be in little bubbles before long, i will not change my lifestyle i believe when my time is up its up what do you think, i feel sorry for the bars with smoking ban then alcohol, and the farmers that may go out of bussiness due to this last statement.

2007-10-31 17:56:16 · 5 answers · asked by Lynn C 4 in Cancer

So I'm turning fourteen this Friday and for the past 5 to six months I have been getting joint pain. At first it started out very infrequent, and just dull pains I would complain about to my parents. They have progressively gotten worse however. My wrists and ankles had been hurting to the point of tears about 5 months ago, and was enough to distract me during classwork.
Recently my knees and ankles have been hurting similarly, at one point my knees hurt so much it hurt to walk. I regularly complain of joint pain, as it is always there dull and faint but I have spasms.

With my muscular pain it is in my chest area. I have had muscule spasms in my chest that has made it hard to breathe, and somewhat dizzy. It is not as frequent as it used to be, it is now once every two weeks. The muscle in my calves have also been starting to behave similarly, and I have fallen down due to them giving way under me numerous times in the last month.
Is this "normal"?

2007-10-31 17:53:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

about 1 mon ago she found out she has cancer which has spreaded to SEVERAL areas. she's in the hos now and expected to come home today. the docs said there's nothing else they can do. omg, i can't believe i'm even saying that ;>( i can't even express how i feel about this even on how the docs treated her. he was sooo blunt to her as tho she don't have feelings. "you can do whatever you want, nothing is gonna help you" was his statement. right now her breathing is the biggest prob cuz there's a mask that covers i think the whole side of 1 of her lungs. i know what cancer means exspecially when it's the fast type, but there is also a place in my head that still holds hope. i know that GOD can zap all of that cancer out of her in a blink, so i hold tight to that hope.
anyways, i came across this site. i know lots of stuff isn't true on the net, but...
should i give this a try, what do we have to loose?
what do you guys think?
www.CancerFightingStrategies.com

2007-10-31 17:53:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cancer