Other - Diseases - August 2007

im severely depressed, have many symptons, sometimes i cant face going out my front door for weeks, i have anxiety and panic attaks. but my gp will only write me sick notes for 1-2 weeks a time and just gives me anti depressants. i really need a sick note for at least few months a time to stay on income support as i really not capable to go back to work. in fact, my gp makes my depression worse for me necause its as if he dont believe me. ive told him this but sometimes to even get out to book an appointment to renew a sick note can take me weeks and weeks without a panic attack. should i change my gp? hes been my family doctor all my life but i cant cope. ive told him i get suicidal but all he seems to say is "go back to work and you wont be depressed" this is tough to hear. because of this, i sometimes have to leave my benefits at zero as i cant face him to get a sick note. is there anyone with any advice for me or been in this situation?

2007-08-09 12:50:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

For the last few years, I have been feeling really, really bad. I get exhausted for no real reason. I have weird aches and pains. I get sick to my stomach. It doesn't matter how much I sleep, or how well I sleep. Losing weight, eating right, exercising, drinking lots of water, etc has done nothing to help. It's not my blood sugar, I'm not anemic. It happens thoughout the year, so it's not seasonal allergies, although heat doesn't help. Sometimes it will go away for a few months, then start back up again. I can't concentrate on anything. I get dizzy. I have times when I have to stop what I'm doing and lay down on the floor of my house. I have a hard time driving. Stress makes it worse, but I have symptoms whether I'm stressed or not. What some possible causes?

2007-08-09 10:42:18 · 2 answers · asked by Deidre W 2

I haven't been able to eat much more than a few bites for the past two weeks, as well as not able to drink more than half a cup of water each day. Everytime I do, I feel like soemthing is in my throat, & it feels like it's gagging me or my stomach gets upset, like im going to throw up. My mom thinks it's h. pylori, I went to the dr & they scheduled me an endoscopy(sp)... Sept 12! I can't go a whole month barely eating, I hardly have any energy left, just walking upstairs make my heart pound for about 5 min. Does anyone know what this is or similiar? Or have any advice? I havent taken any meds because I dont know what I have & dont want to mess up my stomach/throat even more.Should I try to find another dr that does endoscopy? I was even thinking of going to the hospital for iv feeding, but I dont think I'd be allowed to do that. Any advice or anything?

2007-08-09 09:30:04 · 6 answers · asked by beebopdontstop 2

i have two 38 degree curves and they both rotate i dont know how much
first time i was there it was 34(top) and 37 bottom.
About 4 months later i got another x-ray and now they are both 38. Last time my doctor said i would probobly get a brace next time i meet him but now he said that there are studies seeing if they even work!
So no brace :[
I want a night brace at least since i think i have scoliosis since i sleep on one side, and i tested it by switching on the other side and .. well its going to take a long time to explain so whatever. im TRYING to sleep on my back :[

2007-08-09 08:56:08 · 4 answers · asked by Love. 6

I'm 5'1(40+ years old) and I'm short. What is the maximum height for someone who is considered a dwarf/little person?

2007-08-09 08:50:04 · 1 answers · asked by bleaufire 2

I'm 30 weeks now and the doctors say he'll be fine, I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this (God forbid) or if you know anything about it.

2007-08-09 07:45:59 · 4 answers · asked by Darling 3

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2007-08-09 06:58:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

swollen glands or boils?
about 7 years ago i started getting lumps in my neck and my doc would give me antibiotics, since then i have been getting them under my arms (arm pit) at first maybe once/twice a year, since february this year i constantly have lumps of variouse sizes, they come but never go, they vary from pea size to very large and can get bloody painful, since february i have not been without any lumps and now i'm getting a throbbing in the right arm starting from the shoulder down the arm that weekens as it reaches my hand and then turns into pins and needles, could the lump be pressed against a nerve or vein? i seen on search engines glands fight infection, if this is glands is it possible to have an infection for eight months, i'm a healthy'ish 39 year old but i do smoke and like the occasional beer (no spirits), is it my glands fighting infection or is it boils, should i be worried, many thanks in advance.

2007-08-09 03:37:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've an uncle who is overweight and his hands keep shaking, all the time. I have friend, also overweight and his hands keep shaking. His mother, who is not overweight, she is under weight if anything and her hands shake too. Does anyone know what causes this?

2007-08-09 03:35:16 · 10 answers · asked by toffo3619 4

I have these severve chest pains and they happen at the weirdest times and I dont know what it is it happens so rarely that when I go to the doctor I forget to mention it but now its happening more frequently I dont know what it could be I am onyl 17 and I dont think that it could be a heart attack what do you think It could be is it gas I dont want to get all alarmed if it aint nothing serious

2007-08-09 03:28:23 · 11 answers · asked by Sweet Poet 2

No flea, no mosquito, no crabs, no sticker, nothing.
Is it a tiny dust mite I can't see or something internal?

2007-08-09 02:48:26 · 5 answers · asked by topink 6

2007-08-08 21:30:38 · 5 answers · asked by Andromeda 1

I took mylanta and alka seltzer because of stomach pain and this weid minor pain (like I've been coughing a little too much) in my chest.
Is the combination safe?

2007-08-08 19:53:13 · 3 answers · asked by persianchick99 2

Well Ive been constipated which is getting kinda better.. had mucus and blood in stool or w.e.. and Constant nausea... or what feels like acid reflux... I have been eating a lot of fast food tho... hm.. What could it be? Please help... Im supposed to be taking Nexium but ive only took it once in a while.. Im gonna start taking it everyday... there the 40mg sample bottles.

2007-08-08 17:07:59 · 6 answers · asked by XxXLetsMakeASceneXxX 1

Lately I feel like I've been looking good, My theighs have gone down, my arms have gotten smaller, my face is smaller. I'm 5'7 and I'm 124 lbs. I like to check every day, but that isn't something big i it? I watch what I eat, I try not to go over 800 calories a day, sometimes I'll have less, sometimes I'll have more, but lately I've been loosing weight, so I've been pushing it as best i can. I don't puke at all....


But my mom is saying more and more "Just make sure you dont become anorexic." And here I am thinking, what's so bad about it? Can you become anorexic? I just don't get it, I don't think I'm doing anything wrong, I'm loosing weight, I have my journal, I have my thinspiration, people who I want to look like one day, but does that mean I'm sick? I don't see how it's sick! My dads been saying it lately, and now my friends say I don't eat! I do, but just in moderation...

Idealy I want to be 115 lbs or so...and I don't think I'm that far away...

What do you guys think?

2007-08-08 16:21:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I have blood clots and use a vasodialator, would this cause my blood vessels to dialate and by so doing dislodge a blood clot in the vessels?

2007-08-08 11:39:00 · 3 answers · asked by sogadelalma 1

The brand you will indicate should be available for online shopping, as I'm in Europe.

After research on the net and Yahoo questions, and on the basis of the valuable feedback I got from you, the best compromise of price, percentage of elemental calcium, and absorption seems to be calcium citrate (against orotate and ascorbate, too expensive). I read good things about amino acid chelates too. How do you rate these? Are they worth the extra money?

My bone density is terribly low (65% of my age class, I'm a 40 y old male), and I'm already having a small fracture on the "plateau tibial" that's lingering. So I'm tempted by exceeding the recommended dosage (on which, by the way, my doctors don't seem to agree, ranging between 1 to 2 grams a day). Would increasing the dosage speed up the reconstruction and my overall density? What are the risks of taking too much calcium? Or would the extra calcium just be eliminated?

At the moment I take 1g of calcium carbonate in the morning, 1g in the

2007-08-08 11:04:47 · 0 answers · asked by odonche 1

i have been tested for std's and uti's 2 times already and they came back negative. iv 'e also been on a few anti biotics, anit yeast infection, but they have done nothing. its not horrible pain, it just burn when i first start to urinate. there is also no discharge or anything like that....what is wrong with me??

2007-08-08 10:41:25 · 8 answers · asked by tyler 2

Ive had some stomach pains for the past 3 days. My mom says it's not that. I mean ive had stomach pains for life, mostly due to lactose intolerance. This was just a different kind of pain, sore to the touch and everything.

2007-08-08 10:31:09 · 3 answers · asked by I ? Colbert 4

Okay, I have it set on my mind that I suffer from insomnia because I can't sleep at nighttime, and i've tried almost everything.

But in the mornings, the less sleep I get...the more awake I feel the next day.

And the more sleep I get, the more tired I am when I wake up.

Does anyone know how to explain this?

2007-08-08 09:40:22 · 7 answers · asked by Megan 3

2007-08-08 09:05:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i got my bellybutton pierced almost 2 months ago, and everything was fine and i've been cleaning it twice a day like i was told to. but after i cleaned it today i noticed something different.... there's a red bump under the bar, it looks like either a blister or a bugbite. it only hurts when i move certain ways, but other than that it's just an ugly thing. i want to keep it in for my boyfriend to see when he comes back home from bootcamp (i got it a few daysafter he left) but obviously i'm gonna have to take it out if something's wrong with it.... is there? :(

2007-08-08 09:03:16 · 2 answers · asked by joaquinphoenixangl 1

my sister freind just find out she has mono and she has been over and i wanted to know if it is deadly

2007-08-08 08:37:14 · 2 answers · asked by cutegirl makala 2

I'm 15, and I went to one 45 minute really loud concert. My ears have been ringing for almost 3 weeks. It only bothers me when there's no other noises, so it's not that bad...I'm just worried that it'll get worse. Is there a chance it still might fade away? Or does it just get worse with time?

2007-08-08 08:28:05 · 4 answers · asked by Cora 3

My gallbladder was taken out last year and since then I have been having diarrhea. My doctor said I have IBS but I only feel sick when I eat or drink milk products. Could i be lack toast intolerant? I wasent always like this.

2007-08-08 07:14:20 · 10 answers · asked by Lizette 2

what to look for?

2007-08-08 07:09:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was on Keppra for a few months last year to stop the movements {hemiballismus}. I was told to stop the med when my main neurologist felt the problem was fixed. The movement started up again and I went back on Keppra. I am now free of the movement problem. One Dr. I saw thought I was only stressed and needed counseling and that the med was working only because I wanted it to. I was given Depakote first and it did nothing for me. Is there such a thing as the Dr. said? I am fine at home with a loving husband of almost 40 years and loving children and grandchildren, a wonderful church family, friends, etc. Yet she thinks I am a basketcase.

2007-08-08 05:50:56 · 1 answers · asked by stmag 1

Why is it that when someone has cancer they can talk as much as they want about it even to strangers but when someone has a mental illness noone wants to talk about it?

2007-08-08 05:08:29 · 10 answers · asked by ♥Me♥ 1

if you have normal iron and vitamin levels in the blood, does that mean you are not infected by HIV?!

2007-08-08 05:02:12 · 3 answers · asked by b 2

2007-08-08 03:55:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous