Other - Health - November 2006

I have been addicted to lortabs for about 3 years. After a c-section, I got a script.Then after a month, I was having really bad back pain and got another. Well one day I was taking care of my daughter, I was so tired and in pain, and couldn't remeber if I took my pain meds or not. So I took one. Nevertheless, 45 minutes later I was high. I wasn't tired anymore, my back felt great, and I felt like suppermommy. The laundry got done, the bottles were washed, and it was so much easier to care for her. Now she's 3, and I'm still on them. I'm afraid to recieve treatment because I'm a single mom. I've tried to down the dose and ween off, and I'll do OK, but a few days later, I'll get high again. I just don't feel like doing anything or playing with my little girl unless I'm high. I don't feel like an addict, but I know I am. I really want to kick the habbit, but I'm afraid that if i'm not high, I won't be a good mother anymore(as dumb as that sounds). any suggestions? Please help

2006-11-30 17:50:17 · 4 answers · asked by ♥ BuffaloGirl ♥ 5

My husband just got diagnosed with epilepsy, when he found out he got extremely angry and refuses to believe so. Its A mild form of epilepsy which occurs during sleep. The doctor ran no test or anything before saying it was epilepsy and prescribing medication, although he does go for a CT scan next week. This is one of the issues that upset him, and he also thinks it may impact on his Job that he loves (however i doubnt it would due to the form of epilepsy it is) How do i help him to come to terms with this, or simply make him not rule out the fact that it is possibly epilepsy? Hubby is very, very adament its not and even quoted that "its probably a brain tumour", Why does he have such a stigma about epilepsy?

2006-11-30 17:45:36 · 9 answers · asked by Baylee_J 2

its world aids day

2006-11-30 17:34:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-30 17:33:27 · 1 answers · asked by asakurayoh 1

I'm 29yrs old, six months ago I was in the ER for severe pain on the right side of my abdomen.The doctor said it was a pulled muscle. I cant eat without pain in the right side, bout 1/2hr after I eat.Had an ultrasound, said it MIGHT be a duct is blocked on my gallbladder, technician said it was congenital, I had it since birth.I'm afraid it has something to do with my gallbladder, and dont have a family doctor, only a nurse practioner, any advice on what I should do? The nurse wont do anything.

2006-11-30 17:21:05 · 5 answers · asked by Nicoele H 1

My mother's knees and legs bother her because they hurt almost every single day, so it's hard for her to get out of bed, and do daily routines. What can she take to help her besides pain medicine?

2006-11-30 17:13:28 · 7 answers · asked by hott_southern_guy99 1

i ate a bunch today.then i was going to work out so i went to the bathroom to tie my hair. then i saw myself in the mirror and thought "ill never work off evrything i ate" so i picked upmy toothbrush and jammed it down my throat i felt better after barfing my guts out and i felt more confident but now im scared im going to want to do it evryday HELP!!

2006-11-30 17:04:47 · 6 answers · asked by BLAH! 3

The FDA is a government agency that is SUPPOSE to protect americans against drugs that could cause more bad then good..but have they been doing their job? Read this article, and/or give me your imput on this subject with out reading it.
Article: Death By Medicine
http://utopiasilver.com/emailtemp/articlepages/deathbymedicine.htm
Is the FDA controlled by big drug companies?
Is it all about the money and not our health?
Are they being too rough on natural supplement companies?

2006-11-30 17:00:46 · 3 answers · asked by peter s 2

Just five to ten minutes ago I swallowed three small pills as I always do and now I have this hard lump in my throat, I don't know if it's a lump but it feels like something big is stuck there. I already drank two bottles of fluid. I tried gagging whatever was in there but all I got out was the fluid I drank(juice and water).

No I'm not going to the doctor.

2006-11-30 16:56:09 · 5 answers · asked by Out of the Blue 1

warmth? cuz its defeinatly not attractive ; \

2006-11-30 16:52:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

The other day I was walking around the block in my neighborhood around 7 (when it's dark!) and some'thing' came at me and clawed at my ankles and i felt teeth puncture through my flesh!! Has this ever happened to anyone else? Whatever 'it' was, it ran off and I didn't see it again. Wen I got home I saw that there were bloody squares on my ankle where it had bitten me!!!!!!!! Sooooo weird, I know! But then like 3 days later, I had this dream that something was chasing me and I didn't know what it was and couldn't see it but I was running awa from it, and we were where i had gotten bittin on my block. I woke up and found myself near the spot where I had been bitten, lying on the concrete sidewalk in the nude. I ran home, and I know I was awake, because my clothes were missing from my house when I woke up!!! Any guesses of what was going on?I'm serious, and if you don't believe me please don't answer cause I'm not in the mood, and need to find a solution to this eerie problem!

2006-11-30 16:41:33 · 5 answers · asked by Mental Patient 29 3

2006-11-30 16:38:56 · 6 answers · asked by homie lover friend 2

2006-11-30 16:20:49 · 3 answers · asked by m_m 1

2006-11-30 16:07:32 · 4 answers · asked by b 4

Every time I go on the computer, for homework, I end up getting distracted, and will waste a good 2 hours on the internet. I end up sleeping at 12 or 1 because I have to do my H.W. How can I better manage my time??

2006-11-30 16:02:51 · 4 answers · asked by kusbetts 2

what did they say? did they call the po-pos?

2006-11-30 15:51:41 · 10 answers · asked by yep 2

2006-11-30 15:50:21 · 4 answers · asked by mais3477 2

I've been like this my whole life. im 21 right now and realize the harm im doing to my body. i really want to change but i know its going to be hard. there are lots of vegetables i have'nt ever tried. i guess you can say i had a bad esxperience when i was young. it's mostly psychological.

2006-11-30 15:46:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need pics of what muscles it affects or body parts...

2006-11-30 15:36:22 · 8 answers · asked by gloomy light 2

I drink at least a pot a day, sometimes two on the weekends. I'd like to get that down to a cup if at all possible?

2006-11-30 15:27:53 · 6 answers · asked by Doc 2

2006-11-30 15:23:40 · 19 answers · asked by TheSilence 1

Hi
I have a lump under my armpit. I went to the doctor and said it was just breast tissue, that i could choose wether to remove it or not. I have still not removed it. I have been takin breast enlargement pills and the lump hurts too as if it's getting the same effects that my breasts are. I was wondering, if i remove the lump, will it grow back if i take breast enlargement pills, since they make breasts grow.
thank you.

2006-11-30 15:17:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The dentist started a root canal today, didn't hurt at all, however headache still there. Shouldn't the headaches have stopped once she started the root canal??? Also have neck ache, wondering if it was this all along causing the headaches not the tooth. Can a neck ache cause tingling on the scalp?

2006-11-30 15:06:43 · 5 answers · asked by Laea 3

I'm just wondering, I see conflicting articles everywhere on the net. My aunt leads a normal life, but was just diagnosed a few years ago after however long she actually had it. My boyfriends mother was diagnosed in '96, after years of being mislead by unqualified doctors (her husband is even a doctor).

2006-11-30 15:00:15 · 10 answers · asked by PlasticTrees 2

Well, here's the deal. I'm 18 and really feel uncomfortable talking to my mom about this stuff. I was just wondering what the average size of a vaginal hole is, considering the girl is a virgin and hasn't used a tampon or anything. I have been getting a little worried as of lately. Can any of you women see the "hole" itself, in a relaxed position? The thing is, when pressure is exerted on mine, then it slightly opens up. It also looks small. So, what's the average size supposed to be? Mine looks to be about the size of a straw, but when it stretched to that size, it begins to hurt a little. I've only recently began questioning what is "normal" and when I look down there, you basically see NO hole, but once I push against the flesh, it opens up. I can place one finger in, not comfortably, and certainly not pleasurably. I will go to a gyno when I am 21, but right now, I am just curious. Anything is appreciated

2006-11-30 14:55:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like most people, my limbs occasionally get trapped in weird positions in sleep. But this morning, my arm was so asleep that I couldn't lift it past my chest and I was completely incapable of clenching my fist. It wasn't just no feeling in my arm, but no matter how hard I tried my hand just sat limply. How did I cause this to happen? Does anyone know the physical means behind it?

2006-11-30 14:54:13 · 2 answers · asked by pgufs 3

2006-11-30 14:45:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was sick yesterday. Stomach ache, body aches, headache, nausas but didnt vomit. Now my mom has a daycare and the kids have also been sick too, it seems in our case drinking milk the night before seems to make it worse. But my mom has been queasy but hasnt drank milk. Anyone had these symptoms after drinking milk or is it the flu bug?

2006-11-30 14:40:36 · 2 answers · asked by Baby Julie due 5/12 3

i have very bad lower back problems and i'm wondering if it could be because i'm overweight? or what else could be the cause of LOWER back problems?...in an adolesants

2006-11-30 13:59:32 · 10 answers · asked by Someone 1

It was about 2 mos ago at a party. I had way to much to drink and almost every one else had done passed out. My friend and I were still drinking and so was this guy that we didnt know. i was totally wasted and so was my friend. the last that i remember is going to the bathroom and then the guy comeing in with me and thats were i just blanked out. My friend dosent know much either she said we stayed in the bathroom mabey 15 mins and then the guy left. I have no clue what happened in there. I know for a fact that i was a vrigin but after that night im not shure. i cant ask the guy bcs no one knows him. If i did have sex with him wouldnt i have known it the next day like being sore or something. Also i havent had my period. I am almost 2 mos late. i am worried that we had sex and im pregnant but i have no other signs of pregnancy. Could i have lost my vriginity and not no it? how can that even be possible?

2006-11-30 13:54:47 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous