http://www.healthboards.com/boards/ Health related message boards offering discussions of numerous health topics including allergies, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, exercise, attention deficit disorder, diet, and nutrition. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:19:37 GMT vBulletin 1 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.healthboards.com/boards/ http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723653&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:30 GMT Hello,

I was recently put on an antipsychotic, risperidone, for paranoia. After two months of treatment, they still haven't pegged me down with a diagnosis, but during one of my visits to the ER, one of the doctors asked me if schizophrenia runs in my family; so what do you know... Now I'm beginning to wonder if that could be my "problem".

Fortunately, I do not have hallucinations... but I do have delusions and severe paranoia. The delusions and paranoia was the main reason why I ran to the ER to get medicated.

A history of things:
When I was still religious (I am currently an atheist) and fourteen years old, I believed that I was a prophet and that I had to led people. I thought that GOD chosen me and that I could easily control the weather. I thought that birds could understand me, etc. Once I stopped being religious, these feelings went away... But that led to an increase in paranoia.

That started with me believing that everyone was talking about me and saying mean things to me; it eventually increased to me believing that my family is plotting to murder me. I became so terrified that I would lock myself in my room. I also believed that people were reading my mind and laughing at me. And that some unseen force was controlling my thoughts. With all of this, my mother complained that I was overly emotional and I had highs and lows. She said that, quote: "sometimes I would just walk around with a glassed look on my face, and I didn't know what to do." She also told me eventually that she was afraid that one day she'll wake up and I'll be standing over her with a knife. I was never aware that I was in such a bad "place" and appeared that way to people. I wish that she told me earlier. I also had a bad temper and would just snap. So I did have some mood swings.

I suspect that it's bipolar I, but I am unable to sleep because now I'm curious. Luckily, the medication is working wonderfully and I am able to think clearly--I had problems with racing thoughts--thanks. ]]> Schizophrenia rubytoldme http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723653 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723651&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:10:14 GMT I suffer from a rare condition called Cyclic Vomiting sydrome. With this condition I suffer from reoccuring nausea and vomiting, when I go through these episode I am in great pain and after extremely hungry, I smoke in to ease the pain and to get an... I suffer from a rare condition called Cyclic Vomiting sydrome. With this condition I suffer from reoccuring nausea and vomiting, when I go through these episode I am in great pain and after extremely hungry, I smoke in to ease the pain and to get an appetitte. I have been suffering from this condition for nearly a year. Before I became a cardholder I would have to take pain killer and other medications from my doctor now I am able to smoke and ease my pain. I believe it is a great alternative medicine. I reside in California where I am provided with the best. ]]> Open to All Health Related Topics four20care http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723651 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723650&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:06:02 GMT Low IGM, (Low IGG2/IGG4 or IGG1/IGG3 I never remember); GERD; CFS; chronic sinusitis; bronchitis; asthma; post nasal drip; achy thighs; IBS; hypertension. When I get a cold it goes in 2 to 3 days with Augmentin but muccus hangs around for ages. I... Low IGM, (Low IGG2/IGG4 or IGG1/IGG3 I never remember); GERD; CFS; chronic sinusitis; bronchitis; asthma; post nasal drip; achy thighs; IBS; hypertension. When I get a cold it goes in 2 to 3 days with Augmentin but muccus hangs around for ages.

I already feel like a junky, but taking:

- Vivaglobin subcutaneous infusions weekly
- Nasonex (helps nasal drip)
- Sufralcrate (reduces stickiness of stools)
- Lisonopril HCTZ (keeps me high normal)
- Singulair (helps allergies)
- Omeprazole (keeps heartburn at bay mostly)
- Lyrica (helping the achy legs a bit) ]]> Immune Disorders srobbie http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723650 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723649&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:59:37 GMT I have acid reflux and the doctor always seems to prescribe prilosec. It doesn't seem to work well though. What do you think are some of the better meds or ways to prevent acid reflux? ]]> Acid Reflux MyHeart916 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723649 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723648&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:53:50 GMT Hi I am 30 y old male. About 8 months ago, I was diagnosed with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (secondary) following series of tests (Total T, LH, FSH, TSH, Prolactin, Pituitary MRI). To cut the long story short, LH, FSH were lower than normal... Hi
I am 30 y old male. About 8 months ago, I was diagnosed with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (secondary) following series of tests (Total T, LH, FSH, TSH, Prolactin, Pituitary MRI). To cut the long story short, LH, FSH were lower than normal range, Total T was around 250, Prolactin Normal and Pit MRI was clear. Hence, my endo concluded that I had secondary hypogonadism prescribed by Sustanon 250mg IM injection every 14 days for 3months along with 2.5mg of Cialis every day (some sorta combination therapy).

During the 3 months treatment, my energy level was up, depression/anxiety gone however sex drive was still low (apart from the first couple of injection). After 3 months, blood works was done again (with a one month gap so sustanon could wear off), one again LH and FSH low and Total T was around 200. My endo increased the frequency of sustanon 250 to every 10 days for 4 months. After 4 months, Total T was still around 200 and sex drive low. Now my endo has switch me to Androgel 10mg/day.

After reading all the literaure about secondary hypo and discussions with my endo, I have figured that the problem is with the GnRH hormone which is the triggering hormone in the hypothalmus and there is limited secretion of that. My question is:

1. Is seondary hypogonadism reversible naturally. In other words, is it possible that my hormone levels will come back to normal naturally and body will produce on its own?

2. Is there a way to treat the limited hormone GnRH in the hypothalmus and kick start the body's natural process..

Appreciate peoples views with similar problem and experience.

PS: I am otherwise healthy. 30 male 5-11" and 84kg weight. ]]> LowT30 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723648 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723647&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:52:53 GMT I need some advice about the relationship I am in. the man that I love has a grown daughter she is 22 she didnt talk or see him for 4yrs. then one day she finally talked to him and now she has been living with us along with her baby and boyfriend.... I need some advice about the relationship I am in. the man that I love has a grown daughter she is 22 she didnt talk or see him for 4yrs. then one day she finally talked to him and now she has been living with us along with her baby and boyfriend. My relationship with this man has went down the drain since she has come back into his life. He doesnt want to do anything to cause her to leave again. But at the same time he has pushed me to the side and acts as if I am not around I hav tried talking to him about this but he tells me I am acting like a 3yr old. I have treated his daughter as if she were my own I hav three children of my own and I make a point to make sure she doesnt feel like I show any favortism. I actually do more for her than my 3 children. there is more but I just need to get some advice about this sistuation. ]]> Relationship Health brokenhearted43 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723647 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723646&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:36:04 GMT is there a difference between endocervical curettage and Endometrial Biopsy because in the Endometrial Biopsy i see u can use a pipette but in the other you use a curette which seems and sounds more painful. Do both do the same thing? is there a difference between endocervical curettage and Endometrial Biopsy because in the Endometrial Biopsy i see u can use a pipette but in the other you use a curette which seems and sounds more painful. Do both do the same thing? ]]> ChaoticCutie http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723646 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723645&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:25:20 GMT so for 4 days now am having chest pains. feels like someone is squeezing my heart it happens maybe 10 x day seems it is increasing in amount of times no nitro is being taken,pain doesn't last buta few seconds , sometimes it goes down my arm, that does't last any time.b/p is ok . have had 4 stents in the past, no actually heart attacks ...ekgs are fine, only way they have found blockage is cath. last time was 3 years ago. :confused:whatda ya think????? thanks ,blu ]]> Heart Disorders CALIFBLU http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723645 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723643&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:04:37 GMT So I was on the Depo Birth Control shot for about a year and had to get off of it cuz my insurance ran out when I turned 19 so my last shot was in April 09' and I was suppose to get my next shot in July 09' but didn't. Now I know that the Depo shot is known for causing fertility problems because it can stay in your system for awhile after being on it. I've been having unprotected sex a few times every month since and the last time I had sex was November 14th and 15th. The shot made me not have periods and the closest to a period I've had so far since I've been off the shot was a few spotting and one time in October (last month) around the 16th I think, I had a heavier spotting then I've been having so I'm not sure if that is considered to be a period. Anyways I'm wondering if there is a chance that the shot is out of my system now and if I could get pregnant? Has it been long enough for the shot to be out of my system? :confused: ]]> Birth Control AngelFace90 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723643 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723642&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:34 GMT I am married and had oral sex done on me with a condom with a stripper on july 17th 2009 in which blood was present. The day after that my body started feeling weak and i felt like that for about 4-5 weeks. About 2-3 weeks after that my tongue... I am married and had oral sex done on me with a condom with a stripper on july 17th 2009 in which blood was present. The day after that my body started feeling weak and i felt like that for about 4-5 weeks. About 2-3 weeks after that my tongue became coated with a white coating. One day I got really cold and started feeling very tired.Also my hands seem to be really red and sometimes feel stinging in them. I took a full panel std test 2 weeks after and everything came back negative. Then at 7 weeks i took a rapid hiv test wich came back negative. I took a rapid hiv test at 13 weeks and it came back negative. At 15 weeks i took an hiv dna pcr and antibody test and both were negative. I still have the white coating on my tongue and still nervous. I am 20 lbs lighter have a couple of questions.

1). Is the rapid test conclusive also at three months, or should i get the regular test done

2). Is it possible to test positive after 3 months

3). I took a Hep b vaccine, would that effect the negative result.

4). Lastly, how accurate is a pcr dna test at 15 weeks ]]> HIV/AIDS scaredstraight0 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723642 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723641&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT Ok..So I was suppose to up my Zoloft to 100mg tonight from 50mg. This was worrying me.So I did a NO NO and googled and seratonin syndrome came up!! What!! I am sooooo freaked out..I didnt up it and am even more scared now!! I should have just takin... Ok..So I was suppose to up my Zoloft to 100mg tonight from 50mg. This was worrying me.So I did a NO NO and googled and seratonin syndrome came up!! What!! I am sooooo freaked out..I didnt up it and am even more scared now!! I should have just takin it and never googled ANYTHING. Please helppp!!!!! Thanks :confused: ]]> Panic Disorders melindazcrew6 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723641 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723640&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:51:16 GMT About a year ago i had 2 of the 3 twinrex due to a vacation and completely forgot to get the third! am i somewhat protected still? what happens if you only had 2? do i have to start it all over again? About a year ago i had 2 of the 3 twinrex due to a vacation and completely forgot to get the third! am i somewhat protected still? what happens if you only had 2? do i have to start it all over again? ]]> Vaccinations hayleysamantha http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723640 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723639&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:41:10 GMT The nodes in my neck are really bugging me...mostly the ones under my chin. They hurt. I try to feel them but don't know what I'm feeling--whether it's nodes or muscle or what. I guess I can feel some firm, tender things in there. I've also been having this ear fullness and crackling, which has been causing an ache down the sides of my neck. There's also little sore spots behind my ears, which may be related to that, and I understand that it might be eustachian tube dysfunction.

I have a sore throat, I guess, and a cough, although it's not as bad as it was. No problems swallowing, although it's uncomfortable, and no problems talking except, again...uncomfortable with all the other troubles. No fever, occasional headaches. Sometimes a stuffy nose. I have/had periodontal disease, and they did one of those scraping and planing things, but I've not been brushing the way they told me to. ;-)

My main concern is that I'm a smoker, so stuff like this freaks me out, and I'm terrified to go to a doctor. And I'm working myself into a state over every little thing now...

Is this an infection? Could it be from periodontal disease? My teeth aren't really bothering me, except the occasional ache, maybe...Or are my ears worse than I think?

Edit

Sorry, these are submandibular, I think...under my chin but not right under the bone...further down. If that makes sense. ]]> Open to All Health Related Topics rush-rulz http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723639 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723638&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:27:13 GMT wondering if it's unheathy to take antihistime to aid in sleeping. ]]> Allergies walking sofar http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723638 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723637&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:24:54 GMT I have depression and medicine is not working. It is hard to describe how my depression makes me feel,. but I fell like my spirit inside of me is being help back. Like something is just pressing it down more and more. I am exhausted and... I have depression and medicine is not working.

It is hard to describe how my depression makes me feel,. but I fell like my spirit inside of me is being help back. Like something is just pressing it down more and more.

I am exhausted and tired all of the time. It takes a great deal of effort for me to do anything even something as simple as motivating me to take my medicine or brush my teeth.

I have been on Zoloft, Effexor and now Celexa and none of them really worked.

I am thinking of asking my doctor to add Abilify. I do not know much about it, so I was hoping that someone here could tell me what it is like.

Does Abilify seem to help?

I am not sure why I am depressed, but it seems to be getting worse. For the first time ever, it is now affecting my job.

any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks ]]> Depression doglover http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723637 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723636&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:24:09 GMT I am 62 and had tkr on my right knee on October 19. My PT is at home and I was doing very well until this past tuesday. I had reached a 130 flex but my straight angle is not doing well. I must have pushed too hard on tuesday and now I can't bend my knee back at all. The doctor's nurse and the PT think I may have strained a muscle. Has anyone else had this happen. Now I feel like I'm going backwards after doing so well. I'm concerned because I have surgery on my other knee coming up December 14 and I was really hoping the right knee would be doing better before the surgery on my left knee.

It is comforting to know that healing seems to take much longer than 5 weeks. :) ]]> NorineP http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723636 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723635&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:54 GMT I will be delivering my baby in 4 weeks (c-section) under general anesthetic (I'll be put completely under), rather than a normal epidural. I was wondering if anyone else has ever delivered a baby that way. I feel pretty scared & nervous, and don't really know what to expect.:( ]]> Pregnancy AZ24 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723635 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723633&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:06:47 GMT My mother-in-law is 63 years old, she has this spot on her lip that is blackish, and goes inside her mouth. It is on her lower lip, and the doctor just said it is a freckle, seriously....i think he is a quack, she isn't interested in really knowing what it is but i am worried for her. She does smoke, and she drinks only wine on occasions....like 3 months inbetween. I am worried about her so please give me some really good imput..... I can't seem to find any pictures on the internet of a black spot on lower lip so any advice? Any direction? please let me know..... ]]> Skin Problems lisamatteson http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723633 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723631&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:49:37 GMT Hi my name is Tina. Im 28 yrs old and last Saturday i found out that i have to have hysteroscopy.On Thrusday went in too gyn and she told me i have complex hyperplasia with focal cytolopic atypia and my next set will be cancer. Well i know i read up... Hi my name is Tina. Im 28 yrs old and last Saturday i found out that i have to have hysteroscopy.On Thrusday went in too gyn and she told me i have complex hyperplasia with focal cytolopic atypia and my next set will be cancer. Well i know i read up on it and people pretty much have to have a hysterectmy. She said if its not cancer she wants to do and iud and if it is im gonna have to talk to a gyn oncolgist. So i have question will i end up with cancer or should i not worry. Will i never have kids
Thank you
Tina :angel: ]]> Open to All Health Related Topics snootchie http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723631 http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723630&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:49:20 GMT Hi, For the past 4 nights now, I am sleeping but not getting a good night sleep. One thing about me is I have never had any problem sleeping, period, even if I have had worries or being sick, I still would have an okay nights sleep. What is... Hi,

For the past 4 nights now, I am sleeping but not getting a good night sleep.

One thing about me is I have never had any problem sleeping, period, even if I have had worries or being sick, I still would have an okay nights sleep.

What is happening is when I go to bed, I fall asleep and about 2 or 3 hours later, I start tossing and turning while I am asleep but I am not really asleep, I am aware what I am doing.

I always dream, and it seems that I am dreaming more now than ever.

I try not to think about anything when I go to bed.

When I get up in the morning, I just want to lay there and not get up, but when I get up really early, like an hour before I have to get up, I just get up because, I can't stand broken sleep and go back to bed for only an hour.

Is there anything I can do besides, taking a warm bath. I don't like any smelly things, so lavendar and all that crap is out. I can't drink and don't like the taste of milk, so I can't drink warm milk. I have tried alot, I just haven't tried a light sleeping pill, where I would rather not, because I don't want to get hooked.

Anyway, what does anyone suggest? Is there a reason why I could be doing all this tossing and turning and not really sleeping. Again, I have never had sleeping problems.

Thanks ]]> Sleep Disorders lookinforanswer http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=723630