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False Positive Home Pregnancy Test
False positives drug test result is very common. Poppy seeds and many other legally available products can cause a false positive result. A repeat screenings will prove to be pretty expensive in cases when the over-the-counter medicines are producing false-positive results; however, even if the re-screening is done there can be again a false positive. [...]
Need some help finding help…
First off - thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and has any positive input / suggestions besides “stop drinking”, which I already have done.
Some background about myself as a person and my relationship with alcohol:
I am a 26 year old male (just turned), and started drinking at the age of 23. Before that I had not had a drop of alcohol besides that found in medicines. Since the age of 23 I have been going out and partying a lot on the weekends, mostly every weekend. It has been constant, but I do not drink every day nor do I possess any “cravings” for it. Honestly, the only reason I started to drink is because I found out it made me more open socially. I do however go for the harder kinds of alcohol (mixed drinks etc.) and shots.
Since Monday October 20th I've been having what I now think are alcohol withdrawal symptoms. It all started after going out to party for my birthday the previous Friday and Saturday nights (17th & 18th) and drinking hard. Since I work during the week I don't drink at all.
I've been to two different emergency rooms, an internal medicine doctor, and a Neurologist. I've had a brain EEG, MRI, and MRA done which I was told all came up "clean". I've had many blood tests from all the places I've been to and they have also came up "clean". No one has so far been able to help or tell me what direction to go in. The Neurologist was the one that suggested I was experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms, and when I asked him what to do about it he said "stop drinking" and left it as that.
My symptoms which seem to be completely random:
(I always feel "something" I have never felt 100% since this started happening.)
Fatigue, I don't feel "up to" doing anything that requires a lot of energy
Death is near feeling (not joking)
Brain fullness (feels like my head is swollen & going to explode)
Pain in lower back part of head (not a headache but a shooting pain)
Balance issues
Anxiety
Involuntary shaking at times (starts in chest region)
Some days I feel like I'm getting better, then the next I will be right back to where I was. I have been taking Vitamin B complex and Vitamin B1 hoping they would help some but haven't. I have also been trying to keep my diet on track by eating fruits and cereals with vitamins and drinking nothing but water. Everything is so random that I really can't tell what is helping and what isn't.
Total alcohol abstinence from now on. I do have the family and friend support already to make sure that will happen.
But for now if you can help:
With all the tests I've had done, would alcohol withdrawal not show up on any?
It's been 22 days since this began, how long should I expect it to go for?
What kind of doctor should I seek for help?
Shouldn't Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or withdrawal symptoms show up on a MRI?
Some background about myself as a person and my relationship with alcohol:
I am a 26 year old male (just turned), and started drinking at the age of 23. Before that I had not had a drop of alcohol besides that found in medicines. Since the age of 23 I have been going out and partying a lot on the weekends, mostly every weekend. It has been constant, but I do not drink every day nor do I possess any “cravings” for it. Honestly, the only reason I started to drink is because I found out it made me more open socially. I do however go for the harder kinds of alcohol (mixed drinks etc.) and shots.
Since Monday October 20th I've been having what I now think are alcohol withdrawal symptoms. It all started after going out to party for my birthday the previous Friday and Saturday nights (17th & 18th) and drinking hard. Since I work during the week I don't drink at all.
I've been to two different emergency rooms, an internal medicine doctor, and a Neurologist. I've had a brain EEG, MRI, and MRA done which I was told all came up "clean". I've had many blood tests from all the places I've been to and they have also came up "clean". No one has so far been able to help or tell me what direction to go in. The Neurologist was the one that suggested I was experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms, and when I asked him what to do about it he said "stop drinking" and left it as that.
My symptoms which seem to be completely random:
(I always feel "something" I have never felt 100% since this started happening.)
Fatigue, I don't feel "up to" doing anything that requires a lot of energy
Death is near feeling (not joking)
Brain fullness (feels like my head is swollen & going to explode)
Pain in lower back part of head (not a headache but a shooting pain)
Balance issues
Anxiety
Involuntary shaking at times (starts in chest region)
Some days I feel like I'm getting better, then the next I will be right back to where I was. I have been taking Vitamin B complex and Vitamin B1 hoping they would help some but haven't. I have also been trying to keep my diet on track by eating fruits and cereals with vitamins and drinking nothing but water. Everything is so random that I really can't tell what is helping and what isn't.
Total alcohol abstinence from now on. I do have the family and friend support already to make sure that will happen.
But for now if you can help:
With all the tests I've had done, would alcohol withdrawal not show up on any?
It's been 22 days since this began, how long should I expect it to go for?
What kind of doctor should I seek for help?
Shouldn't Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or withdrawal symptoms show up on a MRI?
Discouraged with severe Anxiety
Hello everyone. This is my first post. I have been researching the internet and found you guys. I have so many questions, and I am really hoping that others with similar experiences will share them with me.
I have been clean for 3 years. I was using meth to self medicate, but didn't know that's what I was doing. Since quitting the illegal drugs, I have sought help for a severe anxiety disorder among other things. I am currently taking medicine to treat the anxiety and also meds for ADHD. Because of my history, ADHD medicines are limited and closely monitored. I have recently started taking Focalin, and it seems to be helping. I have gone off of the ADHD meds before, but I gained weight and so opted to stay on them. I know that's not where my priority should be, but I have history of an eating disorder and fear gaining weight.
At any rate, the anxiety is just so out of control, really. The very worst part of it is that I get hives on my chest and neck, and everyone then knows I am anxious or nevous. Then there is the irregular heartbeat, pounding heart, dizzy, inability to catch my breath, etc...It affects my life! Most frustrating to me is that on illegal drugs, my anxiety went away (even though I was abusing stimulants) and I never had hives. On illegal drugs I was just so personable and social. Now that I am keeping my act clean and trying to work with doctors to treat these conditions, I am nearly a hermit, isolating from social situations where I feel most anxious.
I took Effexor for a year finally leveling out at the max dose, and still not seeing the results. I switched to Wellbutrin and have been taking that for nearly a year, but also was still experiencing so much anxiety. The doctor had increased the dose three weeks ago and for the few days I took the higher dose, I lived in a state of panic. It was awful. I was having to use an old prescription of Adivan that I had never needed before just to manage myself. We realized that the panic was because of the higher dose of Wellbutrin and I went back to the dose I was on before. I found lots of info on the internet about Wellbutrin actually causing anxiety! The anxiety just persists! At work I am often scrutinized and evaluated which only magnifies the issue.
Today, my doctor changed me from Wellbutrin to Luvox. So, starting tomorrow, I will take the Focalin in the am and the Luvox in the pm (gradually weaning off the Wellbutrin over 7 days). If I had it my way, I wouldn't take any meds, but at this point that is not a realistic option. I was just wondering if anyone can offer any insight on the whole situation. I am pretty discouraged even with the possibility of this new med working. I just feel like I'm never going to be right again, and that I am at a disadvantage to the rest of the world out there. When I face situations I can't fix, my depression kicks in. I find comfort in finding others who go through the same things. With a history of drug abuse, I blame myself for bringing all of this on by disrupting my body's natural chemistry.
I have been told that I have an Avoidance Disorder, Anxiety (obviously), ADHD, Depression, and OCD. I guess it's been like that awhile because I remember pulling out all of my eyelashes and eyebrows when I was preteen. I was later told this is trichotellimania, another form of anxiety. I've never particularly enjoyed being in front of a group, but it's gotten significantly worse. And I always feel a burning in my chest. Is there hope that things will get better?
...thanks for letting me share.
I have been clean for 3 years. I was using meth to self medicate, but didn't know that's what I was doing. Since quitting the illegal drugs, I have sought help for a severe anxiety disorder among other things. I am currently taking medicine to treat the anxiety and also meds for ADHD. Because of my history, ADHD medicines are limited and closely monitored. I have recently started taking Focalin, and it seems to be helping. I have gone off of the ADHD meds before, but I gained weight and so opted to stay on them. I know that's not where my priority should be, but I have history of an eating disorder and fear gaining weight.
At any rate, the anxiety is just so out of control, really. The very worst part of it is that I get hives on my chest and neck, and everyone then knows I am anxious or nevous. Then there is the irregular heartbeat, pounding heart, dizzy, inability to catch my breath, etc...It affects my life! Most frustrating to me is that on illegal drugs, my anxiety went away (even though I was abusing stimulants) and I never had hives. On illegal drugs I was just so personable and social. Now that I am keeping my act clean and trying to work with doctors to treat these conditions, I am nearly a hermit, isolating from social situations where I feel most anxious.
I took Effexor for a year finally leveling out at the max dose, and still not seeing the results. I switched to Wellbutrin and have been taking that for nearly a year, but also was still experiencing so much anxiety. The doctor had increased the dose three weeks ago and for the few days I took the higher dose, I lived in a state of panic. It was awful. I was having to use an old prescription of Adivan that I had never needed before just to manage myself. We realized that the panic was because of the higher dose of Wellbutrin and I went back to the dose I was on before. I found lots of info on the internet about Wellbutrin actually causing anxiety! The anxiety just persists! At work I am often scrutinized and evaluated which only magnifies the issue.
Today, my doctor changed me from Wellbutrin to Luvox. So, starting tomorrow, I will take the Focalin in the am and the Luvox in the pm (gradually weaning off the Wellbutrin over 7 days). If I had it my way, I wouldn't take any meds, but at this point that is not a realistic option. I was just wondering if anyone can offer any insight on the whole situation. I am pretty discouraged even with the possibility of this new med working. I just feel like I'm never going to be right again, and that I am at a disadvantage to the rest of the world out there. When I face situations I can't fix, my depression kicks in. I find comfort in finding others who go through the same things. With a history of drug abuse, I blame myself for bringing all of this on by disrupting my body's natural chemistry.
I have been told that I have an Avoidance Disorder, Anxiety (obviously), ADHD, Depression, and OCD. I guess it's been like that awhile because I remember pulling out all of my eyelashes and eyebrows when I was preteen. I was later told this is trichotellimania, another form of anxiety. I've never particularly enjoyed being in front of a group, but it's gotten significantly worse. And I always feel a burning in my chest. Is there hope that things will get better?
...thanks for letting me share.
I went crazy-literally.
Well an update from last week......
I posted last week that I was detoxing. I quit taking all my medicines that the doctors put me on while in the hospital. Not just the narcotics but all the pills. I was on 7 different meds including mood stablizers and steroids and other stuff. Well I think I just lost my mind a little bit or rather a whole lot. Tuesday Paul and I were having a disagreement and I went ballistic. I went from shoving him, kicking in the door on his car and ripping the mirror off the car. Kids seen it all. And then I decided to get in my car and left. For those of you who dont know, I dont have a drivers license. I spent 4 months in prison last year for driving while revoked and am on probation. The insanity didnt end there. I tried to detox quietly on my own the rest of the week. I tried minding my p's and q's. But I got in my car again on friday and I had an accident. Yep cops were called and all. I didnt get a ticket or anything cause I know the cop and he's tryin to cut me a break. But I still have to fix the guys car that I hit. It was in a parking lot but I estimate about $3000 in damage. I didnt do damage to my car except a scuff mark. But right now I dont know if my probation officer will hear about this. I am in one hell of a mess. I am pretty much done detoxing. I did go back to taking my meds but I am of the percocet. At any rate I thought Id come and post an update.
Man, I truely forgot the insanity.
I posted last week that I was detoxing. I quit taking all my medicines that the doctors put me on while in the hospital. Not just the narcotics but all the pills. I was on 7 different meds including mood stablizers and steroids and other stuff. Well I think I just lost my mind a little bit or rather a whole lot. Tuesday Paul and I were having a disagreement and I went ballistic. I went from shoving him, kicking in the door on his car and ripping the mirror off the car. Kids seen it all. And then I decided to get in my car and left. For those of you who dont know, I dont have a drivers license. I spent 4 months in prison last year for driving while revoked and am on probation. The insanity didnt end there. I tried to detox quietly on my own the rest of the week. I tried minding my p's and q's. But I got in my car again on friday and I had an accident. Yep cops were called and all. I didnt get a ticket or anything cause I know the cop and he's tryin to cut me a break. But I still have to fix the guys car that I hit. It was in a parking lot but I estimate about $3000 in damage. I didnt do damage to my car except a scuff mark. But right now I dont know if my probation officer will hear about this. I am in one hell of a mess. I am pretty much done detoxing. I did go back to taking my meds but I am of the percocet. At any rate I thought Id come and post an update.
Man, I truely forgot the insanity.
Detox help
Hi everyone,
I have a friend who is wondering if there are any over the counter medicines to take to help him detox from heroin. He has been using 1-2 bags a day for about 3 weeks now. some days only a half a bag and other days up to 4...but for the most part it is 1-2.
I was told he could take hot baths to help with the aches and the chills/sensitivity to cold, Advil liquigels for aches and pains, Advil PM or Melatonin, or Benadryl for sleep, Benadryl for runny nose/sneezing. That is about it. We were wondering if there are any herbs or OTC meds to take to help. And of course just get plenty of rest. He cannot call off work and works from 10am-8pm mon-sat. Today(sunday) will be his first day cold turkey. This is the only time he has ever used this many days in a row. Before this it was recreational and I guess it just got him.
I don't really know what to tell him. I am an alcoholic/addict but have no experience here....only from listening to others at meetings or in rehab.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank so much.
Just me.
I have a friend who is wondering if there are any over the counter medicines to take to help him detox from heroin. He has been using 1-2 bags a day for about 3 weeks now. some days only a half a bag and other days up to 4...but for the most part it is 1-2.
I was told he could take hot baths to help with the aches and the chills/sensitivity to cold, Advil liquigels for aches and pains, Advil PM or Melatonin, or Benadryl for sleep, Benadryl for runny nose/sneezing. That is about it. We were wondering if there are any herbs or OTC meds to take to help. And of course just get plenty of rest. He cannot call off work and works from 10am-8pm mon-sat. Today(sunday) will be his first day cold turkey. This is the only time he has ever used this many days in a row. Before this it was recreational and I guess it just got him.
I don't really know what to tell him. I am an alcoholic/addict but have no experience here....only from listening to others at meetings or in rehab.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank so much.
Just me.
