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i think i have a problem..
so pretty much every day for the past two years or so i inhale nailpolish remover...
i press the opening of the bottle to one nostrle and hold the other nostrel shut and inhale threw my nose until it burns.. i dont know why but i love it... even when im at my friends house ill look for a bottle in their bathroom and sniff it up for a good ten minutes.. is this a problem???
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I am a great deal older than most of the advisers on this site, so my advice will be somewhat different from what you may have received and may continue to receive from others.
Quick answers:
Yes, it's a problem.
Yes, you need to get help.
Yes, it is damaging you.
Yes, it has become an addiction.
Huffing as it is called is an addiction for which you will need professional counseling to overcome. Whether you will need to go to an addiction center for 30 day in-patient rehab or can be treated on an intensive outpatient basis will be determined by your doctors once they have evaluated you.
You have taken the first step, which is the biggest and hardest step by realizing you may have a problem. The next step is to tell your parents. If you are fearful of telling them yourself then ask your doctor to tell them. This is the perfect time to visit your doctor as school is starting shortly. Ask mom or dad to make a doctor’s appointment and to go with you. After you have seen and told the doctor of your problem the doctor then can inform you parent of the problem and the best way to treat you.
I do not know you but I will tell you this; I am proud of you for recognizing you have a problem. Now follow through and get treatment for your addiction.
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This leads to a lot of brain damage, actually. It is quite addictive though and you should seek help immediately.
Speak with your parents first. Tell them that you've been doing this for a while and have come to realize that it is a problem. This is likely to interfere with your life if you haven't realized it yet. You know, ten minutes of standing there, huffing fumes from a toxic chemical is quite dangerous and not productive in any way.
It happens though. There are millions of people right now struggling with this sort of addiction. People sweep this sort of thing under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist until they wind up in the hospital.
Don't be surprised if you begin to black out, become extremely forgetful, or experience chronic nosebleeds. Huffers have these problems--though, moreso towards death. Yes, huffing this can (and will) kill you slowly. It isn't a quick death. It isn't an easy death. It's probably one of the longest, drawn-out, painful deaths a person can have.
Yes, it's a problem.
Yes, you need to get help.
Yes, it is damaging you.
Yes, it has become an addiction.
Speak with your health care provider after you talk with your parents. Many times physicians will find that a huffer, especially with females, are iron deficient or lack vital nutrients (certain vitamins or minerals). A small blood sample should help them identify if your huffing is encouraged by something your body is craving from an outside source.
Steps:
Have a serious talk with your parents.
Have a serious talk with your doctor.
Find out what you need to do to get help and treatment. Some people find that going to an outside facility for 90 days to detox helps them to get a jump start on recovery. For some people it's as simple as going to something like a huffers anonymous group. Others will find help in a one-on-one therapy setting.
And, last but not least, the brain cells that you have already killed off will never be restored. I've read this on many addiction forums and guides and it seems that many of them have a problem with this. The brain cells that you've killed are dead. You won't magically grow new ones. What is gone is gone and you will have to try to cope with what you do have left. This can cause some memory problems in the future or lead to failure in educational settings because of the diminished neural pathways. My suggestion is to stop this immediately and get help in all the ways you can. The sooner you stop, the longer you're going to lead a happy, healthy life.
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Yeah, this is a problem.
As in, this is a problem that can kill you. It's nick name is "huffing".
The problem being, while you are inhaling the remover, or whatever, your body and brain aren't getting oxygen. Huffing is addictive. It can lead to liver damage, heart attacks, sever anxiety and suffocation. This can happen while inhaling, but also day or weeks later when you are not.
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I think that it is. Inhaling anything is bad for you. Nail polish remover has acetone and esters in them. I think if you don't have self control and can't stop you should seek professional help immediately.
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