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addiction?
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I just wanted to know if this is 'addiction'-
Sometimes (about twice a day now) I sneak into our medicine cabinet to get some ibuprofen pills (3-5, but the most I've ever had is 26 at one time). I don't really know why, but I tend to grab more pills after a stressful day than a good one, and they just make me feel.. better, in a way (I have no physical pain or need for them, though). Sometimes I ask my mom for Nyquil and pretend to be sick (because I'm afraid she would know if I just took it, but I've only done this twice in this past year) and get some just because I feel better and peaceful afterwords.
Is this addiction? If so,what is the deadly dose of both of these medications? (I swear I'm only asking that because I don't want to accidentally kill myself)
Is this addiction?
other info-
I've had depression/ social paranioa (I think every one secretly hates me) for a few years.
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I will add that I have heard doctors say all my life that too much ibuprofen, tylenol or aspirin or other pain killers are all hard on the liver and can hurt and damage your liver.
Since you say you really did feel better, your depression may be one that you can do things yourself to raise the levels of your neuro transmitters in your brain.
Naturally treating Depression, low levels of Serotonin and other hormones
When the levels of neuro transmitters in our brains dip too low or are non existant, people will be depressed....Depressed levels of the hormones that most of peoples bodies can naturally create.
What is a neurotransmitter? A neuro-transmitter is a chemical messenger that carries, boosts and modulates signals between neurons and other cells in the body.
Many people just need the right environment, a certain input into their life for these hormones to be self produced but others have a malfunction and no matter what positive steps they take, their body is incapable of producing these hormones naturally and so they must take artificially created hormones in the form of a prescription drug prescribed by a doctor to bring up those levels. Why take a prescription drug if your body is perfectly capable of bringing up those levels on its own? Its just lacking the right ingrediants. The best way to find out if it helps is to try the steps that will raise the levels of hormones such as serotonin and oxytocin naturally. If you do not find any improvement, then you need medical intervention.
Here's the things that help.
Scientific research has found that when people hug or kiss, levels of oxytocin rise because more are created. If you study 'Hugging therapy' online, you will discover that people need a certain amount of hugs daily for those levels to rise. One hug a day is not enough and almost all of us never even get one a day let alone one a week. One thing to keep in mind is that one cannot give a hug without getting one in return. And another thing to keep in mind, a short weak half hearted hug will not be strong enough to start creation of oxytocin, you need the full body, hard long genuine bear hug to begin to feel the effects almost immediately.
Another thing to combat depression is movement. Many people when depressed dont want to do anything but lie in bed all day. Inactivity will not help. Movement will and can come in different forms. The quickest most effective ones that don't require a long time invested are running, jogging, jump roping, skipping, dancing. Just skipping rope 5 minutes or dancing to one song will already have a positive effect. More is better.
Sound energies and the vibrations it carries have long been known to have positive effects on a person's wellness. The vibrations from sound are used as one therapy in something like the Tibetan bowls, crystal bowls or gong therapy.
Music is a more widely used and available therapy. Both listening to and singing along are great therapy that can raise your feel good hormone levels quickly. The key is the melody more so than the words, remember, its sound therapy. I look for the melodies where when I am listening, it makes my heart feel lighter like a balloon about to float out of my chest. Thats the best way I can describe whether a particular melody is having the correct effect on you. A personal example would be Clocks by Coldplay. I can play that a couple times and my mood is immediately lightened.
Laughter and humor. The sayings “Laughter is the best medicine” or “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” are not just cute but meaningless sayings. There is truth behind it. Laughter will create and release the feel-good hormones in you, and especially so if it is prolonged laughter, such as watching a comedy act or a good comedy movie and not the light chuckle or two but the more effective belly ache laugh where your eyes start crying and you feel you have to pee.
We live today in a world that is harsh and cruel instead of peaceful and harmonious. Our brains require the use of lots of neurotransmitters to help us be able to handle the onslaught of daily stresses. The hormones get used up on a daily basis without us replenishing them, like the taking of a daily vitamin. Think of it as needing your daily H vitamin, happiness vitamin or hormone-inducing vitamin. So many of us are going for days without having any neurotransmitter hormones to help us cope mentally with daily life. After so many days, we finally have a break down and can not function any longer and that break down is depression. So give this a try. If it helps, continue to try and get some form of vitamin H therapy in each day. If not, go see a doctor.
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This is definitely a compulsive (or addictive if you prefer) behaviour pattern and needs addressing. You should never take more than eight ibuprofen tablets in any 24 hour period I believe. Although they're readily available from virtually any general store they can harm you if abused. Don't think because you don't need a doctor to prescribe them they're just sweets. It is of course the act of 'taking a tablet to make you feel better' that's making you 'feel better'. Do you follow? When they introduce new drugs they always have whats's called a 'placebo effect test' where some people are given just sugar or chalk pills that do nothing at all, but which they are told are medication. And a number of people always say 'yes, they work really well' or even get side effects...would you believe?? How crazy is that? It's a very powerful effect, believing in something! Seems you're fighting some demons with depression/paranoia? That often makes us a prime target for compulsive/obsessive behaviour. I'm sure you understand that this is what you are doing. It does need sorting out. Stronger painkillers will often contain sedative ingredients that can REALLY make you feel more relaxed and peaceful, definitely don't be tempted to source any stuff like this. You need to break the cycle and get rid of the urge to self-medicate like this...but not fall into a 'cross-addiction' trap (meaning you just replace it with something else). Maybe you could try a bit of deliberate 'cross-addiction'? How about when you feel stressed 'prescribe yourself' a course of deep controlled breathing. Imagine you're breathing cool, relaxing blue 'smoke' into yourself. Then blowing out hot, red angry smoke that is all your stress. Take ten minutes of treatment maybe? How about giving that a try for me? And see how you go? X
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There doesn't need to be a label, The fact that you sneak into a medicine cabinet is enough to say it's a problem.
It is not normal for someone to take a large amount of pills, It's not normal for a person to want NyQuil because they want to ease painful feelings.
I would suggest letting someone know you have a problem. Nobody here can tell you how much of a dose can kill, Anything can kill if it's taken the wrong way, mixed etc.
An overdose can lead to brain damage, Foaming of the mouth, Increase heart rate, Low blood pressure and death I seriously think you need to let someone know ASAP.
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