Not being funny but it is the type of painkiller that can well kill you if its overdosed on, its your choice if you want to risk it. Call in work sick, but either way you need to take some responsibility and get checked out.
Last edited by Animad : 03-08-2011 at 04:28 PM.
Reason: Removed the name of the drug
"Its not how long a star shines, what is remembered is the brightness of the light"
ok thanks for your help if i start experiancing any symptoms then i will get checked out. at the moment im a little drosy my tongue is compelty numb but other than that im fine.
Thats not fine, say you fall asleep and have breathing problems? Your already having symptoms by the sounds of it, the longer you leave it the worse the symptoms can become. Im not trying to be harsh but an overdose is serious.
Last edited by Animad : 03-08-2011 at 04:31 PM.
Reason: Removed the name of the drug
"Its not how long a star shines, what is remembered is the brightness of the light"
i agree u need to get checked out aspa
if u have took more than the recommanded dosage on the packet u need to seek medicall advice
u could always ring nhs direct if ur in the uk
young girl its alright your tears will soon dry your soon be free to fly
she's falling from grace , she's all over the place..............
I was in hospital once and a girl came in with very small OD of that drug and she was severly unwell and could have died, she didn't come in till the next day.
Get checked NOW.
Last edited by Animad : 03-08-2011 at 04:33 PM.
Reason: Removed the name of the drug
Thanks for the help, feeling better today. Didn't sleep at all last night which would be why I'm feeling drowsy today, but managed to get to work ok and the symptoms have gone.
tbh whats the point of asking for help and disregarding everything we say. It doesnt matter if you feel better 12 hours later, damage can still be done.
I dont understand why people live in the world of ive overdosed, not getting checked out, oh im fine, its all good now. Some tablets can takes days to kick in and while you may be lucky once or twice is it worth taking the risk when you can die in your sleep, or by liver failure.
"Its not how long a star shines, what is remembered is the brightness of the light"
Right, beautifulpain (sorry, I don't know your name), I strongly advise you to see a doctor tomorrow. You need to get checked out to make sure you are physically ok and also to look at the reasons why you did this and how they can help to improve this. An overdose isn't like just having a bit of a sore throat and you think 'hmmm, if I start to get worse and lose my voice I better get checked out because it could possibly be tonsilitis' or similar things, ODs can EASILY be VERY VERY dangerous and they are not something that you should ask for help for and then say you'll only get help if you have signs yet on the same lines you state you have some signs. ODs need help ASAP. Some things can only be done very soon after you've taken them which can be vital to treatment such as stomach pumping if that is needed. Once you hit a stage where you've got signs then it could go downhill really quickly to the point where you could possibly fall unconscious before you can get help. Once that occurs some damage is likely to have been done. Even if you OD and remain conscious (which with many drugs you do), then it can still do major damage that can cause death. ODs shouldn't be brushed off and NEED to be taken seriously; missing one day of work is nothing really. Yes, depending where you work you may lose a days pay but what's more important, losing that where other people can potentially help you out or losing a great deal of organ function and be ill to some extent forever (and still missing a day off work because you were too sick to go in) or even worse. I'm not saying of course that people always get ill with ODs, it depends on a number of things such as how many you've taken, your weight, your medical history, any illnesses you may have, any meds you go on, how good your body is at coping with that drug (and that does NOT mean that if you've taken an OD of x number of y pills and was fine then it is fine to do the same again and you'll still be fine as how you react to them may have changed as well as the previous OD could've reduced your ability to cope with an OD of the drug)... And with all of those no-one can say for certain that you're someone who won't have a problem with even just the normal prescribed dose or just a couple over that or you may be someone who lies on the other end of the spectrum.
Really, people on the forum should not give info about how dangerous x or y drug is to OD on as we have no proof you have the medical knowledge to say that (and this is also tipsharing) and as well as that it makes it seem like some ODs are dangerous whereas others aren't which isn't the truth. Really, people on the forum should say nothing other than to seek medical advice which is first off A&E/ the ER/ED or NHS Direct if in England/ Wales, NHS-247 in Scotland or Healthcare Australia in Aus. Other places you can direct them to ring their local poison control. Other than that you can also say that they can PM myself or Bitter_Angel for more advise and if a user does that then the more advice we get on the 1st PM the better as the quicker we can sort it out and if we have a list of PMs to deal with (which sometimes we do), I can tell you now, like in the forum, we look at the OD ones first so if you PM us then it's also best to stick a suitable title in.
Finally, you will notice that I have sadly had to edit no less than 6 posts in this thread this afternoon, that's half of the ones on the post at the time and I can tell you now, I don't like editting posts and anyone who's PM'd me about one having being editted will realise that. Can I remind people that in the case of an OD then only the First Aid Team should know the name of the drug as people just knowing the name can lead to presumptions/ tip sharing/ personal experiences, all of which may not be accurate. Drug names are allowed when asking for advice about a medication (though it may limited about the amount we can answer) but not in the case of an OD. So yes, the name of a thread regarding an OD should not contain the name of the drug and neither should any of the posts.
Sorry about some of that but I just thought I'd get across the reason why I editted what I did so you can all realise why.
Beautifulpain, I hope you take my advice and seek medical advice. In the meantime I would advise you to stay away from those meds and others which you haven't been prescribed to take on a daily basis such as medsfor mental health problems/ medical problems unless you really need to take them for the reason they have been prescribed for you at the dose prescribed for you. I would steer clear of OTC meds.
If anyone wants to contact me then feel free to PM me,
KimA, First Aid Advisor
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause any trouble I just paniced, and didn't know what to do so came here for advice as this is the only place I had to turn to. I wasn't aware I was breaking the rules and sorry for anyone I upset/ annoyed/ triggered.
Going to A and E or the doctors would have been very hard for me as I have been treated badly there in the past when I have gone in for any self harm related injuries and it has put me off going back there. Thanks for your replies.
I can understand why you don't want to go but your health is far far more important then what doctors say or think.
We get annoyed as we give you the only advice we can really say which is get checked out , go to hospital and sometimes people don't take the advice. Even if you haven't been i would strongly suggest getting checked out by your gp at the very least.
As said the only advice we can give is to seek help, and you dont know the amount of threads people say the same thing then refuse to go and get checked out - its why people get frustrated easily.
When you self harm you need to take responsibility for your actions and get seen to, regardless of past experiences and fear, because your life is something so precious to risk.
"Its not how long a star shines, what is remembered is the brightness of the light"
Don't worry about it, I just wanted to make it clear to everyone. Really even if the injury is SH related or the OD is on purpose (rather than genuinely forgetting to take your meds and taking more) they should by law treat you the same as any other patient. However, it may be you got a doctor/ nurse who doesn't feel that way/ you caught them at a stressful time/ whatever. Really in the future would it be possible to go to a different A&E; it depends how many you have close to you really as some places have an A&E thats not that close but doable and the next one is a long way off where other places may be in a built up area and there may be several A&Es (especially if they are in a small town and several big towns/ a city are close by) which are around the same distance away.
If you are in an ambulance, with it and not in a really critical state or one which may turn that way you may be able to ask if you could go to x hospital rather than y. It may just be that they will do that but it may depend on several things like the ambulance station almost only going to x hospital for most cases and then use a different one say if you need a specialist service such as a burns unit if it isn't that much further to get to one.
