Triggering (OD) - overdose damage?

[Shadow Z]

Um could someone tell me the long-term effects of ODing on OTC's?
Especially on aspirin or heartburn meds if it makes much difference.

I'm terribly afraid of being put away or having my parents told if I ask my doctor, and I haven't found much info anywhere online.

thank you.

[Sans Peur]

the effects of an asprin od:

Aspirin overdose has potentially serious consequences, sometimes leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Patients with mild intoxication frequently have nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, lethargy, tinnitus, and dizziness. More significant symptoms occur in more severe poisonings and include hyperthermia, tachypnea, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia, hallucinations, confusion, seizure, cerebral edema, and coma. The most common cause of death following an aspirin overdose is cardiopulmonary arrest usually due to pulmonary edema.

why doyou feel the need to OD?

Your doctor will be very concerned about your health and willprobably get you support and possible hospital admission depending on reasons

[Shadow Z]

Thanks for the replies. x

I'm 18 so no I'm sure if I told my doctor I wanted to just hurt myself they wouldn't do anything. The trouble with telling her is that I don't know how to tell her I SH. I'd probably be more comfortable saying I'm suicidal (strange I know) though that could provoke her sectioning me and telling my parents.

I want to OD because I want to hurt myself and damage myself. But not cripplingly so. Well I'm not sure what I want really.

Also, it would be good to get an idea of the consequences of failing at suicide from an OD if I did.

[~invisible~girl~]

I don't think your doctor could lock you up or tell your parents anything unless you described clear intention to attempt suicide, and not just thoughts about it. And even still I don't think she could tell your parents anything as you're legally an adult, and you're medical history is still confidential even if you're determined to be a danger to yourself or unable to make your own medical decisions or whatnot.

But keep in mind that everyone reacts differently to medications, and at different doses, so there's no guarantee that any particular dose of any particular medication would not have lasting or even life-treatening consequences. The therapeutic doses for most OTC medications are enough lower than the toxic and lethal doses that there's generally very little risk of any significant damage from the recommended dose, but that's not necessarily true for the margin between the toxic dose (the dose where it starts to cause damage/harm to your body), and the lethal dose, and it's hard to predict where either of those boundries lies for a given individual. It's good that you don't want to do perminant damage, but keep in mind that if you choose to overdose on something, you could end up doing perminant damage accidentally, no matter how much research you do before hand, simply because there's no way to know for sure how sensitive you'll be to that particular substance.