Do I have a drug dependency problem?!
Question: Do I have a drug dependency problem!?
Well, since I've been about 14 or 15 I've taken sinus meds for my horrible sinus issues! I couldnt sleep because they were so bad so I would take them!. They eventually eased up and I would just get horrible headaches all the time so I would take headache meds that would make me sleepy!. I won't lie, I liked the way they made me feel too!. Kinda floaty like!.Anyway, since then, I havent really gone a day without taking some kind of med!. Sometimes I will, but I have problems sleeping too, so I will take something to help me sleep!. It's recently been drawn to my attention that my friends think I'm a OTC junkie!. And my mom said I was a druggie, although she laughed!.
Seriously, I actually couldnt sleep the other night because I ran out of benadryl!. But I really do have bad sinus issues!. Do I have a drug dependencey even if the drugs I am taking are said to not cause dependency, or am I just overreacting!? Help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Seriously, I actually couldnt sleep the other night because I ran out of benadryl!. But I really do have bad sinus issues!. Do I have a drug dependencey even if the drugs I am taking are said to not cause dependency, or am I just overreacting!? Help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
If you can't go ONE day without taking an over the counter drug than that drug dependency thing sounds about right!.
"You like the floaty feeling"
Try natural things:
Try meditation
Using incense (it mellows me out)
Drinking warm chamomile tea before sleep!.
Basically you sound like you have a problem!. Try to replace every use of the OTC drugs with something natural!. If you can't, go to a doctor that practices osteopathic medicine!.
What you are doing hurts your body in the long run!. Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
"You like the floaty feeling"
Try natural things:
Try meditation
Using incense (it mellows me out)
Drinking warm chamomile tea before sleep!.
Basically you sound like you have a problem!. Try to replace every use of the OTC drugs with something natural!. If you can't, go to a doctor that practices osteopathic medicine!.
What you are doing hurts your body in the long run!. Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you think you have a problem, it may be a problem but not necessarily how you think it is!. Go to an open meeting of Narcotics Anonymous and you will learn a whole lot more from other addicts than you might from reading texts or visiting docs who are really in cahoots with the pharmacy industry, more often than not!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It sounds like you have a dependence on some meds to sleep!.
Whether that makes you a druggie depends on if you abuse the meds by taking them when you don't need them & whether as you said they make you feel high!. You always think about the meds & when you're going to take them!.
You ought to go speak with your MD!. about your sinuses, headaches & insomnia!.
There are ways to ease your insomnia without medication!.
You might even go to a Sleep Study Program!.
You can also consult with a professional social worker or psychologist to discuss your issues about insomnia, etc!.
Good luckWww@Answer-Health@Com
Whether that makes you a druggie depends on if you abuse the meds by taking them when you don't need them & whether as you said they make you feel high!. You always think about the meds & when you're going to take them!.
You ought to go speak with your MD!. about your sinuses, headaches & insomnia!.
There are ways to ease your insomnia without medication!.
You might even go to a Sleep Study Program!.
You can also consult with a professional social worker or psychologist to discuss your issues about insomnia, etc!.
Good luckWww@Answer-Health@Com