suicidal incidents

[mary98]

For a couple years i would take pain killers such as tylenol and ibuprofen whenever something would happen even if it was something little like getting in a fight with a friend.  I felt like i couldnt deal with the problem and so i would just take the pills i usually took 15-20 pain killers at a time.  I usually fell asleep right after that and woke up the next morning feeling sick and sad.   I am now having really bad lower and upper back pains and my joints hurt a lot.  I was wondering if this was one of the side effects of taking that amount of pills many times.  Thank you.

[margypops]

There may not be a connection, you are obviously aware now that was too many pills to take, it sounds like the best course of action is to find out why you are having all these aches and pains, a lot of ailments come to mind, have you been checked out at the Doctors office, have the pains come on recently , what happened prior to the Issues.

[mary98]

i went to the doctor because about 3-4 weeks ago i had unprotected sex and i was afraid that i had picked up an std.  The results came back all negative but i found out that HIV does not show up until about 3 months after exposure.  So the doctor told me if i truly felt i had been exposed to HIV then i should come back in 4 weeks and get tested again.  Im just not sure if the muscle aches are due to me having HIV or me having taken too many pills.  I dont know what to do know im so scared

[margypops]

You know there are many other ailments can cause aches and pains, once you get cleared of the HIV threat you will be able to ask the Doctor to do some blood work and check any other avenues. You are worried and concerned , thats understandable, you will know soon, it could also be that anxiety is also having an effect I have always believed that you can get Physically ill when you are anxious . I think at presant if you think postively, do not allow your thoughts to race ahead focus on the positive ,be a busy person, switch off from over thinking.you'll be okay.  Let us know how it goes.