surviving an ibuprofen overdose

[kit461]

please do not judge - 5 days ago i attempted to kill myself as life just got all too much.
i consumed 16,000mg of ibuprofen and 2 packs of hayfever tablets.
i was very lucky that my friend got me to the hospital in time but i have no recollection of my treatment and i was released the next morning without any referral, advice or information on my treatment.

ive now relised that this was not the answer to my troubles and it have been a massive wake up call to me, but for the last 5 days ive been suffering from quite a few kidney like infection symptoms (weeing blood, trouble passing urine, feeling dizzy and generally unwell) and i want to know what i should do?

do you think i have done serious damage to my liver and kidneys?

is it normal that hospitals dont tell you what they did for you or what my test results were??

help??

[mkh9]

So glad you are feeling better. I hope your lab results are ok. I'm sure your friend is glad to have helped, no need to feel ackward or guilty about it. But I'm sure you have your thoughts to deal with now. He would have felt terrible had he not been there. I am glad you are here to talk about it.
mkh9

[kit461]

thank you for all the advice and nice comments above.
I have been to my local gp and had further blood tests taken fingers crossed all is well. Today im feeling alot better both physically and psychologically.

for the first time today i even talked about it with my friend that helped me out as i felt so bad a couldnt even look him in the eyes until today.

on the mend which is always a positive thing

[alsoinpain]

I cant say one way or the other, but i can and will pray for you. I feel so bad that it has reached that point and hopefully you can get yourself better.

[railroaded]

I am SO sorry to hear that life has gotten so bad for you, and I KNOW there is NOTHING worse than MENTAL anguish, and I mean that with ALL my heart. I have kept going sometimes because I have a grandson who has nobody else BUT me, but there were times, when my little boy died, I wanted SO BAD to be with him, but I had 2 other children who also depended on me. If these circumstances had been different...Nobody knows. I had an ibuprofen overdose, but it was over a long period of time, and it affected my intestines, mostly my colon, causing colitis.  I had frank blood suddenly one day, without any stool at all, and the abdomonal pain was horrible. I had a colonostopy, and was on medication for 2 months to try to heal my colon, it affected 3 ft, and it was almost gangrene. By the time I went to the emergency room, I hadn't eaten in 2 days, and yet the stupid, and I mean STUPID emergency Dr. pumped my stomach, while I just sat there with tears streaming down from the pain of the stomach pump! Anyone out there, if you KNOW there is NOTHING in your stomach, (I did not have food, meds, water, ANYTHING for 48 hrs) never agree to have your stomach pumped! The nurse was furious at the Dr., and said later that it is the most painful procedure to have done, while you are awake, and it is totally unneccesary! I was so mad later, and reported him. But back to the overdose, if it has been PAST a certain amount of time, usually they check your liver function, and it does repair itself. Mine was damaged from years of use, (Not intentional abuse) I started having anxiety attacks at 18 and still avoid certain situations due to fear of them. I hope you get help, and you have support from someone who understands . People think you can just SNAP yourself out of it! If that were true, NOBODY would be depressed, or need help. I developed the panic attacks out of the blue, and they ran my life for years. I am so fortunate they have subsided. There IS help out there, you may have to go to more than one therapist to find someone you connect with. I will pray for you, and know that prayer can help, it is usually a persons LAST resort.

[mkh9]

Hi Kit461,
Sorry that life has been hard for you to end up trying to take your life. I am glad it didn't work. I agree that no hospital should let you go without an evaluation or admitting you to evaluate your depression level. Anyway,I would see a family practise doctor and find out how your blood chemistries are and a complete blood count and see if they want to do any further studies on you. Don't worry about what the doctor or anyone else thinks. That is what a doctor is supposed to do help you.  It takes time for any drug to clear your system and a large dose of a drug for the kidneys and liver to filter out all the Ibupropin. If you feel down maybe get a referral to a conselor to have someone there. But, it sounds like you have  a wonderful friend that saved your life.Let us know what the doc says.
mkh9

[caregiver222]

I might ad that I know of no hospital in the United States that would have released you. You would have been given a psychiatric referral, which, among other things would enable them to closely monitor your medical condition, as well as your mental health.

[caregiver222]

Go back to the hospital.