When I was 16 I bought the largest packet of painkillers I could find in a pharmacy. I washed them all down with a can of coke. I started to notice the effects a lot when I was on the bus home. I was getting cold, and there was a ringing in my ears. By the time I got home I was so cold I felt frozen, I looked in the mirror - my eyelids were drooping down and the area under my eyes was black. The ringing in my ears was so loud at this point I was deaf. I had to lip-read my mother as she talked to me about dinner. I remember going to my room, feeling very tired and cold. I curled up into the foetal position - it came naturally. I wasn't scared, just cold and tired. I didn't think about whether I'd die or not, I just wanted to be warm and sleep. So I fell asleep. I woke up at some point (I can't remember how long I slept for) and still had ringing in my ears, and could see the veins were at the surface of my penis. I remember this clearly for some reason. I could hear again but have tinnitus to this day. Fortunately my liver and kidneys are OK ... I had them tested a few years later. I'm unsure about how much damage I've caused my brain though - it seems OK but it's depressing to realise that I've caused tinnitus and this may never go away ... at least I'm alive though. I really miss being able to hear EVERYTHING in the middle of the night as I did before. I could hear a pin drop. Alas, those days are gone.
that's quite a story, how could those painkillers cause the thing that happened to your ears? that really sucks. are feelin okay about what happened though? no trauma's anything?
My friend has the constant ringing as well, I have to say im surprised its only tinnitus that you have as a result but thats good
I feel like shit to be honest. I'm not so sure whether it would have been better to have not taken them - or taken twice as much to do it properly. The aspirin OD caused the ringing. I'm not sure what else was in the tablets. From the Wikipedia article: Overdose Aspirin overdose can be acute or chronic. In acute poisoning, a single large dose is taken; in chronic poisoning, supratherapeutic doses are taken over a period of time. Acute overdose has a mortality rate of 2%. Chronic overdose is more commonly lethal with a mortality rate of 25%; chronic overdose may be especially severe in children.[56] [edit] Symptoms 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.[57] [edit] Toxicity The toxic dose of aspirin is generally considered greater than 150 mg per kg of body mass. Moderate toxicity occurs at doses up to 300 mg/kg, severe toxicity occurs between 300 to 500 mg/kg, and a potentially lethal dose is greater than 500 mg/kg.[58] This is the equivalent of many dozens of the common 325 mg tablets, depending on body weight. However children cannot tolerate as much aspirin per unit body weight as adults can.
what would have been best was finding a reason not to take any \and u still can sure life gives u reasoins to want out of it but also offeres reasonds to want to stay the prob is 1 is thrust on u the other u gotta go out and find and grab with both hands egven help0ing others not do what u did can be enough of a reason to jnever do it again, gives u a purpose ..a reason..
change 1 thing u do and u can change how u feel what is the 1 thing u always wanted to do but never did?
