Physical and Mental Effects of Abusing Sleeping Pills (Drugteststrips)

Sleeping pills act as sleeping aid for sleeping disorders, mainly insomnia and sleep apnea. Sleeping pills have some amount of hypnotic drug, which helps in creating a tranquilizing effect on the mind. Due to this, the mind of the person calms down, thus promoting sleep. They are always recommended by doctors in smaller dosages, for shorter periods, however chronic the problem may be. This is because, excess intake of sleeping pills exaggerate the problem further instead of curing it. Excess usage of sleeping tablets makes the individual get addicted to it leading to numerous and severe side effects on the body, sometimes proving to be fatal.

Symptoms of Addiction
A person suffering from sleeping pill addiction shows some symptoms, which are to be identified in order to provide timely medication. Regular consumption and overdose of sleeping tablets makes an individual addicted to it. They get into a situation of drug dependency, leading to severe restlessness on ceasing the intake of the drug. Some of the main symptoms shown by sleeping pill abusers are - deep and uncontrollable craving for drugs, dry mouth, drowsiness, headache, constipation, forgetfulness (on prolong usage may lead to severe amnesia also), anxiety, mood swings, loss of appetite, loss of weight, nausea, negative changes in personal behavior, poor performance at work, short temper, hallucinations, tremors and seizures, etc.

Physical Effects
Sleeping pills abuse causes many ill-effects on major parts of the body. Some of the physical side effects of sleeping pills abuse are:

Addiction: Sleeping pills have very less amount of drug which is used to bring a calming effect on the mind, thus helping the person to fall asleep. Consuming high amounts of pills at once, or continuously using these pills to get euphoric effect may lead to addiction. The abuser cannot think of any other way of curing his disorder - makes himself drug dependent. The major symptoms of drug addiction include uncontrollable desire to consume drug, anxiety, restlessness and uncontrolled anger on forcing to stop drug abuse.

Digestive troubles: Sleeping pills addiction causes many negative effects on digestive system, mainly being loss of appetite, diarrhea, acidity, etc. Due to the irregular sleeping timings, the eating habits and timings also change, leading to the problems in digestive system. Decreased appetite ultimately results in malnutrition, putting the abusers total health at risk.

Nausea: Nausea is seen as a common problem in most of the drug addicts of any kind. This is one of the effects on digestive system. It is sense of uneasiness and also an involuntary urge to vomit. Generally, after an overdose of pills and heavy sleep, the person suffers from the sensation of vomiting, as the stomach of individual is empty, due to loss of appetite.

Drowsiness: Overdose of sleeping pills cause drowsiness or hangovers. After the intake of sleeping pills, the individual suffers from the sleeping effects even during day times. He/she feels sleepy and drowsy all through the day leading to hangover, which results in loss of concentration, lack of coordination, poor performance at workplace, excess tiredness, loss of memory etc.

Constipation: Constipation is a result of poor diet, very common in sleeping pills abusers. Improper eating habits and taking less fluids may lead to constipation. This results in flatulence and laziness.

Emotional Effects
Sleeping pills drug abuse impacts the emotional status of abuser severely. Some of the common emotional effects are as follows:

Parasomnias: Parasomnia is a stage in which the individual does not have any control over his actions, such as walking, talking, eating, and driving in sleep. During this stage, the person has no knowledge of what he is doing.

Delirium: Excess dosage of sleeping tablets results in delirium. Delirium is having a confused state of mind, during which the person undergoes serious delusions, hallucinations, clouded thinking, day dreaming, etc.

Tremors and seizures: Tremors and seizures are mostly occurred after an overdose of sleeping pills. These are sudden and uncontrollable shaking of some of the body parts like legs, arms and fingers. Sometimes the whole body becomes numb and the abuser loses the sense of touch.

Daytime effects: After heavy dose of sleeping pills during night, the effect still continues during daytime too. The effects may be like feeling sleepy, drowsy, and tired, loss of memory, and loss of concentration.

Dependency: There are high chances of an individual being addicted to the sleeping pills, due to the tranquilizing effect they create. A person whenever feels like having a sleeping problem goes for these pills immediately without having a second thought, in order to get relieved. Thus, he becomes addicted and highly dependent on the drug, which causes many side effects and may also lead to death on forcing to stop its intake.

As seen above, addiction of sleeping pills has very dangerous effects on human body. One of the best ways to avoid the harmful effects of abusing sleeping pills is by detecting the symptoms in the early stages and providing medication. Delayed recognition of these symptoms may increase the severity of the problems leading to many physical and emotional side effects on the body and may even result in more dangerous and incurable consequences such as, heart attacks, nervous breakdowns or death.

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The 3 Stages of Atlas Spinal Care

Several individuals have been testifying how chiropractors can aid them to feel much better after experiencing severe back pain or migraine. Of course, people who gain lots of benefit from this method can only testify how it can greatly help them in dealing with pain. With this proven experience, they will surely recommend you to also seek for a chiropractor to make you feel better as well.

The truth that the aim of chiropractic care is to eliminate any nerve meddling found, and allow your body to set off the inner healing power that already been there in your nervous system. Correcting spinal column also helps natural treatment, strengthens the function of your body and its vitality. For this basis, you will persist to hear of many various difficulties that individuals said that chiropractors have aided them.

Since the spinal column is important, it is much better if you know the three stages of Atlas spinal care that you can opt from. Here are the three stages of spinal care that you can pick depending on what you need.

First is the relief care. If a pain or visible indication has encouraged you to start this alternative method, the preliminary thing that you desire is to ease the pain and feel better. Of course, clinic visits will be often and the purpose of your corrections is to lessen the increase of injury, which will provide assistance. Moreover, depending on your lifestyle, age and health condition, your visit over weeks or even months may be required to lessen or get rid of your indications and aid remove subluxations that are there without indications.

Second, you can also find corrective care. Muscles and sometimes damage in the organ stay after original indications develop. Reconstructive care evens out the spinal column and aids correct treatment through your nervous system. Normally, individuals stat to have a better function in areas with difficulties in which they thought were not related to Atlas spinal care and chiropractic care. Normal alterations lessen blood pressure, have a better sleep and boost energy.

Last is the wellness care. When utmost development is reached, cyclic checkups in your chiropractor are needed. These visits can distinguish and aid correct new health issues before they become severe or painful. Health conscious individuals select this type of Atlas spinal care not only for their health, but also for their children as well. Like many other well-known procedures, this method can greatly help you to eliminate pain and other issues relating to your spine.

Philip Davis is an educator on all things healthy. Good health starts with a fully functioning spine and nervous system. Have you visited Atlas Spinal Care ?

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Treatise on the Diseases of Females: Pregnancy in the 1800s

While looking through some seriously old books, I came across a medical treatise from 1853. Now this would be fascinating on its own, but even better, it's a treatise specifically about the "diseases of females" written by William P. Dewees, M.D.

William Dewees (from Wikipedia)

Having recently been pregnant, I was particularly interested in the 1800s recommendations for pregnancy.

Dewees starts out his chapter on pregnancy by explaining why it is important to scientifically determine whether a woman is pregnant or not. The reasons are essentially as follows:

1. So if the woman needs to be treated for some other disease, she doesn't get prescribed something that would hurt her or the baby if pregnant.
2. Because if she is under trial or awaiting execution, pregnancy might forestall it.
3. If the predicted date of birth might influence the 'character or property' of someone else.

So yes, clearly it is important to know if a woman is pregnant.

So how do you tell in the 1800s when no pee-sticks with plus signs were available? Not surprisingly, the first way is 'she doesn't have her period.' However there is clearly some debate in the field at this time.

Other things can 'suppress the menses' and sometimes a woman can bleed while pregnant.

Dewees spends excessive words and semi-colons defending his position on the subject:

"In declaring that women may menstruate after impregnation, I have no favourite hypothesis to support; nor am I influenced by any affectation or vanity to differ from others; neither do I believe I am more than ordinarily prone to be captivated or misled by the marvellous; for I soberly and honestly believe what I say, and pledge myself for the fidelity of the relation of the cases I adduce in support of my position." *

So you need some other signs of pregnancy other than just not menstruating. Next up: Nausea and Vomiting. Though "far from certain" as a sign of pregnancy, in conjunction with other signs, it is 'added proof'

Another sign is the enlargement of the sebaceous glands (which are on the areolae around the nipple), and the formation of milk. But milk coming in is also not certain:

"I once new a considerable quantity of milk form in the breasts of a lady, who though she had been married a number of years had never been pregnant; but who at this time had been two years separated from her husband. She mentioned the fact of her having milk to a female friend, who from an impression that it augured pregnancy, told it to another friend, as a great secret; and thus, after having enlisted fifteen or twenty to help them keep the secret, it got to the ears of the lady's brother. Her surprise was only equaled by his rage; and, in a paroxysm, he accused his sister, in the most violent and indelicate terms, of incontinency, and menaced her with the most direful vengeance." *

It turns out the lady was not pregnant, but was sick with 'phthisis pulmonalis.'

So finally the surest signs of pregnancy are the enlargement of the uterus and abdomen, and feeling the baby move "quickening".

(also mentioned are the 'pouting of the navel' and the 'spitting of frothy saliva')

*All quotes from Treatise on the Diseases of Females by William P. Dewees

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How to Turn Away from Substance Abuse (Drugteststrips)

Staying away from drugs is the most challenging task ever. It calls for a great deal of determination to prevent any sort of substance abuse. It is neither achieved in one day nor through a single process. Staying away from substance abuse needs consideration of various factors which include mental, physical and environmental factors. Good understanding of these factors is very crucial as it helps in taking away this problem right from its roots. Let us understand in detail about the things to be followed to stay away from drug abuse.

Understand how it develops
The very first step to keep yourself away from substance abuse is to be aware of "how actually one develops this habit". This habit in most of the cases is unconsciously developed. By the time a person realizes that he is addicted to a drug, the damage is already done. And this damage is entirely irrevocable. Hence, it is wise on part of an individual to be proactive and understand the actual cause of this problem and prevent the habit before it develops. The basic reasons for getting into drug addiction include mental illness, work pressure, depression, bad company, temptation, etc.

Avoid temptations and peer pressure
This is the major cause for drug addiction, as temptation and peer pressure are very hard to overcome. These are the probable motivators for substance abuse for any individual. Drugs make the individual habituated to them. This tunes the mind of the drug abuser towards it and the temptation to abuse it regularly starts immediately.

Another aspect that affects drug abuse is peer pressure. This is very common among teens. Most teens, even adult drug abusers provoke others to abuse drugs. They tend to tease the persons who refuse to abuse, which makes the non-abusers to take up drugs in order to fit into the crowd. It is very hard to overcome peer pressure, it needs great courage to say 'NO' and stand by your own principles.

Stay away from substance abuse hangouts
One of the best ways to turn away from drug abuse is to stay from the substance abuse hangouts. They are the potential starters for drug abuse in a society. These places encourage temptation and peer pressure will be high. Avoiding these hangouts will be of great help in preventing and overcoming the drug abuse. Especially, it is very much useful in cases of out-of-city parties or rave parties.

Practice healthier living habits
The most positive way of turning away from substance abuse is to practice healthier lifestyle. Healthy living ensures good habits, mental strength, good health and most importantly averts the negative influence. Being a part of social activities, being in a good company, exercising physically and mentally, and good diet is a part of healthy lifestyle. Healthier lifestyle imparts positive energy and increase confidence to overcome any kind of wrong temptations.

Keep a balanced life
The main reason for developing drug addiction is lack of mental strength. An individual most often succumbs to pressures associated with life and work. These pressures result in imbalances leading to addiction of drugs. One of the best possible ways to ensure a well-balanced life is to be in a good company. This enhances the positive outlook on life which leads to good mental health. Hence, for a good living one needs to balance all the phases of his/her life well, which results in ultimate happiness, thus depriving from the negative habits.

Staying away from drug abuse may sound impossible, but nothing is impossible before strong determination and will power. All the above points provide a clear understanding on how to deal with the problem of substance abuse. Hence, by concentrating on these aspects, one can lead a healthy and happier life.

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Ways to Detect Signs of Depression

How do you know you are depressed? It seems like a weird question as this is something you would be first to detect. But you'd be surprised that quite a large number fails to spot the signs of depression.

The real reason is that mostly people, especially men, consider sadness, feeling low or depressed as a sign of weakness and hence do not want to talk about it.

They treat it as a stigma and are afraid that their close ones may blame them for not being string enough or coping up with life like everyone around is doing. Hence they often feel lost and indulge in self-blame, a habit or state of mind that disables you mentally. Over time when they can't find a solution or a shoulder for comfort, they develop suicidal thoughts as an answer for their feeling of worthlessness. This includes visibly becoming a recluse, irrational anger, constant fatigue, persistent aches and pains and insomnia.

But the signs of depression are not straightforward problems like dealing with something as direct as a fractured bone. Diagnosis is made after a collective of symptoms, like almost half a dozen or more on the list which has been continuing for over two weeks.

Some of these signals are as follows:

Changes in weight: Lack of appetite will lead to weight loss or it could be the opposite as well. That you just can't stop eating all the time to fill up that emotional void.

Sleep issues: Your sleep goes for a toss where you either over sleep or under sleep. You could suddenly end up sleeping for long hours or end up staying awake the whole night. Either way your schedule goes for a toss.

Aches: People do not associate physical symptoms as signs of depression. Constant colds and flu, acidity, a weak immune system, chronic conditions like arthritis, body aches and pains, headaches, cramps or even nausea are often treated singularly and not viewed as a complete whole.

Loss of energy: You get tired easily; fatigue occurs frequently, keep sitting down or move around at a lethargic pace. This is noticeable especially if you are otherwise very active.

Reckless behaviour: This is escapist behaviour of doing things you would never attempt under a normal frame of mind. This includes gambling, participating in dangerous sports or even reckless driving.

Anger: Prolonged depression can lead to intense frustration resulting in you blowing up for the smallest issues ever. Anger is considered as a sign of buried depression and affects not just your health but is also a hindrance when it comes to your dealings with society.

Alcoholism: This is one of the major signs of depression as around 40 percent of depressed individuals struggle with alcohol and drug use leading to liver damage.

Concentration issues: Finding yourself taking way longer than usual at a simple task as you are struggling to stop being distracted by haunting memories or figuring out solutions to a problem at hand, is another factor. If your mind feels numb and helpless for more than two weeks, do not hesitate to ask for professional help.

Problems with work: Concentration issues, giving up easily under stress, sudden inability to multi-task, finding it extremely difficult to get out of bed leading to staying absent most of the times are symptoms of a depressed individual.

Lack of sex drive and interest in daily entertainment: Avoiding sex for a total lack of desire for it over a long period is also a signal that everything is not right. In fact seeing your partner being unhappy at this change of attitude can lead to self-loathing and insecurity. You might also be moody about things you used to enjoy like a walk in the park, meeting your friends every weekend, or continuing a hobby.

Feeling suicidal: This is the major and the most glaring signal that should not be overlooked and psychiatric treatment should be administered immediately. So if you find someone continuously talking about suicide and questioning why he is still alive, things would be better if he want living, sort of given up on fighting to solve an issue that was weighing him down, saying goodbyes and visiting people and sudden preoccupation with death are some of the signs that need urgent attention to tackle this cry for help.

Once you realized you are depressed, start making efforts to break away from that comfortable cocoon of hopelessness you have built for yourself. It's very easy to stay low but extremely tough to stand up and fight. Start with sticking to daily routines, indulging in exercise or going for a break during work hours and making random calls to friends to distract your mind among other things.

The article is particularly written for signs of depression. For more information just go through on signs of depression

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