my dad was found with a 2 blood but does not settle down and relax he keeps pushing himself. He fell the other day and went in the hospital 2 days later b/c he was starting to get a heart attack. he wants to get off his meds and I dont think he can but I dont know he is pushing us all away.
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Pretty high especially if the blod clots lodge again in the heart or the brain.
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Hello: I would like to make a suggestion. If at all possible please look for a therapist. I'm not suggesting this to be rude. You say that there was a lot of fighting in your life as a child. That is emotional abuse. Yelling, name calling, fighting, screaming matches that is abuse. If you are having flashbacks and repressed memories to me as a survivor of abuse both emotional, and other it seems like there are things that maybe you need unburden your heart with. There seems like there could be a lot of pain to perhaps work out. I have P.T.S.d and flashbacks are something that I deal with  I have anxiety and I have repressed memories. I encourage you to please talk to someone. A pastor, relative, friend, or therapist. Please for if nothing else at all then to help with your blood pressure. I have worked through many problems and still have a long way to go. If it seems like I am reading to much in to this then perhaps I could be. It just sounds like something is troubling your heart.\nGood Luck and I'll keep you in thought and prayer.
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I send my sympathy to your father passing away. I would try other options before going on medication. Medication should be used after you have exhausted all other options. You may be having problems with self esteem after gaining weight. You also may be having problem with panic because of a loss of security- your father. You should try therapy first for the panic attacks. Write a log..find out when they occur..what is triggering it. Why do you feel you cant leave the house- fear of people..depression? I understand your confusion. Start first by going to the gym...It will increase the endorphins in your body and make you feel good. Drink Camimile tea to relax you before you go to bed. Are you getting adequate sleep? \nYou should learn relaxation techniques to use if you have a panic attack episode. Deep breathing, progressive relaxation, relaxation tapes. You are afraid to start the job because you feel that you are going to fail. Start walking around your block every day to get over the fear of getting out of your house. Go out start the job. Get back on the horse. It will make you feel better to get out of the house. You should also start going to (church, temple..whatever your beliefs are) What ever you do get out of the house as much as you can.
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My dad died 2 years ago and I did not cry out loud.On the inside i was in hysterics,on the outside calm.I am still that way.Perhaps that is why I ache inside> I still think of him many times a day. So I can not give you advice on how to deal ; only tell you that you are not alone.
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Not sure, but I would go to your local social security office to see if they can track him down, if they won't, tell them its a medical emergency and you need his type of blood or something
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I've never heard of this, so first of all my thoughts are with your family.  I knew strokes, heart attacks and those types of things didn't only happen to "older" people anymore, but that they were also happening to people as young as their 20's.  I had absolutely no idea, I am going to try to look this up tho, as I have two young children.  Were there any symptoms, something long coming that didn't get noticed because it was also considered a normal thing?  I hope he stays strong and has a great turn around back to good health.
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i am terminally ill and for a long time i was unable to admit it to myself much less my husband. he knew but i would not talk about it. he may just be in that kind of a place be supportive but do not push him. my husband almost pushed me away because he thought i needed to talk about it. by the way the docs said i would be dead 1 1/2 years ago and i am still a vibrant flamboyant sexy woman who lives each day to the fullest. time will pass and he will be more open and learn to enjoy each moment.
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Just remember that your grief is for your father and to keep your anger towards your sisters for another place and time.  I lost my father last year, he too had heart surgery and never came out of it.  One of my friends suggested that I write him a letter to help me with my grief.  I was angry at the medical world for letting this happen, I just couldn't get past my anger for a long time.  Tell your Dad in your letter how much you loved him and how you're feeling.  Take your grief, your anger and channel it into something positive for your Dad's sake.  I also planted my Dad's favorite tree in my back yard to remind me of him.  So sorry for your loss.
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On the 17th of Feb I walked into a hospital and fell down with a heart attack, when I woke up I was stable in the emergency room, the doctor said he was going to run some test in the morning.  The next morning I was feeling much better and they took me down and did a ultra sound on my heart and said it looked fine, then they took me over to do a stress test.  I could not walk on the treadmill cause I just had back surgery about 4 week ago so they did the tes chemicaly through my veins, it was to take about 4 min to do.  About 3 1/2 min into the test I felt very weird on my left side and was then told I was having a full blown stroke.  I was then rushed up to the ICU floor and I was not feeling so good, aparently I was in critical condition.  Mind you a week before this I also found out I had a bleeding ulcer in my stomach.  Anyway the doctors did some MRI's and CAT Scans on me and could not find where the blood clot was that was causing my stroke and they also could not get a hold of my wife.  About an hour and a half went by and I was more coherant so the doctor told me that I might die if they could not get the blood flow back in to my brain, so then he told me their was a new drug called TPA that might find the clot and dissolve it but that I would only have a 2% chance of living through it because of my ulcer and bleeding in the brain, there was only a 3 hour window to be abel to use this medicine and 2 hrs have already passed.  I decided a long time ago I was never going to be a burden to no one including my wife so I told the doctor to give me the TPA, and he did. I went into a coma for about 3 to 4 hrs but I did wake up and saw my lovely wife Lisa crying beside me, I told everything would be ok, she smiled a little.  About six hours had passed with no improvement until I looked down at my left toes and saw they were moving, talk about the best feeling you ever had in your life...so an hour later I was moving my fingers then my arm then my leg and I stayed up for the next 24hrs just moving my left side.  The doctors said my face lifted back into place, no more droop.  By Sat the 20th I was on my was home still a little week but with a clean bill of health.  The doctors said I get to go back to work next Monday and I feel great.  I have decided to take life by the horns and do everything I always wanted to, I just signed up for a Tai Kuan Do class.\n\nSo yes you can pray for me, pray this never happens again.\n\nThanks \n\nDon
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i've been there... it got so bad... i was diagnosed with MAJOR DEPRESSION DISORDER.... my suggestion... go to your doctor and tell them what is going on.. they can not tell anyone.... because of laws known as HIPPA..... they will probably give you medicines to help calm you down... as far as your mom and dad talkin to you about each other.... tell them that you refuse to listen to it... thats what i did.. and it quit...   your lil brother.. take him out to have fun... take him to eat or have a movie night.. he needs to get out and be away from this also.... talk to him and see how he is feeling....
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a couple of years ago when my father passed away, he didn't want to leave my mother.  all kinds of phenomena took place such as, lights strobing, tv turning on and off by itself,  interference with the telephone, hearing aids etc.  i had taken 2 sympathy cards to mom from both myself and my daughter.  they had been placed on the mantle over the fireplace.  when i came back in the living room, the cards were face up in dad's chair which was the last place i saw him alive.  no one else could have been responsible for the activity as it was only mom and me in the house and she was upstairs sleeping.  i  checked with the neighbours to see if their power had been flickering or their phones not working and they told me they hadn't had any trouble.  my brother confirmed that there were no electrical problems with the house when i questioned him.   i finally convinced dad that mom would be ok and we would all take care of her.  it took about 2 days but he finally went to the light.  at that point, all of the activity stopped.   the strange thing is i was so conflicted emotionally when he left.  i felt sad that he had gone, but also relieved he had finally made the transition.  i miss him very much but know he is always with me.  i am sure there are skeptics out there that will not believe what i experienced but that is their issue.  i know what occurred and that is what is important to me.  take care.
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Your mom needs to make a choice, either take him to the doctor and put up with the hysterics, or run the risk of having to buy him a casket.  I am no doctor, and you should not trust any medical advice you get from a public forum like this, but from your description, it sounds very serious and you should get a second opinion.
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i think he has something else going on by the sounds they shouldn't be that high some people run high all the time has he been tested for this before and they are just now elevating? obviously its nothing to be very concerned about or the Dr would have told you. i would certainly ask him if he feels that this is a genetic condition.
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I can give you a good medical miracle from God. Back in April, my brother was found in a coma with a Blood Sugar of 10. He was hospitalized in an ICU unit on a vent. The Dr's said they could find nothing wrong with him, as he had no past history of diabetes and after entering the hospital his blood sugar was normal. They didn't expect him to come off the vent and was talking about putting a tracheostomy in his neck. All of the church members where we attend church began praying for him day and night. After a few days he was completely off the vent without the Dr's doing anything to help this. After a few weeks, he was walking again, talking again and eating on his own. Again all to the Dr's surprise. They were totally baffled by it. After about 3 weeks in the hospital he was released to go home and is still doing very well. There's nothing God can't do!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you & your friend and I will keep her in my prayers.
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The  truly  sad thing  about situations like this  is  that  the  patient -  more often a man - has already  been  having  symptoms for a  while.      His heart has been  trying to g et his  attention with little signals that he has just refused to pay  attention to.    Heart  attack?   Me?    Nahhh.      I'm  not old enough.....  or....   I   feel  great  etc. etc.       That's the  way heart  attacks work.   My bet  is  that he has never had  a  thorough  physical  examination and heart  evaluation in his life\n                              It's too late now, of course, to be looking into  the past.  It's over.    Only  what happens in the future is important.      The  only  thing YOU  can do right now  is take   some  flowers,  and yourself  to the hospital to see him,  and  say all the right things, about how  important it is for him to get  well so he can as soon as possible  get back to his  family that loves him and  needs  him.        Now  what your friend,  his  daughter, can do is a  LOT.     She has  to  help her mother  and other members of the family  to  bully  the heck out of him  to  start   properly  taking  care of himself  for  a change.  He obviously  hasn't   been doing that  because he already knew his cholesterol  was way  up and  did nothing  about it.    Your  friend  needs to  remind her  Dad  that  she needs him,    and  they all do,  and,  goshdarn it, if he doesn't want to   look after his own health for  him,  he should  do it  for  THEM.                    \n                                 The doctors will have run some tests to  determine if  he has some blockages  (my bet is  that he has)   and then make arrangements for him to have  appropriate   treatment. (probably surgery).    After that,  he is going to need to follow strict  doctor's orders,  change his lifestyle, and  stop  neglecting  his health.   If  he  does that,  he has every good chance of being around for a  long time.    Unfortunately men  are   especially bad at  taking  care of  their health.    I guess it's a macho thing.   "I'm  not  going to  get sick.    Nothing wrong  with me.    I'm  tough"      LOL  I wish I had  a  $20  bill for every  time I heard  a man  say that,  or had  some  woman tell me  that  was how her husband  was\n                                   I hope  this helps.    Tell your friend what I  said, and  tell her to tell him  that she wants her Dad  to be  around to  walk her down the Aisle one day,  and  after that,  to be a part of his  grandchildren's  lives.    Tell her to tell him,  that's not a  request,  that's  an order.
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When my son was born he became severely ill. He was taken to children's for surgery. I had just miscarried before I got pregnant with him and he was kind of my last hope. We felt awful when he didn't recover right away like they said he would. He lost a lot of weight before he started to come around, and we were there, in the hospital, for about a week and a half. Our biggest inspiration was the other parents we saw and talked too. Some had been there months waiting on transplants that probably wouldn't come. Some knew they would never take their children home, and some helped their children plan their own funerals. What was a week and a half to all that. The point is there is always someone worse off then you. You have your life and you should enjoy it. You never know when your time is up, so you better live now.
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My heart goes out to you and your family. I've been married to the same wonderful man for thirty-one years. Twice prior to my knowing him he tried to kill himself. Since we have been together he has made 4 more attempts on his life. I don't know where you are from but most places have mental health assocations. They can help you to understand medications, patiants rights. For my husband I am his health care rep. when he can't speak-up for himself I have the legal right to do this . I got him to give me power of attorney so I can deal with his disabilty money and all the red tape that goes along with it. Your Mom's illness if she does have Bi-polar suicide is attempts can be a part of her illness. It is a long hard road and you need to seek help yourself so you can stay healthy enough to be an assistance in getting her the help she needs. There are support groups for families going thru what we both are. When my husband gets what I call imbalanced with his medicine it takes me giving him his meds. because he gets confused about days and times to take them. As we both turn 50 this year it seems like second nature to us to deal with his illness. His last attempt to take his life was last November. He was missing for 2days before he was found in a coma in our truck at a reststop we use to stop at a lot. It was very sad, I still am seeing a counslor myself to deal with learning who I am outside of his illness. Be careful not to become so involed you stop living like I have at times