overdoses (suicide attempts) and stomach pumping?
921980
He's not lying. "Stomach pumping" is not something that is routinely practiced any longer. \n\nThe other way would be to charcoal the patient.
314021
You need to be on anti-depressents if you are feeling that horrible. \nI have made attempts and it just results in getting my stomache pumped (which hurts like hell the times I've been awake for it). I learned that when I felt that bad and thought that I would not be able to control my impulses to hurt myself, I would go to the emergency room and let them know that I was thinking about killing myself. They will hospitalize you for about a week but it could be a great thing because they have psychiatrists that you would see on a daily basis they would start you on some medications that hopefully, in time, would make you feel better.\nIf you have depression that bad then you probably need to be in therapy also.\nPlease check yourself into the hospital before doing anything stupid. Usually you don't really want to die you just want the horrible way that you are feeling to go away and you get so desperate that it seems that is the only solution.\nTry to stay strong. Good Luck.
982329
Sounds like the cocaine triggered a panic disorder. I get mild cases of these if i smoke weed sometimes. Takes a couple days for me to recover. Time should help. Continue with the meds and maybe take up meditation. Good luck man, I wouldn't wish panic disorder on my worst enemy.
366072
It depends on the painkillers actually. Most painkillers work on the nervous system and an overdose shuts down the systm... you go into a blacckout and enter into a stage of comatose. If you survive its because you made it to the hospital in time to have your stomach pumped.
131080
If you think you've overdosed on Vicodin you need to go to an emergency room ASAP. It can be fatal. There's not much you can do at home besides try to throw up the pills but they're probably already in your bloodstream so you'd have to go to the emergency room.\n\nSome symptoms of a vicodin overdose are:\nBlood disorders, bluish tinge to skin, cold and clammy skin, extreme sleepiness progressing to a state of unresponsiveness or coma, general feeling of bodily discomfort, heart problems, heavy perspiration, kidney problems, limp muscles, liver failure, low blood pressure, nausea, slow heartbeat, troubled or slowed breathing, vomiting
678637
Yes, do go to the emergency room if you can drive, or have someone drive you.  Otherwise call 911.  I had a silent heart attack in my 30's, so minor pain could indicate one too.  At the hospital a blood test will reveal certain elevated enzymes if you're having a heart attack.  Don't take any chances.  I felt silly calling 911, but otherwise would have died, because I had to be defibrillated.  Better safe than sorry, so please go!
1126641
I almost died from an overdose. I was charged with possession of a controlled substance and I am now a convicted felon. I was sentenced 4 years. And rehab was mandatory.\n\nAnd for the person who said overdose means you die.....not always man.
743490
If your uncle had given them to him and the cause of death was overdose, then he could have been held responsible, but since your dad shot himself, then only your dad is responsible.  Our family has been through 2 suicides, both with firearms.  It's so HARD.   Whether or not the death certificate states suicide, you will still know in your heart that was what happened.  Only you and your family know the truth, whether or not he was deeply depressed.  If he was, even with all the best help in the world, sometimes people are so lost deep inside they can never find their way back.  You love them so much and YOU can see they have so much to live for, but they can't and nothing you do can make them see.  Please, all of you go for counseling, you will need it and I promise you it will do a world of good for you all.   I am sure your uncle is eaten up with guilt as well.  He made a bad judgment and he is paying for that too.  I wish you some peace, we have been there and my prayers will be with you.  I see a lot of people are saying your dad was selfish.  I don't think he meant to be.  Some people just don't have the strength to keep fighting the demons that assail them each and every day.  Those of us who are mentally well don't understand that, not until you have been there with someone and see a portion of what they go through every day.
519196
Well the obvious is that you will damage something and not feel it.  An overdose can cause a heart attack even in young guys.  Its used by some people to prolong the sexual act by decreasing the guy's sensitivity.
236662
Died, Sadly, Yes. And do to Drugs, Yes, However, Not by her own Doing. I believe through continuing research, That she Was Delivered An Anal-Toxic Overdose, Hence, No tell-tale Signs In the Stomach. Hmmmm?
1111383
I'm a hospital tech, and I cannot give you specifics due to Hippa laws but I can tell you this:\nI was in the ER with a patient that had overdosed. The body rejects all poisons and therefore the person was asphyixiating, hemorraging, and experiencing aneurisms.\nOn top of this, we had to run several IV's and strap the person down as they were screaming in severe pain.\nSo in my opinion, it can be a very painful death.
207309
Did you overdose on your medication again, or is it in your schedule to be insane right now?
893750
yes, but i also had intermittent episodes of extreme squishing pain as well.  I couldn't breathe or sit up.  Lucky for me it was only an inflamation of the heart tissue lining.  Tylenol and sleep.....
1122217
Use of drugs, alcohol, and no enough oxygen..
989468
I used to live on the streets for 8 months because of a drug addiction problem. I slept sitting upright in a bus terminal on most nights [I was 5-months-pregnant at the time]. There was a janitor that came in every day at 5:00AM, and if he found me asleep, he used a high-pressure water hose [like the ones firemen use] to chase me away. One day, I took some blood from another addict's vein who was infected with HIV, Hepatitis B & C [I was only infected with Hep. C]; paid the guy a couple of dollars to let me take the blood from him. I mixed the blood with water in a syringe to prevent it from coagulating, and kept it in my pant's pocket. I waited for the janitor to show up for work; as he was sitting with his back to me sipping a cup of coffee, I surreptitiously walked until I was right behind him, stuck the needle in his upper arm and injected him with the infected blood. When he realized what had happened, he started weeping like a baby. I told him "just a little token to remember me by to the end of your life". He had a nerve attack, and even peed in his pants. To this day, I've never seen him again; one of his coworkers told me that he quit his job and was in a deep depression. I hope that taught him not to abuse the disadvantaged of this world. On my part, I went to rehab, enrolled in college, got a bachelor's and a master's degrees in Nursing, and have never touched drugs again.
360084
Good answer-Ill just add that benzodiazepines are not normally associated with death from overdose, because they are not central nervous system depressants-but just a little alcohol, choral hydrate, or barbiturate can make be a fatal combination.  Usually people hear "dont drink with these pills" and think it means "dont get drunk"  But in the case of benzos, even a small amount of alcohol can be extremely dangerous.
697697
I would call crisis intervention if there is a listing around your area. If not, look up suicide hotlines and ask for advice. I hope your friend is okay at this moment. The best thing you can do for her is to be there.