my friend and her indiscriminate use of medicines
By mimpi
@mimpi1911 (25464)
India
February 1, 2007 5:28am CST
i have this friend who would invariably end up taking medicines, which is obviously self prescribed, with slightest fluctuations in biological conditions. she just has to have pills for getting a single sneeze, momentary dizziness or for even feeling betrayed. i wonder, she takes it even when she feels very happy and normal!
i feel sick at her company but then reason out with her only to get a headache myself and guess what, for that also she has a pill to prescribe!
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@123456_ (1052)
• Philippines
7 Feb 07
oh maybe your friend is a hypochondriac. Hypochondria is a belief that real or imagined physical symptoms are signs of a serious illness, despite medical reassurance and other evidence to the contrary.A person suffering from hypochondria is preoccupied with physical health and has an unrealistic fear of serious disease well out of proportion to the actual risk. There is no specific cause of hypochondria, and it occurs in men and women with equal frequency.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
7 Feb 07
you might be right. she can well suffer fom this. do you feel she needs to see a doctor ? anyways,i will delegate the idea to her parents, she might need help.
thank you for your information, i really appreciate, keep sharing
@patrice7 (1191)
• United States
6 Feb 07
wow. your friend is very anxious about her health.. well i guess that you may as well inform her that it is not good to be taking pills all the time.. especially in her case where a single sneeze, momentary diziness and minot problems are being made out as a major problem.. if she does that always she will develop a tolerance for these medicines and the more she uses it the higher her body tolerates it. so the pills she must use must be taken in a higher dosage for these pills to take effect on her body.. and it is not good.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
7 Feb 07
patrice, some ppl would not understand. her parents have also given u, you can understand how paranoid she is about pills. i used to reason with her previously but all in vain and now instead of that i try to make her happy and guess what, she would start enjoying and would forget taking pills. but soon after i leave she would agin do that! sometimes, i pity, she is a sad creature !
