Question by Crofton S: Addiction to unhappiness?
I am an only child, raised by two full-time working parents. I was emotionally neglected and only learned from my parents examples. They both had what most people call jobs, not careers. Needless to say, my parents were never “happy.” Now don’t get me wrong, my parents didn’t have many problems (never argued, no drug or alcohol problems, infidelity was never an issue, etc, etc). They just lived their life. Never looked forward to anything but their days off, and even then just relaxed. Nobody ever showed me how to be happy. As a preteen, I developed emotional issues (depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, etc) and by 16, I dropped out of school and wound up in a short term pysch ward for attempting suicide. After my hospitalization, I hurt myself to deal with life. Well, I moved out and things improved. I met the love of my life, started college, and started finding myself. Soon after, I became depressed again and didn’t know why.
Since, I’ve simply been fighting with myself, trying to reason with an unreasonable self. I get depressed so easily and about the silliest things. I’m starting to realize my moods are simply so unstable that I quickly fall to a low mood, maybe because it’s easier to maintain. Silly question, but how can I let myself be happy? How can I find things I enjoy? How can I save my good mood when I feel it slippin’?
I am 21 and married. I have been on meds before, but messed with me pretty badly. I’m very leery of them now.

Best answer:

Answer by Lauren B
have you tried medication? how old are you? need more details…

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Also, has anyone ever seen this dude smile?
I meant in general, Bobby. Ive never seen the dude smile even after a win or something.

Best answer:

Answer by Nonexus Sledge
That’s true.

No, I have never seen him smile.

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Question by mdGreg C: I Saw an Ad for Tums “Dual Action”, the Other Day, Could the Equivalent of “Pepcid Complete” Be Made With -?
-Omeprazole?

Perhaps if it was Micro-Encapsulated, and Enterically Coated?
Thanks Byte Me, So, One Think it Would Have Been Done Already, BTW, it has to Be Enterically Coated.
Byte Me, I Used to Tell Patients, “If you Lost Weight, Many Problems Would Disappear”.
Hey Byte Me, Have you Been Scoped Again, After you Lost Weight, to Ensure that All the Metaplasia has Gone Away?
Byte Me,Shouldn’t Happen, but I’ve Seen this Before, “If you can’t Afford What it Costs to Stay Alive, then Die”.
Byte Me, Famotidine, I Looked it Up, to Make Sure.

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Answer by Byte Me
Yes, it certainly could.

But Prilosec (omeprazole) is more of a maintenance, a long-term-type drug treatment (“proton pump inhibitor”), while Pepcid Complete is aimed at short-term (the antacid) and medium-term problems (the acid reducer – is it ranitadine?)

Omeprazole, while good for long-term acid erosion prevention, is pretty useless for _immediate_ pain because you have to be taking it for awhile, and build some up in your system, for it to work.

So my answer is, yes it could be done (and you wouldn’t even need the enteric coating), but it doesn’t make sense to try.

(EDIT: just researched it a little further – you’re right – coating WOULD be needed)

Antacids are used for immediate problems, “acid reducers” for the medium-term, and Prilosec or its cousin Nexium for long-term.

By the way, even slight weight losses have been shown to be dramatically effective in reducing GERD. When I got skinny I was able to cut my antacid and acid reducer use to almost nothing.

EDIT: No, I haven’t. This is the slow period of the year in my work and I’m short on $ , and have no medical insurance. We’re probably looking at another year or so.

They found the Barrett’s about a year-and-a-half ago. If it became cancer in the meantime, I’ll just have to die.

That’s life under capitalism.

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