Ok mods, don't freak out, it's not really what you think.

I've just started a new character, now I've gained enough experience from my other characters to know when to hit health potions at the last moment, now being a new character with low health I judge that this should happen much sooner!, approx quarter health left, what am I babbling about and whats this got to do with hand holding I hear you say, or more precisely get to the freaking point!

Well, the point is I'm fighting the first dragon, health has reached a quarter, just as I'm about to hit the potions the message pops up "Your health is low, you should use a potion"; I click ok and the dragon kills me!, HELLOOOOO!, is there a way to turn off those damnable messages!?

I think it only happens once.

My advice to you is to never rely on your estimated health from a previous character. Don't forget different races have different starting levels of magicka, health, and stamina. A quarter bar on one character could be 50 points while on another could be 15.

Don't worry guys, I'm laughing more than freaking, the thing that's supposed aid got my character killed, irony at it's best.

Morgueanna, I believe all races start with 100 Health and 100 Stamina. The only racial modifier I'm aware of is the Altmer's +50 Magicka.

Related sorta, is there a way where you can disable these help popups permanently? Some ini setting perhaps?

yeh that only happens once for the tutorial