Drug Addiction: Methadone Symptoms & Side Effects

drug addiction - Important information about methadone symptoms and side effects.

Where are examples in the book Tweak of depression Stress and insecurity? as they relate to drug addiction?
page numbers would be helpful

Teenage friend with drug addiction?
so i have this friend and we have been together since babies and we have been through everything, so like 5 months ago she saw online that sniffing sharpies will get you high, so me and her tried it and for like 5 mins we both felt really dizzy and the room was spinning but then we got really bad headaches so i decided to not do it again, but she likes it and she moved on to other inhalants and then she stole some of her mom's pain meds to get high, she also doesn't sleep much so she takes a lot of caffeine, is this ok or should i help her??, she doesn't have access to weed or anything else cause she is still in high school.this is a re post cause i didn't get enough answers and i had some additional info she was bullied since the beginning of her school career and suffered severe depression when she was younger but it was treated, she has since been going to see a child psychologist, but she has only told me this and she might feel uncomfortable if i asked any of my mates to help with this problem, she is now thinking of taking the pain meds again, in her room she has a schedule so her mom can never discover she is missing pills please help

Is drug addiction a "spiritual disorder"?
creativespirit.net learners counseling docu35.htmSearch for " Addiction as Spiritual Emergency"

Why does drug addiction, especially Meth make people's faces change? (Photo)?
Here is a collection of photos of people who are Meth addicts. methfree.mesacounty.us uploadedImages Methfree Images addictfacesofmethL.jpgI just don't get why their face changes so much. I understand the sores, and their faces getting skinnier but some of their faces change so much like as if they got bad nose jobs or something. Like this friendsofdave.org images Faces of Meth 2005 F4.jpg

What is the name of the drug addiction and mental illness person?
what is the name of the person that treats drug addiction and mental illness?? my therapist told me it and i can't remember 'oma' or something like that. ty. it is a certain type of therapist.

How do you help friends with drug addictions?
it seems like most of my life ive been around drug addiction.like my friends are on cocaine,painkillers,just about most drugs you can think of.lost a friend a long time ago to meth.it caused him to have schizophrenia some crazy stuff to watch.still trying to figure out how to help.rehab is out of the question for the people i know that have these problems.i wasn't sure what category to put this in.they are not afraid to admit they have this problem.so it makes it a lot harder to convince them to stop.for the fact that its in there life style daily.yeah the funny thing is its more than one friend.i used to do drugs,but because of this main reason i stopped.i just smoked weed which is fine with me.im sober all the way because of drug addicts.it just seems like it was meant for me to be around drug addicts for some reason lol.or maybe im a drug addict magnet.i know its nothing to joke about.thats how it seems.

Someone went to a church for 3 days and was delivered from drug addiction has anyone heard of this?


Am I in deep denial over my husband's drug addiction?
My 50 year old husband is a drug addict. He has battled addiction throughout our marriage of 12 years. It started out with pain pills and progressed to crack cocaine. He was clean for 3 years and relapsed last year. Relapse started with cocaine but now I think it is more pain pills. I am the only one working and we don't have the money for cocaine. He has pawned and traded just about everything we have. Has borrowed money from a former boss and when he asks him to work it is to " work off" what he owes. He swears that he has done nothing since 1.5.2010 but there are days when I come home from work and I suspect he has done something. Of course, he denies it when confronted. He is unemployed and what I make is barely keeping our head above water. Our home is being foreclosed on goes up for sale 3.18.2010. When confronted about getting a job he makes a joke about it and says " when I know that I can pass a drug test" . Am I in some serious denial or am I not giving him a chance to prove himself. He made a comment about if roles were reversed, he would stand beside of me. I have stood beside of him for many years through this addiction. I can't stand anymore. I have thought of divorce but I know that would probably send him over the edge. What do you think?

Worried about visiting a therapist about drug addiction being on medical history if I use my health insurance?
I would like to talk to a therapist about some drug addiction and anxieties mild depression issues I have been dealing with recently. I have a good job with health insurance, but I am wondering whether I should use my health insurance to pay for therapy.I already know that HIPPA protects me against them sharing my medical history shared with a therapist with current future employers.What I'm more worried about is that a " black mark" will be placed on my medical history for the rest of my life that other doctors will be able to see. For example If I ever legitimately needed narcotic painkillers for some reason in my future, like if I needed a prescription for pain, a doctor might look at my file and just label me as a " substance abuser" and deny me the treatment I need.Am I being paranoid, or is that a possibility? Because I feel like if I did NOT tell the therapist that I have insurance, and just paid the cash rate I can afford it , then those records would be safe within the walls of my therapist's office & there would be no reason for anyone else to know they even existed, so it wouldn't become a problem for me. But if it's in some health insurance company database, there's a record. And if I needed to switch health insurance companies in the future, maybe they'd look at that and use it to deny me based on a pre existing condition of some sort.

Mother is mentally ill with a drug addiction.?
my mother has been on drugs for 14 years. Prescription meds. preferbly hydrocodone but now she is off the hydros due to drug courts and rehab programs. but my mother has replaced one high for another so now shes using benzo's which is zanex. a nerve pill. she gets drug tested but the problem here is that shes prescribed the zanex so when she tests dirty for it she gets to go free but her program hasnt responded to my requests to test her levels of the drug in her system cuz she takes more zanex than whats she daily prescribed. ive tried calling her probation officer, ive tried contacting her counselors and still this is going on. Does anyone know of a program that will help her? and me too. im going thru a lot of stuff taking care of her on my own and giving her money and cigarettes im supporting her and its killing me to see her like this please help because rehab and counselors havent

How to stop a drug addiction?
For the past 3 5 days, my Mom has been doing drugs such as cocaine, and marijuana. She's been depressed again, but i just don't know why. I'm really suprised that she has turned into drugs, especially since she use to be in rehab, and she's fighting a drinking problem. I don't know what to do, and i don't want to lose my Mom.But i don't live with my Mom. I live in an apartment with my fiancee near out college, and i'm 20.

If you ever have been in rehab for alcohol or drug addiction?
Please tell me what you've learned and how it helped you and people around you.

Help me please!!!!! my brother may have a drug addiction?
My brother got into the wrong group of people just after he left school, he started drinking and smoking weed a lot, when i found out last august i threatened to tell my parents and he promised he would stop, later in november my mum found marijuana in his bedroom and she was devastated, he had never been a bad boy and she always trusted him now she feels as thought she has lost him and nothings been the same since, she even started smoking which upsets me because she was so healthy. Earlier tonight i went downstairs and saw him sitting on the floor watching tv in the dark, i walked in and right away i could smell weed, i asked him and he denied it, but he wasn't himself and was really weird he then admitted it and i kept asking if he has a problem and he kept saying if you want me to stop i will stop, but i asked him months ago and it didn't work. i am so scared he is addicted and has got a serious problem, i have no idea how to get through to him but i don't want to tell my parents because it caused huge problems within our family i need serious help please

Drug addiction????????????????
Describe the gateway to illegal drug abuse. Which group of individuals is most likely to enter this gateway? Compare and contrast drug use and drug abuse. Describe drug addiction. Detail the various characteristics of drug addiction. Compare and contrast drug abusers and social users. What is the extent of the drug problem in the United States? What efforts hare used to determine the use of drugs?And to answer you question Ashley yes.Haha, thank you Kathleen and Hippie Mom, and I have no clue about the last question, lol.