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My mother is about 55 years old and she is constantly claiming that she has this sinus pressure that causes her headaches. So she takes Sudafed everyday and she has been doing this for the last 20 years as far as I can remember. She used to take an Excedrin & Sudafed combo everyday but in recent years has cut out the Excedrin and just keeps taking the Sudafed. Is there something in the Sudafed she is addicted to? What are the effects that Sudafed could have on a person who took them everyday for 20 Years?

She is addicted to pills and alcohol. In fact she is living with me now because she lost her home, her side of the family won’t talk to her, she can’t take care of herself or her son. She has scoliosis , liver didease, and a lot of other problems due to her drug abuse over the past 20 plus years. She looks like a zombie and has memory loss. She constantly complains about back pain and how she can’t do stuff. Well, I’ve been watching her for the past week sort of like a secret agent and have noticed that she is playing my wife and I for a fool. I caught her looking through my cabinets for alcohol and medication. My wife just bought her medication from the pharmacy that was supposed to last a week but she ate it all in two days. Then she turned around and said she don’t remember. So this is my idea and I want you to give me some input. I want to buy a pack of lemon heads and red hots and place them in one of my medicine containers. I’ll place them on the top shelf in the pantry.
At 5 O’clock, I’ll wake up with the camera and hide in the hallway for her to sneek some pills. When she takes them, I’ll take a picture of her. I bet she’ll freak out. Then I can make copies and place them all over the house. You see, she has been in and out of hospitals for the last few years with no insurance and free loads off the government. I personally don’t like her but my wife in sensitive and weak around her. I am harsh and direct. I know this woman needs help but it just makes me angry that she has the nerve to go through my bedroom to snoop around when I’m not home so she can find something to get high on. The strongest thing she’ll find is tylenol or antacid tablets. Anyway, what do you think of my idea?
Oh by the way, when my wife is awake, she says she can’t walk.
To TJSLOU or whatever. She has been in hospitals a few times times and now nobody will take her. She has no insurance and she hasn’t had a job in over 20 years. Well, she did have a job for a few months after she lived with me the last time, which was three years ago. She lived with me for 9 months without paying rent or helping with the food. She has over $30,000 in her bank account so she can’t get medicaid. In order for her to go to rehab without her overdosing again, she has to agree to do it but she refuses. So what do I do? I just want to live my life without my family members mooching off of me. My sister in law also lived with me twice but at least she got a job and she managed to do it with three kids.
Some of you don’t get it. She is able to talk on my phone to her druggy boyfriend on my phone hours on end. She calls hers son an a-hole and every name in the book. I’m sure that a silly joke won’t make much difference in her lifestyle. What is she going to do? Call the police and tell them I took a picture of her digging in my pantry. As far as I know, that is perfectly legal.

I am married to an addict. He is both an alcoholic and addicted to pills. He has not drank in almost 6 months. But I know he is still taking pills and the worst thing about it is, his mother is giving them to him. He of course denies it, but I know because I have confronted her previously about it and told her if she continued to give him pills that she would not be welcome to our home again and that she is killing her son and causing problems in our marriage. She said she would stop, but he continues to get them. Feel she is still doing it. She has been giving him pills and enabling him since he was a teenager. He is now 37. What do I do? I am trying and have been trying to make our marriage work, but the lies, deceit, and BS are just more than I can stand. All trust is gone. I have nobody to go to for support. He has told all of his family that all I do is nag and gripe, of course this may be partly true, but only when I know he is lying to me and hiding things. I am so tired of it all, and have been going through depression because of it. We have no sex life and I feel like I am fighting a losing battle. Any help or a friendly suggestion would be appreciated.
He has no insurance, and we have no money for rehab. His mother is on Parole and I have thought about making a call, but it isn’t illegal for her to have pills she has prescriptions for and I can’t prove she is giving them to him unless I get on video… don’t see that happening. I have considered the first two suggestions, and yes, I know there is basically one way or the other. Either he gets help or I go. I guess the investment of 8 years is hard to just walk away from. This is my second marriage and I think I am trying harder this time to make it work. I do love him, but it is really hard to keep loving a person I can’t trust. I don’t want to be a bitter old lonely woman. I am still young, but not getting younger… ya know. I am scared of taking the step to leave, but I may have to. I don’t want to be the cause of his mother going to jail, I don’t know what else to do.

okay my cousin is i think 12 weeks pregnant and she is still using her pain pills called
roxicodone.. and it doesnt seem like shes gunna quite anytime soon. so i just want to know like
what some of the side effects are, can the baby come out with any deformaties, brain damage etc..
and i need some answers fast ive tried to help her now for weeks but she wont believe what i tell her..
so maybe if i get some answers from other people she might open her eyes and try and help her kid
before it really is wayyyy to late..
thank you for all of your help

i dont know what too do withdrawl is killing me so bad my head hurts i cant stop crying ehh my spine stings like hekk i was taking them because a friend was giving them too me for my spine pain and i told the doctor something was wrong with my back but they allways turned me down ………….now i got em from someone else and i had became addicted and im in so much pain is there anything i can take to make these withdrawls go away

I have no clue what these drugs are or what they do to the human body. But I know she is taking 11 different drugs daily. Can anyone help me understand what these drugs are and what they will do to her? Here is the list:
INVEGA
LEXAPRO
REMERON
TOPROL
LASIX
LISINOPRIL
DICYCLOMINE
K LOR-CON
XANAX
LITHIUM CARBONATE
AMITRIPTYLINE

Please help me understand what I am dealing with?

I am 26 yrs old.. i just quit smoking pot 1 week ago b/c i am married to a marine , i have a greart job and i knew it was time to grow up. My mother used to smoke pot with me from the age of 16 until about 3mnths ago.. She is an LPN and i am worried about her.. Ditressed in NC…. Plz help!!!!

My mom is 50 and has a bad back and some other problems that cause her pain. She has started seeing a pain specialist for these problems even.

I’m afraid she may become, or might be already addicted to the pain pills she is getting.

How can I tell for sure if she is addicted?

himself, he went to the store and bought soda..He likes soda.. He isn’t allowed to have candy, cause his mom says he gets hyper sometimes, and he goes into the street and the buses go “beep beep” and they run into little children, and they don’t get to go to school any more..And then sometimes he gets ice cream, it’s not candy though. And this is why his mom shoves those little orange pills down his throat every Tuesday morning, he thinks it’s candy… His mom calls it candy, but …

im 17 years old and my mom is 34 and addicted to pain pills. she has been taking them every day for 2 years, and she is finally wanting to stop, she has been off of them for 2 days and she is expericeing nausea, vomiting, loose bowels, cold sweats, and she says her heart is racing real fast. is this normal and if so how long untill these side affects go away and she will be back to normal.
i dont want to hear anything like your mom needs to go to rehab or shes a pill head. shes trying to help herself, so please dont. thanks.

She did not ask for them. She went to get tested for allergies and they gave her one bottle. Then a week later in the mail were the 4 extra bottles.
It is illegal to hold that ammount of Ephedrine in California. Why would Kaiser Permanente issue Ephedrine like candy in a state that is on the top of the list for Methamphetamine production? Should she send it back or hold it as evidence against them and call the DEA?

I zone out in school so bad. Don’t get me wrong though, I’m brilliant, ADHD is just detrimental. My mom is afraid im going to abuse/sell amphetamines if they are prescribed to me. Caffeine is the only thing I’ve found to help me so far. Would it be safe to use moderate doses of caffeine to maintain focus at school?