What Drug Is My Husband Using, Help!

[eiluj3134]

Help! My husband is an "addict". The only drug I personally have experienced him high on is crack, but he has been addicted to just about everything at one time or another. I have confronted him about his behavior/symptoms, but evidently he is in denial because he gets very defensive about it and says I'm crazy and that he isn't doing anything or taking anything. He gets very talkative for about 3 to 4 hours a day, his eyes get redder and glassier as the day progresses. He gets very loud and is easily irritated and arrogant. His speech is a little slurred. At the same time, he nose becomes more and more stuffy and he has started coughing up phlegm. He has gained weight and is constantly eating. I don't notice much pupil size change. His face becomes redder as well as the day goes on. He isn't nodding off, but he yawns constantly and when his head hits the pillow, he is out almost instantly and breathes loudly/snores. He constantly is drinking something (except alcohol). I have seached his wallet and belongings, but find nothing. I don't smell pot on him or his clothing. Our arguing is getting worse because I know he is high, but I can't get anywhere with him. Help, what does this sound like?

[wishIsedNO]

Well its hard to say..i would think maybe woolies..weed laced with coke..But you ay you dont smell weed on him and you dont find anything..But we are good at hiding things...I used heroin and my mom took 2 years to find out..This disease is based on lying and deceiving..It can be some sort of pill..The constant want for a drink reminds me of either cotton mouth from weed..Or a hit of extasy, but with extasy you would notice his pupils get really big..If he does any narcs his pupils would get like pin points..But with weed it would just get red...So that can explain the glassy red eyes..So i still think its weed with coke on top..But that is just as bad as anything else and can be the first step to going straight down..i would try instead of nagging try and talk and get him to come with you to some therapy..But he has to come to that point on his own..Remember if you force an addict into therapy more times then not..They will end up going right back to using after everythings done...I wish you the best and will have you and him in my dreams..Jackie

[Trooth]

I tried to take some guesses at it, but it is hard to tell. With his nose getting stuffy I am lead to believe it is powder, but it may be some pills. Guessing what it is isn't going to be any helpful to be honest with you.

[Lukey]

Hi. I would have to say pills. Most likely benzodiazapines (xanax, valium, etc..) or pain killers (oxycontin, vicodin, etc..). I know that my nose gets stuffed up with lots of drugs other than one's which I snort. Thanks.

[Frost]

If it weren't for the weight gain, I'd say it's coke alone. It could be weed and coke (one of my personal choice combos) which would definitely account for a lot of what you are saying. I have no real experience with pills. Stuffy nose, irritable, coughing up plegm, face getting redder (rise in blood pressure) all sounds like coke. The weight gain and redness in the eyes is what lends to the weed theory. Weed would often make him tired, the coke would keep him up. At the end of the day, at least for me, when I did lay down to bed, if I slept, it was very quickly with labored breathing.

The thing is, an addict will not stop using for any length of time unless he/she has hit bottom and wants to get clean. Getting clean is not enough. We, as addicts, must undergo a profound change in our thinking and behaviors to stay clean.





Stepping Through Life...

[Stephanie]

It definitely sounds like some sort of opiates to me, pain pills. Although you could drive yourself crazy analyzing it and trying to figure it all out. You are really powerless over what he is doing and what he is going to do. I have caught my husband red handed and he still lies about it. I would take a look at the family and fiends forums. Read the power posts and get an idea about what others in the same situation as you are doing to help themselveswith the pain and devastation living with an addict can cause. The obsession can really get out of control just as the addict is out of control with drugs.

The point is it really doesn't matter what he is on. What matters is what it is doing to you, to him, and to your lives.

[ERICA1121]

In My Opinion I Think It Is Codeine! Pain Pills Ect. ~ Erica.

[KEEGANSDAD]

May Be " H "

[spun_8_ball]

i have been in contact with almost ever drug and to me it sounds like he is on speed. the talkitive and the redness of his skin. next time you think something is up make fast movements around him to check his reaction time. check his pupils. when you snort your pupils really dont change until your coming down. but its weird because your saying he is eating a lot. so now i think he is smoking co co puff (which is marijuana laced with cocaine) or doing speed then smoking herb.

[allalone]

My husband is addicted to speed. Although first he lost a lot of weight and wasn't eating. Now he seems almost immune to those effects and he actually eats a lot. He hasn't really gained weight. I am leaning towards the co co puffs or mixture of speed & weed also.

[hywayhoney]

Could be snorting oxycontin???

[micheleschroede]

Darling you have got your hands full there is nothing worse then that powerless felling of watching a loved one killing him/herself. I think instead of putting your energies into searching through his things you should talk to your support group to stay strong for him. Maybe suggest the things he is throughing away to get high. What he is getting high on doesn't matter what matters is he has a problem, and it is destroying you. I wish you the best.

:ilu Michele