What drug causes sores, scratching or picking?
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What drug causes sores, scratching or picking?
Some of you may have saw my very first post on this forum yesterday
"Just Discovered my husband's addiction". I know that he's used cocaine but I don't know if any other drugs are playing a role for sure or if the cocaine is his primary drug of choice. He's had for months these roundish about dime to nickel size "sores" on his arms and sometimes his face. They appeared around this past March seemly suddenly but we are separated so they may have only seemed to show up overnight to me since we weren't seeing each other a lot. He explained it away to me as an allergic reaction to "bad flour" at work but they never went away (and no, I did not fall for his explanation). I don't know if he picks at them because they appear or they appear because he just scratches himself. I'm reading a lot about drugs right now but I haven't pinned down if any drugs caused this. His teeth are starting to rot also. That seemed to happen pretty quickly. He had to have 3 pulled about a month ago. If anyone has knowledge of what causes this stuff, would you please share with me?
"Just Discovered my husband's addiction". I know that he's used cocaine but I don't know if any other drugs are playing a role for sure or if the cocaine is his primary drug of choice. He's had for months these roundish about dime to nickel size "sores" on his arms and sometimes his face. They appeared around this past March seemly suddenly but we are separated so they may have only seemed to show up overnight to me since we weren't seeing each other a lot. He explained it away to me as an allergic reaction to "bad flour" at work but they never went away (and no, I did not fall for his explanation). I don't know if he picks at them because they appear or they appear because he just scratches himself. I'm reading a lot about drugs right now but I haven't pinned down if any drugs caused this. His teeth are starting to rot also. That seemed to happen pretty quickly. He had to have 3 pulled about a month ago. If anyone has knowledge of what causes this stuff, would you please share with me?
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It sounds like crystal meth to me. Take a look at these websites.
Signs of Methamphetamine, Addiction & Effects of Meth - Meth Project
What is Methamphetamine? What is Crystal Meth? How is Meth Used? - Drug-Free World
I am sorry for what's brought you here. I hope you will keep reading and posting. There's a whole lot of wisdom here. Take care.
Signs of Methamphetamine, Addiction & Effects of Meth - Meth Project
What is Methamphetamine? What is Crystal Meth? How is Meth Used? - Drug-Free World
I am sorry for what's brought you here. I hope you will keep reading and posting. There's a whole lot of wisdom here. Take care.
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From what I've been reading, I feared that maybe meth was involved too besides cocaine but I don't know anything about drugs and am find that some of his symptoms seem to be characteristic of several things. Thank you all for responding.
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Originally Posted by waitingforhope 
Some of you may have saw my very first post on this forum yesterday "Just Discovered my husband's addiction". I know that he's used cocaine but I don't know if any other drugs are playing a role for sure or if the cocaine is his primary drug of choice. He's had for months these roundish about dime to nickel size "sores" on his arms and sometimes his face. They appeared around this past March seemly suddenly but we are separated so they may have only seemed to show up overnight to me since we weren't seeing each other a lot. He explained it away to me as an allergic reaction to "bad flour" at work but they never went away (and no, I did not fall for his explanation). I don't know if he picks at them because they appear or they appear because he just scratches himself. I'm reading a lot about drugs right now but I haven't pinned down if any drugs caused this. His teeth are starting to rot also. That seemed to happen pretty quickly. He had to have 3 pulled about a month ago. If anyone has knowledge of what causes this stuff, would you please share with me?
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Waiting, I can understand why you want to understand what is going on with him, but I hope you will save some of your energy for yourself! Whatever he's taking, it's clear from your earlier post that he is in a very bad way health-wise and not very welcoming toward you or open to your concerns/help. Maybe consider channeling the energy that you've been focusing on him into finding some help and support for yourself? I've heard it said that we, as loved ones of addicts, need to work the recovery that we wish our loved ones would work. Hugs!
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jjj- Thank you for your concern! I'm actually doing ok though. I'm trying to learn about drug addiction like others advised me and I was curious about his sores to be honest since they showed up around the same time as some other symptoms I thought were curious at the time but didn't question. I am going to my first Nar-Anon meeting Monday night. I finally found one reasonably close to me. I'm just at the beginning of this so I'm curious to learn about it. It's putting together the pieces for me and actually it's been somewhat of a relief in a strange sense. When I look in hindsight and what I'm learning about addiction, I can reasonably see it all makes sense now. I hate to say it but I blamed myself for so long for our marital problems, but now I know more about the 3rd party (drugs) that I was up against. I'm going through all the motions I think everyone must go through when their marriage is ending. I need to finish grieving a bit. Overall though, I'm focusing on myself and doing alright. I haven't given in and called the hospital or went there or tried calling him or any of the stuff I probably would have just a couple of months ago. It's been easier with people on here explaining to me why he does what he does and his thought processes. It's easier for me to see now it wasn't my fault and it really had nothing to do with me.
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