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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 485952"><p>I am also glad he did not prescribe the klonopin... because I think for someone with drug problems I think it is dangerous and addictive. My son has been on trazadone for sleep and is now on seroquel for anxiety which I also thinks helps with sleep. So I suspect the trazadone is ok.</p><p></p><p>Interesting what he said about her not being an addict. I have heard similar things said about my son and I think by some definition my son does not see himself as an addict. And it is true he has not been physically addicted to anything yet. Even though he went to detox this last time I think that was due to his not knowing where else to go and it was where everyone starts in the tx center which he knew. When he got to the sober house, his urine test was clean..... but I digress.</p><p></p><p>So I guess it depends on how you define drug addict. I guess you might a doctor might define it as phsycial addiction. However it seems to me that someone that uses drugs or alcohol to deal with their problems are only a step away from serious physical addiction to serious scary drugs. And no matter what any doctor or what my son says he behaves like an addict... if he is stealing to get drugs, even if it is "only" spice then he is behaving like a drug addict. Fact is I know that when my son is looking to numb his pain with substances he will try anythng and has. I doubt there is a heroin addict out there that started with heroin.... no it starts with cigarettes, then pot, then something else always seeking a better high, a better way to numb the pain.</p><p></p><p>So I think all three of our kids are addicts.... just maybe at different stages of addiction.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 485952"] I am also glad he did not prescribe the klonopin... because I think for someone with drug problems I think it is dangerous and addictive. My son has been on trazadone for sleep and is now on seroquel for anxiety which I also thinks helps with sleep. So I suspect the trazadone is ok. Interesting what he said about her not being an addict. I have heard similar things said about my son and I think by some definition my son does not see himself as an addict. And it is true he has not been physically addicted to anything yet. Even though he went to detox this last time I think that was due to his not knowing where else to go and it was where everyone starts in the tx center which he knew. When he got to the sober house, his urine test was clean..... but I digress. So I guess it depends on how you define drug addict. I guess you might a doctor might define it as phsycial addiction. However it seems to me that someone that uses drugs or alcohol to deal with their problems are only a step away from serious physical addiction to serious scary drugs. And no matter what any doctor or what my son says he behaves like an addict... if he is stealing to get drugs, even if it is "only" spice then he is behaving like a drug addict. Fact is I know that when my son is looking to numb his pain with substances he will try anythng and has. I doubt there is a heroin addict out there that started with heroin.... no it starts with cigarettes, then pot, then something else always seeking a better high, a better way to numb the pain. So I think all three of our kids are addicts.... just maybe at different stages of addiction. TL [/QUOTE]
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