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<blockquote data-quote="Rumpole" data-source="post: 552663" data-attributes="member: 15255"><p>Hi Teeree,</p><p></p><p>I'd just sat up front, with the Suboxone, it is physically addictive, but if a patient is on it, at least you know they're safe from using heroin, from overdosing, that kind of thing. </p><p></p><p>You mentioned that you brought him home after the overdose and he was a lot better for a little while; I imagine it's a lot like the son you know and love, and really want back. I can assure you that's the person inside him that is desperate to get out, but it's incredibly difficult when someone struggles with these issues, none of us wanted to disappoint our parents, to cause chaos or make things difficult. Equally, the pull of the heroin is incredibly strong.</p><p></p><p>If he was still stealing or going through your things to take money, there would probably still be some physical or mental addiction, <em>but</em> it sounds like from what you're saying he isn't in fact fully addicted yet, just very troubled and trying to deal with the issues both of addiction and the normal issues of being a teenager.</p><p></p><p>He really needs help and with the right help I think he could get to the point where he can be stable for the most part and start looking at how to deal with these issues. It sounds to me as though he's young enough, and not yet far enough into it, that he could get treatment and really work on those issues that are troubling so much. Sometimes they're the kind it's not so easy to talk to parents about, very troubling and difficult ones, but the kind of problems that tend to work themselves out with proper help and with time.</p><p></p><p>I've sent you a PM, I'm close friends with a couple of the best addiction specialists in Australia and the UK, and they know many physicians in the US who I hope might be able to help on a more understanding basis (and I'm hoping in a position not to charge or charge nominally for their services)</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, you are right to think that whatever he's doing, heroin included, he's safer at home than he would be on the streets. Unless he has become directly violent, it is my opinion that he's safer and more secure where you can keep an eye on him. However we difficult children might come across, I'd also tell you that the love of our parents, mothers particularly I think, tend to hold us back from going totally over the edge.</p><p></p><p>I hope, and think, it can get better and you can treat these problems, I can only say that opioid addiction is one of the easier ones to treat because of the existence of maintenance drugs like Suboxone and buprenorphine. It's much harder if they're using drugs like crystal meth or cocaine, but if using heroin the maintenance treatments that are there are very effective.</p><p></p><p>Hope it starts to get better, please get in touch if I can help</p><p></p><p>R</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rumpole, post: 552663, member: 15255"] Hi Teeree, I'd just sat up front, with the Suboxone, it is physically addictive, but if a patient is on it, at least you know they're safe from using heroin, from overdosing, that kind of thing. You mentioned that you brought him home after the overdose and he was a lot better for a little while; I imagine it's a lot like the son you know and love, and really want back. I can assure you that's the person inside him that is desperate to get out, but it's incredibly difficult when someone struggles with these issues, none of us wanted to disappoint our parents, to cause chaos or make things difficult. Equally, the pull of the heroin is incredibly strong. If he was still stealing or going through your things to take money, there would probably still be some physical or mental addiction, [I]but[/I] it sounds like from what you're saying he isn't in fact fully addicted yet, just very troubled and trying to deal with the issues both of addiction and the normal issues of being a teenager. He really needs help and with the right help I think he could get to the point where he can be stable for the most part and start looking at how to deal with these issues. It sounds to me as though he's young enough, and not yet far enough into it, that he could get treatment and really work on those issues that are troubling so much. Sometimes they're the kind it's not so easy to talk to parents about, very troubling and difficult ones, but the kind of problems that tend to work themselves out with proper help and with time. I've sent you a PM, I'm close friends with a couple of the best addiction specialists in Australia and the UK, and they know many physicians in the US who I hope might be able to help on a more understanding basis (and I'm hoping in a position not to charge or charge nominally for their services) In my opinion, you are right to think that whatever he's doing, heroin included, he's safer at home than he would be on the streets. Unless he has become directly violent, it is my opinion that he's safer and more secure where you can keep an eye on him. However we difficult children might come across, I'd also tell you that the love of our parents, mothers particularly I think, tend to hold us back from going totally over the edge. I hope, and think, it can get better and you can treat these problems, I can only say that opioid addiction is one of the easier ones to treat because of the existence of maintenance drugs like Suboxone and buprenorphine. It's much harder if they're using drugs like crystal meth or cocaine, but if using heroin the maintenance treatments that are there are very effective. Hope it starts to get better, please get in touch if I can help R [/QUOTE]
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