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A red faceFace pain simply could be how he looks while his body is digesting food. Or caffiene, or an arguement with the wife etc.

Don't try to help him unless he asks for help.  Barbara is right about fishing for trouble.  You could end up doing more harm than good.  Just be patientKidney diet - dialysis patients and wait to see what happens.  It's not easy, I know.

I think the guy is is doing ropes on his lunch break..

Is he anxious to leave come lunch break...

How is his performance after he does the white goddess ??

I agree with the others not to mention it...he will trip his own self up..



Now about Oxy's

can you or do you want to snort oxy's

thank you all... Barbara, JB & Petie for your reply and comments, I am not, repeat, AM NOT, fishing for trouble, I have no intention of defaming him, nor would I offer unwanted advise, I AM, however, concerned about the young man and thought I could get some intelligent answers about his possible use of drugsChemical dependence - resources
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Drug-induced hypertension. Obviously, I picked the wrong site!!!

I sure don't think you picked the wrong site :- because there is good information to be gotten here) and I don't doubt for a minute that you are on to something!!! especially if you are acutally a Nana !!!! The problem here is that you are in the workplace and that takes on a whole new climate of behaviorsAutistic behavior
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Temper tantrums in your wanting to help him... you simply cannot cross over some lines. If he is using it will become evident and probably interrupt his ability to work. If you work for a large company with benefits and his usage ( if that's really what it is) becomes a concern to a greater number of people it may be that the boss and administration will do a formal intervention to get him into a rehab. In any case be a proper co-worker friend and maybe he will want to come to you personally. If not, then I would have to agree with all the replies listed above mine. Love, Brighty

I am truly a NANA!!! With 5 grandchildren, in the administration of this small company, I am still looking for answers. He did come to me, he told me about his past drugChemical dependence - resources
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Drug-induced hypertension use, when he firstFirst progesterone mc10
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First-progesterone vgs 400 came to work for us and unfortunatly, I AM STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS....thanks for nothing....

The answers you are looking for are not easy to come by.... you wanted to know if rednessEye redness
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Drug-induced hypertension. I am sorry you seem so annoyed with us but the only way you are going to find out for sure is to take him aside and ask him.... after all you are now offering that you are part of the administration so perhaps this is within your authority. I don't doubt that you care about him. The responses you got here are because most people tend to be respectful of job security and likely felt that you did not have enough to go on. Lots of people have had past drugChemical dependence - resources
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Drug-induced hypertension problems but that alone is not enough to decide they are having problems again. More tell tale than his red faceFace pain or his coughing and sniffing would be his behaviorAutistic behavior
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Temper tantrums.... does he seem weird or different when he returns from lunch... is he aggressive or very talkative... is his job performance dropping off.... does he steal or lie... does he seem disoriented... is he having conflicts with other employees... is he missing work or leaving early... if you can say yes to most of those questions then you are on to something.... but if he simply comes in from lunch with a red faceFace pain and sniffing then I'd suggest you mind you offer him some kleenex and mind your own business.

Dear Nana,

I am uncertain where the angerIslets of langerhans
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Drug-induced hypertension, your GUESS is just as good as ours.  "Does the rednessEye redness
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Drug-induced hypertension?"--maybe yes, maybe no.  Nana, I know you would like concrete answers, but I do not believe you can get them without hard evidence.  A red faceFace pain, erratic behaviorAutistic behavior
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Drug-induced hypertension use, but also a many other things--this I know from my experience in the medical profession.  If you would like, I could list a multitude of medical problems that mimic drugChemical dependence - resources
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Drug-induced hypertension use.  That is why everyone has urged you to procede with caution regarding this issue.  You asked how you can help him.  I can assure you (from personal experience), that until I reached the deepest part of that blackBlack cohosh
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Thanks Gloria,

You handled it better than I did... I am a nana too !! so it was positive wit I was using there... thanks for the assistance. Love, Brighty

To everyone who has responded to my original question!

I am not angry, as someone has just indicated, I asked a simple question and I am accused of trying to defame the young man, "mind my own business" etc. I don't feel that I am the one that needs a lecture. And of all things "if you are actually a NANA?"

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Let me tell you more about "Mark."

His familyBirth control and family planning
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He is consistantly late for work.

Some days he doesn't show up at all and then calls in sickSick sinus syndrome (hours after his scheduled work time) or with an excuse he forgot a dentalDental cavities
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His production has never been up to parUveitis.

Some days hes happy, energetic, other days lethargic & irritableIrritable bowel syndrome.

And.. as far as my 2nd question "How can we help him?" I think we already have, by not firing him.

I want to thank everyone who responded to my letter, for your concern about "Mark" and me....truly I am not an angry person, sorry I came across that way, it is quite obvious to me now that he is backBack pain - low
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yeah, you've got it right. He's doing something at lunch he can't just do in the Men's room. My guess is crack. But opiates like heroinDrug abuse give you a flush, too. He'll finally rack up so many sickSick sinus syndrome days and late arrivals and no shows after lunch that you'll have grounds for 86-ing him just on attendance. Some companies give their employees at least one chance at rehab and a probationary period, but that's up to, I guess, the big boss at your company. You offended some of us with the "I came to the wrong place" and "thanks for nothing" comments. Lighten up on that stuff. We don't owe you anything. You asked us, we gave you the best answers we knew how to give. Take it or leave it. But keep the critique to yourself.

I asked for advise, I got criticism.

If I offended some with my comments, so be it...

End of discussion..

We are ending a year and starting a new one and I personally want to send you my wish for peace. I too am sorry if I offended you. I believe everyone here was sincere in the posts they sent to you. Please understand that in your firstFirst progesterone mc10
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Shin splints up on knowing the score... you earned this special wisdom. I am sorry you were unhappy with the replies. I know for a fact as someone who has been here for nine months that they were not criticizing... they were giving you the best advice based on the limited information you supplied. Now that you are affirming many more evident symptoms of drugChemical dependence - resources
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Drug-induced hypertension for a little fun and put them down when we wanted to. This young man is livingAdvanced care directives in a distorted reality and your gentle caring is very valuable to him. That does not mean he will change readily. But every bit of love and caring we offer another in painAbdominal pain
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Dear Brighty,

You know that all of us here know that you meant "If you are actually a Nana" that in a loving way.  How someone can come to a site ask for help and then tearTears again gel drops
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Brighty I think you are terrific!  I will be president of YOUR fan club ANYTIME!

XO

Marcie!