Symptoms of Heroin Use

[CASEY]

I need help knowing what I am looking at. My son uses heroin. His behavior faciliates between bouts of crying, feeling abandonded, hopeless, depressed and periods of apparent well-being where he is calm, psychologically present, reasonable. He attributes his despair to clinical depression which he has. I am sure the drugs are contributing. I am not sure if the periods of calm are immediatley following injection and the despair is withdrawal or coming down. When I confront him, I want to know what I am talking about. I support his recovery 100% but don't know how to bring it about. thanks, Casey

[mikchez]

I have a son that years ago was on heroin his mother and I did every thing we could to help with cars, treatment, the day he overdosed, I remember saying to my self "I'm going to be burying this kid" once we accepted that fact.  Some thing amazing happened he cleaned up on his own with the help of NA. He became responsible for his own recovery. He now has three degrees and going for his Doctors degree.
Miracles Happen  

[LeaAnn807]

Hi there!  You can't force him to tell you the truth, but you can have him take a drug test.  If he takes it and it's negative, he proves his point.  If he takes it and it's positive, you have your answer!  Have you ever been to al anon?  It could help you!  

[jadedziac]

My fiance told me last Oct. that he was using Heroin, I kicked him out immediatly and told him we were through. In December, he asked me to take him to rehab and drop him off., I agreed, After he got out of rehab, things started working out for us alot better, He has been attending meetings regularly, we bought a house and am currently working on it, Everything has been wonderful, He is 9 months clean. as far as I know. Lately, i have been seeing changes in him that stem back to the heroin use, he has been cranky, he cant seem to keep his eye lids shut, sex , well sex isnt happening either! His hands are swollen,(like they used to be when he was injecting heroin in them them), umm, he has had the same ppl come that had sold to him before or fronted to him for little things like they need him to fix his breaks.... sounds funny to me. I am not the only one who sees these things, a fellow recovering addict has brought it to my attention, his son has noticed changes. I have been with him for 5 years. He thinks I am stupid, or blind. Idk...... can someone tell me what I should do? I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, i want to believe every single word he says, I want to trust him . but afraid to because he has lied about it in the past.

[fatwez]

can someone out there please HEEELLLPPP...please
i have been with my husband since i was 12 years old. he is now going on to 26 and i am going on to 23 years weve been married for two years have a little baby girl she is 9 months old ihave never been a drug user. he was smoking herion since he was 20 to 25 years . the whole time i was in deniel that he was using drugs many people have told me but i deffened him cause i loved him. the whole time i was with him i never really noticed any symtoms until the end of his use, he sold all my jewerlly , stole most of money and would make me belive that i lost it , my mobile phone disappered and the never ending lies just keept on coming, i would work all week and he would spend my pay in a whole day and leave me broke until the next week.i started to test him he would have a box in his room it had foil, sissors and mc donald straws. i would mark the foil and  every time the mark dissapered then i had new that he had a use. his addiction got worse his lying got worse so we broke up. he addmitted to being a user and asked for help. so i organised him to have a naltraxon implant he agreed. after a short time he ended up in jail because of his affencecs while he was on herion. he got out on drug court and was cleaned up for at least 6months his naltraxon implant had dissappered it only lasted for 1 year. he went back on smoking herion. at that time i had got smarter at reconising symtoms of him being on herion. he was on the nod . he was extremly happy , he would always itch his body for no reason .money started dissapering and the lieing has started again.i have hid all my valuable things. everytime i ask him had any use he would reply back no! and get really affended.and then a week later he wuld addmit the truth.Now i am at this point where im staring into my daughters eyes and thinking about leaving him for my daughters sake..
i love him and i hate him! his lying has made me deattached from him, i dont trust anything he says.i dont trust him with money. i am unsure if he is using as he is smarter at hiding his symtoms from me . i have checked rubbish for any foil lying around but no signs. he is on subbox at the clinic and most times he spits his tablets out.and says he dsnt need it.no point for a drug testing . i dont know what to do! even at times he has had no use for weeks but i still accuse him of having it because i have always caught him out for most times he says no . he always blames me for having herion he turns around and says well you just accuse me of having it so i might aswel take it.
he has mentally destroyed me the past haunts me. and i keep telling myself that he will always be a user even if he cleans him self up he will always go back to it. he hangs around ppl that sell it and it just makes me angry !! what should  i do? should i just pack up and go and start a fresh life without him? or should i be patient and wait? will he ever give it up? and will his lying stop?

[Appelonia]

How can u tell what someone is on? He used to be a heoin addict but swears on his father (who just passed) that he is not doing it after 1 year. but these are his symptoms: he has so many i dont know where to start maybe hes on a whole bunch of stuff cuz i know he is also a pill popper everything and anything so maybe its just a mix of things that causing all these symptoms but here goes: sometimes very drowsy slurred speach glossy eyes and runs to bathroom to throw up (no appetite) (he claims he used weed) other times very talkative wont shut up and no appetite then while hes sleeping he cant stay still hes kicking a jolting and twitching movements. the other day his eyes where watery and running and nose was runny and hes claiming that he has been having very bad headaches and his stomach hurts 2 main things he has been complaing about lately and now his tooth is hurting him and one side of his face is a little puffy (before when he was using heroin his gums where always infected!) I dont know what to think because i know he has admitted to taking all kinds of pills so i dont know if its just a mix of pills that hes taking or the H  Can anyone please give me their opinion!!  Thanks

[misshim]

so ive been with this guy for about a year now

first it was oxy addiction and then he made a new friend who i know uses heroin and now spends all his time with him and i suspect he is using too but he denies it

he has recently begun complaining about random throw up sessions but claims he thinks its an ulcer due to stress....spends all his time with his new friend and stays in his house a lot (which is weird cuz he used to be a big party animal) and he has let his body go from 8pack to flabish and has bags under his eyes and his mom said she found a pipe around the house

but again i dont know if im just being crazy, thats how he is making me feel, but i really do wonder and wish i could know for sure and help :/
i asked to drug test him and he freaked out and said he wouldnt pass anyways becuz he did vikes a few days ago and a "real friend" wouldnt make him do one
im so sad to watch someone get lost to a drug :( i miss him