Shabu?

[Alan]

A friend has come to stay with me.  After going to bed and sleeping for about 3 hours, she started to behave rather strangly.  She made a lot of actions with her hands and arms, mainly in the direction of her face, quite powerfully.  She then urinated in the bed.  She was quite hot - some perspiration on her forehead.  The whites of her eyes were quite red - and her eyes were wide open as I spoke to her.  She was breathing regularly as though she were asleep.  Some twitching occurred - especially in the region of her abdomen.  She was producing a lot of saliva, almost to the point of choking, some coming out of her mouth.  I could NOT wake her.  Eventually she awoke and knew nothing of the incident.  She had a shower and changed clothes.  She is now sleeping normally.

I know nothing about drugs, but I do know that there are a number of people using Shabu (whatever that is) in this area.

Any ideas?

Thank you

Alan

[Mike]

"Shabu", also commonly known as "Ice" is dextromethamphetamine. Speed.

Sounds like a seizure/convulsion to me. But I'm no expert.



- Mike

[Barbara]

Sounds like a seizure to me as well. She should get checked by a Neurologist.

[christian]

That has got to be more than just shabu bro.!been hooked for 10 years and am currently two years in my recovery. never heard of anything like it. I could relate to the hot temp. and perspiration when trying to sleep after a binge...none of the    salivation and urinating involuntarily.

[Alan - I posted the question - more info]

After my friend had slept, she awoke normally.

She explained to me that she wasn't on drugs(??).  She told me that she had one of these attacks about once a month.

I took her home and spent the rest of the day with her and her family.  I saw no evidence of drug taking.  She told her family what had happened and they just smiled.  No one took any notice.

I just wondered, could this be Epilepsy?

I might add that I'm living in the Philippines where medical practices are many years behind those in the West (I'm English).  Many of the people here have strange, superstitious ideas about illness's and their treatment.  Diagnosis of illness is mainly by guess-work.

[me]

fluoxetine

[Ebenezer]

hi! I'm a student and we are studying about the deadly shabu in our health subject and i was just one of the reporter. I'm researching about the record of shabu in our country (Pilipinas) until i found this site well this is a apportunity for me to post my comment about it, well,..! i found it bad please to all the users and pushers of course please stop using and making shabu it's bad for us and to others like the young children it may influence them.,,.! Ok! thank you for posting my comment.,..

[cherokee_gal]

i have a seizure disorder and take medication for it. and what you desribe is exactly what a seizure is. they are called clonic/tonic seizures and she does need to see a neurologist to get them under control.

[gjaegepte]

hi... how r u now? im having my study on shabu for my thesis. hope there are other person who can help me find more readings, articles on shabu or maybe somebody have studies on it. please email me... ***@****

[liza1375]

hi! to the readers.i have been and still its my problem with my husband he never stops using this drugs what they call it shabu.were in our 12 years of marriage and yet his still using that before i'm always angry with him but in this point of or span of time my anger turns to nothing.he always confess to me because i can see him when his on drugs.now all i can think is to get seperated with him i can no longer understand him! i've been miserable all the time thingking of what and why he always use that shabu i think his a addicted to it.we have 3 kids  2girls and a boy i dont want our family ruiend but i think i cant handle it anymore he always promise he'll change but in the end end up again his still using give me advice what will i do....i want to help him but his not helping herself....what will i do!!!  

[tine26]

Same thing here... the problem is that I don't know the signs if my husband is on drugs...

[tine26]

anyone who can help me know the signs. My husband and I been married 6 years.  When i knew him, he told me everything about his addiction on shabu, and that he's recovering.  I accepted him, and after 5 years of relationship, we decided to get married.  7 months after our wedding, i found out that he still use the drug.  I already talked to him, and he promised that he'll stop but the incident was repeated several times.  Now I want to know the signs on how to notice if he's under the influence of drugs.  It's hard for me to know.  Hope you can help me guys... thanks....

[seeksolice]

If you start a new thread, and repost your post above, you will get many responses.  There are lots of helpful people here, but this thread is 8 years old and probably wont get responded to.

Good luck!

[lgc153]

i don't know about this drugs, but from what i've heard my brother was using this deadly shabu. can you please help me what i may going to suggest to my brother so that his body will be clear when he will undergo for medical check up becauase i know he will fail if the doctor will find out he was a user.
thank you.

lgc                      

[avisg]

LG ,
This is a very old post I am afriad people will over look it .Copy your post and start a new thread . Welcome
avis

[reau]

hi tine26. im ram. a filipina. i have tried shabu i was never dependent on it.
here are the signs if your husband had taken sahbu:
* he is awake in the wee hours of the morning. like insomnia. he cant
sleep.
* he prespires a lot.
* he doesnt eat much. he loses his appetite even with his fav dish.
* he is very alert. speedy. always smiles without any reason.
  energetic. thinks very quickly and a lot of things running in his mind  and  talks a lot like non stop. or say things that are out of this world.
* dry lips.
* most of all, keeps on drinking water as if he is thirsty every 30mins.


hope this helps.

[jam_def27]

i also had a friend who is addicted to this drugs...the good thing is he himself surrender and went to rehab....from then, he no longer uses this drugs. i think 5 years. my question is "is he totally clean?" i mean.....that shabu on his body is that totally removed? im so happy for him for what he did....a lot of my friend told me to stay away from him because he was once an addict and he might do something bad...and added to me that addict is always an addict. ... he seem so well behave when we have the chance to talk do  need to worry? help me?