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what can i do to help?
I have a 16 years old brother and we found out he's on drugs. He uses shabu and i was told he's been using this for a year now. I noticed that he change. His appearanceand attitude towards us. He wants to stop taking this kind of drug but i know it will be difficult for him and for the family. We can't get him into rehab since we don't have enough money. What can you suggest we should do? and are there any withdrawal symptoms? I am not contented with what i read on the web. i need more infos..
Please help!
I'll greatly appreciate it!
Thanks!
echomantica
Please help!
I'll greatly appreciate it!
Thanks!
echomantica
Thank you for your detailed info about this drug. It will help us.. Thanks again!
it's Methamphetamine. But it's called "shabu" here in the Philippines. It's also called Yaba in other Asian countries.
You're right. I keep on reminding him that we can't help him if he really doesn't want to change. It's really hard to deal with these kind of situation. Since I'm the eldest and my mom really can't handle the stress anymore I'm the one who acts as a mother & father to him. Thank you for responding. It gives me strength knowing I am not alone in this battle. I appreciate it!
Echo - I was addicted to meth a LONG time ago back in my late teens and all I can tell you is until your brother wants to get clean, REALLY in his heart wants it, there isn't a lot you can do.
Don't enable him by giving him money or allowing him to do drugs in the home where your family lives. Make sure he knows you love him and want to help him but draw firm lines - when family members enable they just become part of the cycle. Tough love and forcing the bottom to come quicker for the addict is many times the only choice.
This is such a painful thing and I am going through something similar with a sibling - it is a helpless feeling.
Don't give up but be firm and go to a al anon meeting for yourself to get some tools and learn what enabling is and how to stop it. Sending support.
Don't enable him by giving him money or allowing him to do drugs in the home where your family lives. Make sure he knows you love him and want to help him but draw firm lines - when family members enable they just become part of the cycle. Tough love and forcing the bottom to come quicker for the addict is many times the only choice.
This is such a painful thing and I am going through something similar with a sibling - it is a helpless feeling.
Don't give up but be firm and go to a al anon meeting for yourself to get some tools and learn what enabling is and how to stop it. Sending support.
from a search here it shabu is methamphetamine.
Here is a link about it http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant drug that is similar in structure to amphetamine. Due to its high potential for abuse, methamphetamine is classified as a Schedule II drug and is available only through a prescription that cannot be refilled. Although methamphetamine can be prescribed by a doctor, its medical uses are limited, and the doses that are prescribed are much lower than those typically abused. Most of the methamphetamine abused in this country comes from foreign or domestic superlabs, although it can also be made in small, illegal laboratories, where its production endangers the people in the labs, neighbors, and the environment.
How Is Methamphetamine Abused?
Methamphetamine is a white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol and is taken orally, intranasally (snorting the powder), by needle injection, or by smoking.
How Does Methamphetamine Affect the Brain?
Methamphetamine increases the release and blocks the reuptake of the brain chemical (or neurotransmitter) dopamine, leading to high levels of the chemical in the brain—a common mechanism of action for most drugs of abuse. Dopamine is involved in reward, motivation, the experience of pleasure, and motor function. Methamphetamine’s ability to release dopamine rapidly in reward regions of the brain produces the intense euphoria, or “rush,” that many users feel after snorting, smoking, or injecting the drug.
Chronic methamphetamine abuse significantly changes how the brain functions. Noninvasive human brain imaging studies have shown alterations in the activity of the dopamine system that are associated with reduced motor skills and impaired verbal learning.1 Recent studies in chronic methamphetamine abusers have also revealed severe structural and functional changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion and memory,2,3 which may account for many of the emotional and cognitive problems observed in chronic methamphetamine abusers.
Repeated methamphetamine abuse can also lead to addiction—a chronic, relapsing disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, which is accompanied by chemical and molecular changes in the brain. Some of these changes persist long after methamphetamine abuse is stopped. Reversal of some of the changes, however, may be observed after sustained periods of abstinence (e.g., more than 1 year).4
Here is a link about it http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant drug that is similar in structure to amphetamine. Due to its high potential for abuse, methamphetamine is classified as a Schedule II drug and is available only through a prescription that cannot be refilled. Although methamphetamine can be prescribed by a doctor, its medical uses are limited, and the doses that are prescribed are much lower than those typically abused. Most of the methamphetamine abused in this country comes from foreign or domestic superlabs, although it can also be made in small, illegal laboratories, where its production endangers the people in the labs, neighbors, and the environment.
How Is Methamphetamine Abused?
Methamphetamine is a white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol and is taken orally, intranasally (snorting the powder), by needle injection, or by smoking.
How Does Methamphetamine Affect the Brain?
Methamphetamine increases the release and blocks the reuptake of the brain chemical (or neurotransmitter) dopamine, leading to high levels of the chemical in the brain—a common mechanism of action for most drugs of abuse. Dopamine is involved in reward, motivation, the experience of pleasure, and motor function. Methamphetamine’s ability to release dopamine rapidly in reward regions of the brain produces the intense euphoria, or “rush,” that many users feel after snorting, smoking, or injecting the drug.
Chronic methamphetamine abuse significantly changes how the brain functions. Noninvasive human brain imaging studies have shown alterations in the activity of the dopamine system that are associated with reduced motor skills and impaired verbal learning.1 Recent studies in chronic methamphetamine abusers have also revealed severe structural and functional changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion and memory,2,3 which may account for many of the emotional and cognitive problems observed in chronic methamphetamine abusers.
Repeated methamphetamine abuse can also lead to addiction—a chronic, relapsing disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, which is accompanied by chemical and molecular changes in the brain. Some of these changes persist long after methamphetamine abuse is stopped. Reversal of some of the changes, however, may be observed after sustained periods of abstinence (e.g., more than 1 year).4
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