Duragesic & Oxycodone HELP

[pearl777]

Hey all! I've been here before and you were all very helpful. My husband has been prescribed almost every opiate imaginable since injury in 1987. We seperated 5 years ago due to his addiction. He came to my house yesterday totally ripped, and went thru my medicine cabinet and was sticking anything he could get his hands on in his mouth from claritin, High blood pressure meds, to prevalite, with me fighting him all the way. He kept falling to the floor, talking out of his head, etc. I sneaked in another room after I got him settled down and called his cousin to come here. When I got off the phone he was under the sink in the bathroom looking thru everything in there, he searched drawers, everything. Was he looking for some kind of fix? His cousin called back and said an ambulance, the police, and he was on his way. When I returned to him he had partially undressed said he was too hot and was washing his mouth out with peroxide. I'll make story short now. They took him to the hospital, They had to call the police on him because he was tearing things off the wall, broke into a cabinet, talking out of his head, escaped into the parking lot. Then they told me they did not find pain meds in his system, they found cocaine. I know he only has addict friends now, and his addiction is very very bad. But cocaine, I had no idea. The police did tell me the man that was living with him is now in jail for selling cocaine. Now they say at the hospital that he has a chemical embalance. Could his brain be so messed up from years of drugs? Why was he acting so crazy and tearing his room up in the ER? I'm at a loss. He also is in end stage heart desease. I don't know how his heart is taking all the drugs. He has a small family and I talked to them about having him sent to rehab. They want to put it all on me, everyone has an excuse as to why they can't, from fear of him, to- too busy at work. I fear him as well, but fear for his life. I have not enabled him and only hear from him when he is in the hospital. Which is almost every month when he runs out of money. If it is not a heart problem, I do not go see him. I'm afraid the episodes of confusion, or being disoriented will continue, is that possible? What could a mixture of pain meds and cocaine do to someone? Thank you for any input you may have.

[Robert_325]

Pearl ...... He is obviously psychotic by now from all the drugs. If he doesn't get professional help he will probably die. That's the bottom line. He needs to be confined in a long term program, not just a short detox and thrown out back on the street.

Once he detoxes he needs to get into recovery programs be it NA, AA,,Celebrate Recovery, church, a combination of or all the above. He is out of time and is sadly at the end of his road unless he changes his behavior completely and gets clean (and stays clean).

I was in the same situation when I got clean. I held my 9mm to my head to pull the trigger and God intervened thankfully. That was a little over eight years ago and I've been clean since. But he has no more time for games trust me. Keep us posted. God bless.

[cheekysod]

unfortunately tho, he has to be the one who wants it, unless they sign him under the mental health act or something like that. get committed.

yeh, manic behaviour always freaks people out, i filmed myself once on speed, omg, not a good thing to see, probably the kinda thing you just witnessed. he probably thought he had something around, or maybe even not, thats the kind of crazy with full on drug psyhcosis alright. the longer it goes on the deeper in you are, and you cant see it for yourself.

i wish you all the best,
how did he get in, i hope he hasnt got keys or anything.

take care
cheeky

[mottam]

pearl77:
During the "worst" days of my opiate addiction, I too, acted irrationally. Not to the extent that you have mentioned, but none-the-less, borderline neurotic/psychotic. I remember yelling at my wife and children for things that really did not call for that kind of response. I thank God I found this site, and have been clean and working my recovery.
It takes time and effort to get clean, stay clean, and undo the damage we have done.

There are no alternatives here - he needs to get help; get clean and work his recovery. The other option - continued use - is a dead end street.

Opiates/oxycodone is extremely damaging to the mind, body, and soul.
Nothing short of a comprehensive detox and recovery plan will work (IMHO). It can be done - many on here are proof of that.

Robert is correct in what he has stated - w/o the appropriate help - the appropriate level of help - he will wind up in jail, long term hospital/facility, or dead.

Best of luck.

Kindest Regards
mottam

[pearl777]

I talked to a mental health facility today and he told me to call social services at the hospital, they can admit him without my consent and should because he was so destructive and out of control. He said that I will pretty much have to insist on an evaluation for the mental health act. I called the hospital and reached one person who is suppose to get the right person to call me back. She said she is with social services but not the right department. She said there was nothing in his files saying he was irrational. His file said he was alert and conherent. I told her that they called the police and his nephew had to come and stay with him for hours and hold him down in the bed, he didn't even know his nephew and he destructed property, not to all of a sudden try to tell me he was alert. So I can already tell I will get the run around as I was told I would by the mental health facility. That is ok, I will hang in there and get something done for him. He does not have keys to the house. He knocked and I let him in, I've seen him high but never, ever like he was. And, in his mind maybe he did think he still had drugs hid here. I use to find them when we were together hid in various places. If they do send him, they said he would be in evaluation for 2 to 4 days and then transferred to detox for up to 30 days. I know that doesn't even touch how long it would take to help him, but it would be a start so we can start on plan B. It is scarey to know that you can actually reach this point in an addiction, and so sad. I've heard of people overdosing but never this. I can never thank you all enough for your support. I will keep you posted. Good luck and may God bless you all.