Lost

[southsideslim]

Wow, I feel like I have been hit with a ton of bricks. I just learned that my daughterwho is 24 is snorting heroin. She says she has been doing it off and on for over a year. First she told me oxycotins but her boyfriend told me it was herion.So, long story short turns out it's heroin. She says she is detoxing right here and all though I am seeing what I have been told are dope sick signs I am totally in the dark. My sister says that if she was doing it that long, she would be severly sick, and also if she was really not doing it she would be so sick she could hardly function at all. Any opinions? I would appreciate. Also, my girl has epilepsey so I am doubled worried for that. Last week she had a grand-mal seizure and she was trying to go to sleep. had her boyfriend not been in her room, well, she might had just of died. Damn, I am so sick, I don't even know where or how to begin...sad and lost

[exjunky]

Three things....

First, not every detox is like what you see in the movies. A person can go through a personal hell without the shaking, vomiting, involuntary leg-kicking that you see from Hollywood.

Second....

Addicts are sneaky. She might have a secret stash. Her detox might be not quite on the level.

Third....

Suboxone got me to kick my habit, it's a truly magnificent and safe drug for people with this problem. Don't compare it to things like methadone which is just substituting one habit for another, it works on a different principle.

I wish you luck.

[southsideslim]

Thanks for your reply. I feel so lost and ready to go crazy. So, I am struck with the decision to make her leave my home, without her thinking I don't want her in my life. I do, but not like this. Any words of advice, I have never been one to put my kids out of my home but this is one train ride I am not riding with her. I am also faced with the fact that I am not letting her take her five year old with her. I am not wanting d.f.s. involved but I will if it comes to . guess I'll feel lost forever, just don't know.

[Bamf08]

Wow man i really feel for you. All i can think about is how my mom must feel right now. Thats exactly what happened to me, all i wanted was help but i was too ashamed to tell any one what i was doing. Finally one night i got caught. So i blamed it on oxycontin the doctor at the detox told my mother it was really heroin ( they had to drug test me) and on that bomb shell i was whisked away, and couldn't explain to my mom why i had lied. I felt so bad. I was just scared and ashamed of my self. All you can do is be there for your daughter, love her for who she is and who she can be. We make mistakes and sometimes all we really want is help but are to affraid to ask. I hope your done with the ordeal alot of time has passed. Me and you are on the same boat in different seats and all you can do is comfort her because she will be in some serious pain. Quiting cold turkey usually last about 10 days.