Hi. Advice please. My husband has a drug addiction. He has admitted this to me that he has a problem and I have known about it a long time. Since before we married. He comes home some times from work crying because he wants badly to stop and to be the best for me and our daughter buy the thoughts of using again just consume his every thought. He sees a psychiatrist who he has seen for 6 years but the problem has not improved. He takes antipsychotic and anti anxiety medication but he has not changed his medication to try to help or see if anything else will work better.
I'm worried my husband will kill himself if not intentionally then by using until he destroys himself.
He started some drug councilling with ADIS but he says it makes him feel worse and like using even more because of the anxiety he feels around going there and facing his demons.
I'm worried this is never going to get better and so is he.
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He needs to check him self into rehab. Getting clean is very hard work and confronting, but he needs to go to his sessions. There are in public hospital detox/rehab wards he needs to speak to his Gp and psychiatrist about them. Does his psychiatrist know he is an addict?
Yes his psychiatrist knows. I believe he is honest with him about everything. Possibly more than with me. He says that he shouldn't go to rehab because "he's not that bad of an addict" and that rehab would make things worse.
He is in denial! That's typical addict speak. I'm not a real addict blah blah blah
He needs to go to rehab.
I mean that's what his psychiatrist said
Time for a second opinion. Addicted is addicted. There is no bad or worse, if you know what I mean.
I can't believe a psychiatrist would prescribing medication to a known drug addict!
And as to the rehab will make it worse, that's just ludicrous. Have you actually heard the psychiatrist say that? If not, your husband is making it up! If the psychiatrist did say that your husband needs a new psychiatrist!
And yes I have experience in this area.
They really are that stupid! My husband was desperate for help and the psychiatrist told him he has ADHD and prescribed him de amphetamines!!! I mean wtf?! He probably does have ADHD, but he's also an addict. He is no longer on anything, no anti depressants or anxiety meds and even recently gave up smoking
Hi love, my husband is a recovering addict and has been clean for about 18 months. The only thing that worked was NA narcotics anonymous. He goes 5-7 meetings a week. He had me to help him through, otherwise a rehab would be help. Get him to some meetings, there are also meetings for you too! http://www.naranon.com.au/meetings_list.html