The signs and symptoms of drug use and alcohol abuse in Vancouver, British Columbia by Options Okanagan Treatment Center in Kelowna, British Columbia treating opiate addiction and recovery.
If you suspect that someone close to you is using drugs, you should know the different symptoms of drug use to help you identify the problem faster and quash it. There are a few signs that are quite visible but most people might hide their nasty habit making it harder to discover. However, for the best results, you should rely on the advice of a professional to evaluate whether an individual close to you is using drugs or not.
After identifying the risk factors that cause people to use drugs, it should be easier to identify any common signs and symptoms of the habit. Some of the risk factors include easy access to drugs, previous or current drug users in the family, friends who use drugs, unhappiness at home or in the marital entity and finally mental illness. Therefore, if you suspect someone is using drugs, you should check whether one or most of the above risk factors apply to them before looking for signs of drug use. Here are a few things to look for.
Immediately an individual starts using drugs, the first noticeable sign should be change in behavioral patterns. For instance, the drug user might lose interest in normal day to day activities, spend less time at home or fail to do any of their regular hobbies. Eventually, he/she might perform poorly at school or at work and also skip out on school or work whenever the habit becomes uncontrollable. A frequent drug user will also suffer from insomnia or change sleeping schedules to feed his/her habit.
Of course, chances are there might be another underlying condition that results in these noticeable changes. Therefore, before attacking someone or interrogating him or her about their
drug use, you should consider doing further research or seeking professional assistance. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to talk to the individual in question directly before assuming the worst. However, you should be prepared that the drug user might lie about his/her condition, so don’t take his/her word for it without any proof.
There are a few more symptoms that should provide definitive proof that an individual is using drugs. For instance, smell of drugs on the individual or his/her clothes, unnerving discussion about drugs, pressuring or forcing other people to take drugs along with him/her, inadequate covering up of the smell of drugs through frequent perfuming or washing clothes, presence of paraphernalia used for drug use such as rolled papers, bongs or pipes, demanding extra money or unexplained/excess use of money, body temperature that varies with the current weather conditions, mood swings, anxiety and depression.
Besides occasional drug use, there is also drug abuse which manifests worse and severe symptoms than the ones mentioned above. For drug use to graduate to abuse, the user has more craving and nagging urge to use the drugs every time. Depending on the drug being used, the symptoms might vary accordingly. Eventually, the user neglects all his/her responsibilities in order to engage in drug use. He/she might also suffer drastic changes in behavior, health issues such as blood pressure or rapid heart rates, constant state of confusion, pain in the chest or lungs, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea or vomiting.
In summary, if you identify any of these issues in your loved one, you need to make the necessary preparations for rehabilitation before the drug use and abuse consumes them.
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