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re: Daughter’s alcoholism and mental illness.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:22 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:22 pm to BluegrassCardinal
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and snorting Wellbutrin.
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Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:24 pm to WhoKnows
What the hell is Wellbutrin and why would anyone snort it?
Regardless rehab is where she needs to be along with some mental health counseling. Prayers up brother.
Regardless rehab is where she needs to be along with some mental health counseling. Prayers up brother.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:26 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Detox and treatment, straight to sober living, hopefully she can find a sponsor she can relate to and stick with AA. Recommend you and your wife get the AA big book and read it. Also find an Al Anon group and attend.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:26 pm to LSUJML
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Maybe the structure at home will help her get to where she’s stable again
Honestly she needs to get out of her normal environments altogether.
She needs to meet people like herself. This is the first relief any addict has.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:26 pm to TexasTiger33
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The hard part will be getting your daughter to agree to go to treatment.
It’s not just GOING to treatment. She has to want to be there. Until she wants it and is willing to do anything to achieve sobriety, it’s not going to stick.
I do think there is some value in being introduced to recovery and see what it will take and that it is possible.
But forcing into rehab is not the answer. Sometimes, it has to get worse in order for it to get better.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:28 pm to BluegrassCardinal
I feel for you man. My 19 year old son is bi-polar and, while everything’s pretty quiet for now, we’ve been on top this since he was 4 so he’s been on proper medication for years.
You’ve got two big issues to deal with in finding her help:
1. She’s a legal adult and you and your wife have limited say and no control of her medical treatment. You can possibly get her placed somewhere short term in a bad situation but, to be proactive, your daughter will have to be on board.
2. Finding the right treatment centers. I can tell you this from intensive experience. You won’t find quality inpatient treatment in Louisiana. They may be able to put a bandaid on it but it will blow up again.
You have to research residential treatment centers yourself and then make calls to talk to people to see what would be a good fit. Shes older so finding a decent place will be easier than it was for us when my son was younger.
Good luck. Old school consequences, like cutting her off and kicking her out, likely won’t work but I don’t judge. You have to make the best decision you can for your family.
You’ve got two big issues to deal with in finding her help:
1. She’s a legal adult and you and your wife have limited say and no control of her medical treatment. You can possibly get her placed somewhere short term in a bad situation but, to be proactive, your daughter will have to be on board.
2. Finding the right treatment centers. I can tell you this from intensive experience. You won’t find quality inpatient treatment in Louisiana. They may be able to put a bandaid on it but it will blow up again.
You have to research residential treatment centers yourself and then make calls to talk to people to see what would be a good fit. Shes older so finding a decent place will be easier than it was for us when my son was younger.
Good luck. Old school consequences, like cutting her off and kicking her out, likely won’t work but I don’t judge. You have to make the best decision you can for your family.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:28 pm to BluegrassCardinal
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it’s been abused
it has no abuse potential...
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Apparently it’s similar to cocaine or meth.
no, it's not at all...
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Yea it gives the user a euphoric effect.
no, it doesn't...
and i say this as not only a pharmacist, but as someone who takes this medication daily, as well...
any "euphoria" she or ANYONE may "think" they are experiencing is 1000% a placebo effect, and the user basically sorta talking themselves into thinking they are feeling "high"... there are some people who you could give them an aspirin, tell them it's a Percocet, and they'd SWEAR TO GOD they are higher than giraffe's pussy... but really all they took was aspirin... it's a known phenomena amongst drug addicts and those in recovery
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:28 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Aw man, sorry to hear of your trouble and hope you (she) can get a grip on it, but ultimately, its going to have to be her that get control of it.
I'm so out of touch, I had to look up Wellbutrin. I suppose there's something in every medicine cabinet that poses a problems.
Late teen and early twenties can be a tough arse time.
I'm so out of touch, I had to look up Wellbutrin. I suppose there's something in every medicine cabinet that poses a problems.
Late teen and early twenties can be a tough arse time.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:29 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Is she medication compliant for her bi-polar? If not, contact her prescribing doctor and get her in for an appointment ASAP. Set the expectations/limits with compliance.
Require she go to AA or other support group type meetings. Make that a requirement for staying in your home.
See a therapist and work out a “contract” listing all the rules, requirements and consequences. Keep your end of any bargain made. Any deviation from her contract, and the consequences kick in
If she starts cutting again, call 911 and see about getting her put on an involuntary hold for self harm.
You and your wife also need to see a therapist. It’s going to be difficult sometimes to hold your ground. And you don’t want your marriage to suffer.
Your daughter needs to see an addiction specialist. That person should also be able to help with the eating disorder. Eating disorders often follow the patterns of addiction.
I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. Best of luck to you and your family.
Require she go to AA or other support group type meetings. Make that a requirement for staying in your home.
See a therapist and work out a “contract” listing all the rules, requirements and consequences. Keep your end of any bargain made. Any deviation from her contract, and the consequences kick in
If she starts cutting again, call 911 and see about getting her put on an involuntary hold for self harm.
You and your wife also need to see a therapist. It’s going to be difficult sometimes to hold your ground. And you don’t want your marriage to suffer.
Your daughter needs to see an addiction specialist. That person should also be able to help with the eating disorder. Eating disorders often follow the patterns of addiction.
I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. Best of luck to you and your family.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:29 pm to TaderSalad
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Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:13 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Pics?
Really dude! And the rest of you heartless assholes posting "pics", "I can fix her", etc. This man is hurting and his daughter is on the verge of ruining her life or worse. Grow the hell up.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:30 pm to Pax Regis
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What the hell is Wellbutrin and why would anyone snort it?
Kids don’t understand how all the drugs breakdown differently in their body. lol, I was a moron once.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:31 pm to Pax Regis
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Wellbutrin
dopamine reuptake inhibitor... basically, it blocks the pre-synaptic neuron from reabsorbing dopamine in the synaptic cleft, allowing the dopamine that is present to find a post-synaptic receptor site to illicit a dopaminergic response
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:31 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Rehab, LOTS of love, never giving up, and LOTS of praying and asking for prayer.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:32 pm to WhoKnows
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any "euphoria" she or ANYONE may "think" they are experiencing is 1000% a placebo effect
Yep. If she’s truly bi-polar, she’s not regulated at all. That’s likely the euphoria she’s feeling. The problem will be the severe depression when she goes the opposite way.
I know the alcoholism is an urgent issue but she needs help to manage her bi-polar symptoms. Without that her fight with the alcohol will be worse than anyone else dealing with alcoholism.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:32 pm to BluegrassCardinal
This is in no way medical advice but research ketamine treatments.
I’m convinced this is what helped me turn the tide round 3 of rehab.
I’m convinced this is what helped me turn the tide round 3 of rehab.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:35 pm to jizzle6609
It looks like if you snort it, it’s like a poor man’s cocaine.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:35 pm to jizzle6609
At 19 do they have the ability to force her to a program? A lot of sad situations where the person is not willing to get help and the family is unable to do much due to the law no allowing family to force folks into treatment.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:36 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Ok finally read your OP
She is considered an adult so she is more than capable to go crash and burn on her own without you ‘kicking her out’
Wellbutrin isn’t something that one would particularly want to snort as in it isn’t going to get anyone a high. It’s possible she could be equating it to something that has helped her have positive feelings/results in life and thinking if she snorts it and higher doses maybe it will help???
I’d be hard pressed to think she hasn’t been more active snorting illicit drugs getting high regularly and she has grown an actual addiction to the snorting. Trust me it’s a thing. Addicts get just as addicted to method of consumption as they do different drugs.
Where you messed up is sending her off to college after the previous serious issues thinking she would be able to survive and not fall off.
Was there not a local university or college or junior college that she could have went to without living out of town on her own?
Did you have a full panel drug test completed the other night? How about ones in the past? What is she popping positive for?
She will require long term treatment
quote:you don’t do this. She is 19yo and obviously will crash and burn spectacularly out on her own.
I don’t know if we kick her out if she continues to lie and abuse her meds or alcohol
She is considered an adult so she is more than capable to go crash and burn on her own without you ‘kicking her out’
Wellbutrin isn’t something that one would particularly want to snort as in it isn’t going to get anyone a high. It’s possible she could be equating it to something that has helped her have positive feelings/results in life and thinking if she snorts it and higher doses maybe it will help???
I’d be hard pressed to think she hasn’t been more active snorting illicit drugs getting high regularly and she has grown an actual addiction to the snorting. Trust me it’s a thing. Addicts get just as addicted to method of consumption as they do different drugs.
Where you messed up is sending her off to college after the previous serious issues thinking she would be able to survive and not fall off.
Was there not a local university or college or junior college that she could have went to without living out of town on her own?
Did you have a full panel drug test completed the other night? How about ones in the past? What is she popping positive for?
She will require long term treatment
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:36 pm to Jay31
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It looks like if you snort it, it’s like a poor man’s cocaine.
that would be Adderall...
there is literally ZERO reason, whatsoever, to snort Wellbutrin, as it doesn't do anything more or "better" than taking it PO
Posted on 11/15/25 at 3:37 pm to Jay31
quote:that’s dumb.
It looks like if you snort it, it’s like a poor man’s cocaine
Who ever came up with that line should be laughed at
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