Nodding off- What does this mean?

[kris1845]

Im new here and I really hope someone can give me some advice. I come from a very close christian family so all of this that I am about to write was a big shocker to my family. One of my older brothers just recently admitted to being addicted to pains meds- such as oxy and roxycodine (sp?). He said hes now clean... but something is just not right. He is very thin, can't sleep ( hear him up at all hours of the night), he nods off while sitting with the family. I have a newborn and I am wayyy over tired but never nod off.. so that just sounds strange by it self. He has his ups and downs.. hell be really hyper one minute then the next very rude and to him self (doesn't want to be bothered). Finally, his teeth are all grinded down.. he used to have such nice teeth and now they're very bad. The biggest thing though is the falling asleep... we'll be eating dinner or having a conversation with the family and he'll just fall asleep. Does anyone know what these signs mean? Thanks!

[Dp91]

My dad will nod off for hours on end but claims to not be on anything. Is this even possible for someone who isn't sleep deprived. He used to be addicted to narcos and oxicotton but claims ti be clean of it now. I just don't think I can sit here and watch him nod off for hours and not say something but I don't want to offend him in case he really is clean. Any help is very appreciated.

[YesLife4Me]

Hi Sbecca,

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In my experience, yes!   I had an ex that would just nod off sitting on the edge of the couch and other peculiar places.   He was either always super energetic  working on something or nodding off.   One or the other.   On top of that, the paranoia was awful.   He was so sure he was hiding his useage and would hide his pills so nobody could see how much he was taking.  Accuse me of odd things, call me paranoid, etc.    Pinpoint pupils, sweating, exciteability, talkative, itching...all signs of over using.  

[sputnik1957]

Does this addiction also cause paranoia?  My boyfriend does the nodding at the dinner table, stays up all night and nods off randomly. He is often like a statue standing, leaning over and just stops moving except for breathing and then maybe his body will shift a bit after a while. He’ll wake up for a moment and then nod off again, over and over. In the bathroom; at the kitchen sink; and just about anywhere else. He claims that he is a narcoleptic but I find his pupils are pin points and he has the Oxy prescription for back pain. His “narcoleptic” moments are more severe when celebrating an event.
I am also noticing that he is accusing me of walking too close to a contractor working in my home; shining and being too nice to his son; showing not enough interest in him but too much for others. Others in my family have seen his behavior while medicated and are very concerned for me. The paranoia scares me.  Will crazy behavior follow the nodding and accusations?

[SbeccaRue]

not trying to be rude or anything but actually if you are an opoiate addict taking enough you will nod or crash but it also gives you energy and you can't hardly sleep and your up all night...the nodding happens when you take an extreme amount..also the moodiness any and MOST addictions cause that cause your mad you don't have what you think you need!

[AuntBimmy]

SbeccaRue,
How much do you think is an extreme amount?  I ask as I know my older son (37 Years) has been addicted for at least6 years if not longer.  He had a terrible injury in a steel mill and was degloved.  Long story short, became addicted, got a dui 3 years ago, has no license, just got a job.  However, he nodds off early in the moring when I pick him up early in the morning to go to work and nodds off in the evening when I pick him up after work.  Is he using all day long?
I have read several people asking about the nodding off.  My son lost his prescription from a pain clinic when he got his dui.  Now I fear for the worst that he is using street drugs.
He overdosed a year ago, I picked him up to go to lunch and he asked if I could stop at a "friends" house to drop off a phone charger cord.  (I don't know this friend).  I did and he was there for about three minutes got back in the car to go to lunch.  Within 10 minutes he was totally slumbed over and gurgling, turned blue.  I drove to the emergency room with him.  Narcam brought him awake immediately.  So therefore I know if was and opiate.
What scares me is when he nodds off is the fact that it could be another overdose at any time.  He always has an excuse when I ask what is wrong with him.
I wish I had magic words to say to him just to get him to admitt he is using.  He denies that he is!  He denied the day the narcam brought him back.  Tried telling me that it was cold meds.  I told him that day, "sweetheart, you are first of all very welcome for me taking you to an emergency room and saving your life, second of all your mummy did not fall off the turnip truck yesterday! Narcam only works on opiates!"
He is a wonderful loving, intelligent young man.  He is also the king of maniupulative behavior!
I just wonder if it is heroin? He talks constinuosly about his drug knowledge.
Also, he uses Kratom?  Says it works great for pain.  Anyone know about Kratom?

[krysa0214]

My boyfriend has been nodding off on me I know he did heroin especially cause I found a empty bag he promised me it was the first time out of 3 to 5 yrs but he is always still nodding he doesn't have any marks on his arm just from the one time he used which I knows gets worse if he continued even infected what else can make u nod off and stupid looking I read all the other post but wanna know for sure so I can confront him I don't need that in my life never did drugs and don't ever want to

[step2me16]

I noticed my nephew nodding off and starring in space with his mouth open yesterday. He snapps and will get upset very quick w u everything is we not his family the street is his family. We try and get him nice jobs so he can live tbe right way he makes up excuses we offer to pay $3000 to oay off his fines he will say he dont want it he fights disrepectful and all what can we do?