So this is going to be long but I just want to get it all out. My girlfriend started buying “adderall” from a guy back in September. Well fast forward to now and after seeing her shaking throughout the night (haven’t been spending much time physically with her because of COVID), seeing her weight down 20 lbs, hearing her having a full psychotic breakdown yesterday, I finally put all things together and said “____, have you been taking meth?”

I’ve never done meth but have done just about everything else, and frequent here enough to know all the signs, but because that’s so out of character with her the thought didn’t occur to me until last night, when she confirmed yes immediately after.

Apparently this guy started selling her adderall, but it was “homemade presses”. Turns out they were meth bombs and slowly but surely he got her addicted (orally, not smoking or snorting it which I guess is good). She figured it out for herself about a month ago after being in denial, but she was already hooked. Her personality changed around mid December, her mother and I consoled her last night after finding out, I had my own cocaine problem in the past so I’m well aware addiction can be out of the control of the user ESPECIALLY IF YOURE BEING TOLD ITS A DIFFERENT FUCKING DRUG.

But aside from the obviously fucked up morals of that guy, she hasn’t slept since Friday (4 days) and is finally sleeping now. She’d been using it once a week until November, then several times a week, then daily mid December. After she eventually wakes up, what should be the course of action to get her healthy again? Will certain changes be permanent? She started stimulant psychosis yesterday and that was the final clue that made everything that’s been odd this month make sense. (Fuck the pandemic for making me have to hold a 65 hour a week job that made me blind to all of this 😞)

Is there anything we should do? Any vitamins she should take? Any detox regimen? Will she have permanent brain damage from the bouts of sleep deprivation this past month? Any help is welcome I’ve been emotional and up all night with this, I just want my girl okay