POT MAKES HIM A LONER

[MiriamS]

MY son smokes so much pot it has me very worried.

Every time I come into the house I can smell it.

He closes his bedroom door and thinks we don't know but, of course, the smell seeps out.

I haven't dared mention the subject but feel I have to as he's changed from being a really friendly boy to a complete loner.

Can all this pot harm him?

[desperateSCOUSEwife]

Can I have a toke on his spliff

[fairyfly]

THERE'S a high chance it could.

Research shows that if a young person uses cannabis regularly or heavily, they're at least twice as likely to develop a psychiatric illness. Overall, only a relatively small percentage of young people are at risk of developing psychosis, whether or not they use cannabis.

However, research suggests the younger a teenager starts using cannabis, the more likely they are to suffer mental illness.

There are several other factors which increase the risk even more of developing psychosis in a young user: /Pre-existing mental instability or behavioural problems.

A family history of mental illness.

They are already on medicines for mental illness.

Using stronger forms of cannabis, like skunk.

There's also evidence of links between cannabis and other mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and the risk of suicide in young people.

[heavenis]

Why dare you not mention it to your son ?
Can you tell him your concerns ?
Is there anyone in the family who he could talk to if he doesn't like opening up to you.

[zippitippitoes]

Oh miriam your life is a problem page in itself!

[lucykate]

hmmmmmmm, according to your other thread, you live alone in a small flat and are very lonely.

apologies if this is genuine but both these threads sound iffy to me

[NoPearls]

Is this the same young son you leave at home to sleep with men from the pub whilst your husband is working nights? Miriam you do need help, don't you?

[CHICagoMUM]

and you are happily married but have sex with strangers when your dh is working nights?????

[beetroot]

trip trap

[lucykate]

perhaps its you thats having too much weed and its made your imagination run riot, or are you just bored?

[bellarosa]

Hi MiriamS,

Please get in touch with Famalies Anonymous
www.famanon.org.uk

They are an organisation set up to offer support and advice to parents, partners and family members of drug users. They have been an invaluable source of support and a real life line for me over the years. you can call them, and there are discussion forums like this one and also meetings which you can attend.

Sending you love and courage for the journey ahead.
x

[WigWamBam]

MiriamS wasn't for real, bellarosa. There were several sensational posts like this all posted on the same night - apparently from something like Miriam Stoppard's (MiriamS?) problem pages.

[bellarosa]

Oh right, why do people do that then?!?