I may aswel say he's a friend, but he's someone I have been involved with romantically aswel. He's a little inconsistent! Alway has been. He's got a few issues in his life. One of them is a bad car accident years ago damaged his back. He had an op done 5 years ago and they said that's the best they can do and eventually it's likely to become worse.
He's in constant pain but ignored the drs advice to stop working! During the week he works long hours and does a very physical job. He is extremely stubborn yet determined to not let his back stop him otherwise he would die from depression instead he says.
They tried him on every painkiller and the Dr prescribed him oxycodone which is an opiate and controlled. They give him 3 weeks worth at a time. He does not take them daily as he couldn't work. So he's got into a pattern of taking them at weekends when he's in alot of pain. What I have noticed with him is his behaviour seems to change.
He was taking them Saturday. He was ok in the day but told me he was dizzy and (post edited by MNHQ). He went to sleep at teatime. He woke up around midnight and he then was awake until about 9am yesterday.
I got a message from him asking me to send him some pictures of my garden he wanted to see to advice me. I sent them. Throughout the day every 2-4 hours he would wake. Text something then literally disappear again. He is usually very communicative with me.
I left him to it, at 8pm I didn't reply when he said he was ok. But he didn't get up like he normally would. I have been awake throughout the night checking my phone. I text him at 5.30 as fb said he was online (normal time for us to communicate) he replied at 6am,said he was ok he's just been asleep. Asked if I was ok. Now he's gone again.
In January he had a horrible reaction to them and slept for ages. He lives alone so I always worry about him as he has a history of feeling suicidal too.
Does anybody have any knowledge on opiates and how they affect moods etc. Plus how dangerous is the way he takes them?
I've been going through this with him now for many many months and it i hate how worried it makes me. I try mind my own business. This isn't because I want him to chat to me all day. I'm genuinely worried and it really seems to change his personality.
Just hours before he took them yesterday be was full of chat and planning a day out for us. 24 hours later it's like he's someone else.