Hi all, I’m not a mum (yet) i Joined this website a bit prematurely but that’s another story! But I need a mums advice.
It’s a long one so I hope you can bear with me.
I have a friend / colleague who was (and still is) addicted to codeine
About 7 years ago this person (I’ll call her Louise) was admitted to hospital and had basically had half her stomach cut out because she was addicted to nurofen plus (it was the codeine that she was addicted to, but the ibuprofen that ruined her stomach) anyway to cut a long story short. My colleague and my friend got better... Until a few years later. I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what caused it but she went back on the pills, but instead of the nurofen plus, she changed to paramol, which is paracetamol and codeine.
I as a friend at the time, (although me and Louise were not speaking at this time), I messaged and spoke to her mum telling her Louise was back taking the pills.
I don’t know what her mum did, or even if she spoke to her about this, all I know is nothing has changed.
Go forward 3 years at least
I see her come in work every day, I see her pop her paromol + sometimes her nurofen plus everyday and I’m not exaggerating the amount, it’s 32 a day at least - it’s back to the stage she was, when she got rushed into hospital and had half her stomach taken out! She’s sick (vomiting) every few hours.
It’s not only me who sees her, my other colleagues see her as well.
Everyone comments on her, and not in a good way.
One colleague told me he saw her taking the pills and soon as the pills went in her mouth she was retching but she still put the pills In her mouth.
I feel like Her body is refusing the pills but she’s still forcing them down!
She was told to take some time off work to sort herself out 3 months ago, she collapsed at the wheel whilst driving 12 months ago and had she surrendered her license as she said she may have epilepsy (I don’t know if that’s true or not) but she was driving after surrendering her licence but then got caught of someone who threatened to tell the police if they saw her driving again
She is completely addicted and needs help.
I feel like I should contact her mum again and tell her what’s going on, but last time I told her mum nothing (to my knowledge) was ever said or done
I just look at her every single day and see her get worse and worse. She can’t function, she can’t do her job, she’s in a world of her own. She’s Coughing, vomiting, spaced out all day. She starts a conversation with you that weve had 3 days ago like we’ve never had it before.
She’s so not with it
She’s off her head and is desperate need for help.
Should I contact her mum and tell her or have I already done that years ago when I told her mum she was back on the tablets?
If I was Louise I know my mum would want someone to step In and let me know something was wrong but I’ve done that already and nothing was done. Do I say something to her mum again or not ?