How can I tell if my adult daughter is using meth?

Answer 1

Meth is a very potent and powerful drug. It can consume a persons life and destroy it rather quicklly.

Signs to look for:

Black circles around eyes
no color
lethargic
lack of sleep or sleep routine
rapid weight loss
no appetitite (dont eat well)
shaky
mind is clouded
does not care about anything (life just passes by)
lying to those close
away from home a lot
looks sickly and drawn

You can not tell a meth user to quite, it does not work. The only hope for a meth user is intervention and rehab in a facility. Push to get her help. She will resist even to the point of hurting (even physically) those around them. Use professionals to get her to the rehab center. Do it fast. Meth users die young.

Answer 2

I agree with Jenn. But I have to say that Jenn, if you are still doing meth, even sometimes, you are NOT a recovering addict, and by reading the novel you just wrote, it sounds like you Might be using right now. Good luck to both of you. I did the stuff for years and I lost everything I owned.

Answer 3

Not necessarily will you be able to completely be sure shes using unless you find paraphanelia, or she breaks down and asks for help. It depends on how far gone she is into her addiction. When I was deep into my meth addiction using every day all day, of course at the time I wasn't living at home, I would keep distance from my family. The only way my parents found out about my drug use, the second go around was because they remembered how I acted and the effects it took on my appearance the first time I moved away and used heavily.
All addicts are different, and honestly I don't mean to get your hopes down, but if she is using, which most likely she is since theres reason for you to think that she is, she may not be using a lot and in that case she won't show the typical "signs" of a meth user.
The one dead give away, is the pupils, they can dialate to the point that you can't hardly see any of the colored part, and thats one sign that all addicts have in common.
For an example, I still have problems with my meth addiction, and still occasionally use, I'll even smoke it in my room while my parents are just right outside my door watching tv. Since I don't don't use even close to the amount I used to, I'm able to hide it. I'm able to keep a steady weight, which looks healthy to them compared to my "addict" weight 95 lbs.
If shes not prone to break outs, and all of a sudden breaks out with pimples, sometimes even things that look like sores, thats a sign. Some people bodies are allergic to the poisons and react by pushing it out through the pores. In my case I used to point where my body wasn't ridding of it fast enough so it was coming out through my skin, I had sores all over the bottoms of my legs, my upper and lower arms. I'm prone to breakouts on my face so that wasn't really an issue.
Notice if she has a change of friends, or leaves out of nowhere but comes back pretty quick, or too quick for the reason she gives on where shes going. When she comes home does she go straight to her room? Have you ever went into her room just after she comes out after being in there for a long time (or bathroom, or where ever she does it) if you do that, it has to be within up to a minute to be able to smell meth, if shes shooting look for track marks, constantly hiding her arms. If shes snorting, it causes a runny nose, so sniffling constantly for about 5-10 minutes and a red nose, can be a sign.
Knowing if she stays up all night isn't really gonna help you out, because you'll fall asleep before you can keep up. If shes keeping her cool, then she may stay up for a night or two and be able to sleep a normal night which doesn't lead into days. The only way she will go into a crash period is if she stays up for a week or more straight. 9 days was my longest, and I only slept for two days. Its when your getting clean and your detoxing, you'll sleep for days, not when your using.
I'm sorry this is so long, but I wanted to try to help you out as much as I could, especially being an addict/ recovering addict I know the different signs from heavy usage meaning every day multiple times a day to a mild usage which could be once or twice every other day or two days. Which in the mild usage case, its going to a lot more difficult to spot the signs, cause their not "completely" lost in the mind, and don't slip up by leaving pipes, foil, baggies, tutors laying around. Meth users are the most manipulative, compulsive liars on this earth.
I don't think I completely answered your question, but I hope what information I did provide can help in some way. Most addicts especially when it comes to meth, end up not admitting anything unless they hit rock bottom, something terrible happens to them, or they end up in bad situations. Even then, the guilt and shame keeps them from letting them quit.
If shes acting out in ways that you've never she her, if shes more withdrawn from family and close friends, if she has aggressive outbursts or easily irritated and yells, if she complains about stomach aches, chest pains, being really cold or really hot when the temperature is normal (being high raises your body temperature to lethal rates and then drops really low resulting in cold sweats during come downs, this may only happen occasionally depending on the amount that was used and what the dope was made from) These can be signs all meth addicts, not matter how little or how frequently they use.
Sorry for the novel I wrote. Hope I helped, and good luck. You may look for more advice at one of my favorite sites for information on meth addiction at http://www.methmadness.com

Answer 4

meth users typically dont sleep and when they do they sleep for days....prolonged use will make there teeth start rotting.....they lose lots of weight really quickly....and their skin becomes pale and there eyes begin to look sunk in.......

Answer 5

hit her in the head with a bat and take to go get the test.

Answer 6

you will notice she will never want to relax, she will lose he appitie ans she will not eat, those are just the immediate symptoms