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He claims kratom helps him.

Fast speech, or mumbled/slurred. Sleeping mostly during the day, and up at night. Running out at weird times of the day, sometimes just to get gas. Carries a backpack with him all day, even while at home. Super high/confidence, then super low. Irritability. Most current behavior looks like a flu:Flu...

My boyfriend isn't feeling so well, but I've suspected drug abuse.

Can MS look like withdrawal from opiates, or any other drug?

My boyfriend has MS. He moved in with me, and my children. He also has a child, but she lives with her mother in another state. Christmas is approaching, and we're discussing plane tickets. To get his child here, it is going to cost a hefty $800, and we're already struggling. I suggested that he vis...

Moving on seems drastic. I didn't come here to find an excuse to move on. I was looking for an effective method in dealing with it/possibly stopping the behavior. I was also looking for a way to address it without being insensitive or telling him he's using his MS as an excuse. I don't have MS. Even...

Oh, geez.

If I even suggested that he was using his MS to get away with poor behavior, he'd lose his temper. He claims it's cognitive. I'm not him, so it's hard for me say otherwise. It wouldn't go well.

Any advice?

My boyfriend keeps interrupting me. He said he doesn't mean to, but still continues to do it time after time. He says it's because of his MS.

It's very frustrating to feel unheard.

How do I handle this? I find myself wanting to shout sometimes.