[Rose294]

Hi, my husband of 7 years and boyfriend of 12 years has been using ice for I don't know how long and he started developing paranoid thoughts.. In the beginning he'd thought the world is out there to get him, he told me there are cameras at home and microphones everywhere.. He told me I'm the only one he could trust but few weeks later he start ignoring my calls/msgs and stopped coming back home from work.. He d only send me msgs like ' leave me alone' or ' I can't talk'
This went on for 2 months and he refused to come to a doctor or get help. I had no way bit to take him to his parents and that was the biggest mistake I made.. His parents accused me of labelling him with drug addiction and being paranoid and told him he should leave me and I'm no good for him.. He then avoided me again for couple if weeks even though I'd call him and MSG him and tell him how much I love and care about him and I'm happy to help him to quit.. A few nights ago he called me that he wants to see me.. He told me that he s stopped using drugs but his paranoid thoughts are still there and he really thinks he needs to see a psychiatrist.. He said that he loves me and he wants me to help him and he s so devastated and wants to get well.. I was so happy that he s gaining his insight back and is willing to get well and get help... He left that night and told me he ll come back home the next day and we can start helping him getting through this together... But the next day he called me and told me that he thinks I'm a porn star and he s seen me in a porn movie and all these years I've been cheating on him and worked as a porn star as my second job...he then wanted us to get seperated and hang up.. No matter how many times I tried to call him and msged him that he s wrong and these are only paranoid thoughts and I still want him back, he doesn't reply and ignores me totally.. I just can't see myself with out him! I don't know what to do.. Do you guys think if he finally quits he ll realised he was wrong and paranoid and maybe will get back to me? Does methamphetamine do permanent damage to someone's brain or is there any hope that he ll get well? His brother s now looking after him and told me he s not using drugs anymore but why s he ignoring me? How long do paranoid thoughts stay with someone like him?

[costello]

If he's taking meth, he needs to stop. That could definitely cause paranoia. I don't know if the damage is permanent. That's probably something you won't know unless and until he quits the drugs.

Good luck to you.

[Sometimes psychotic]

Its unclear whether this is drug induced psychosis that will clear up when he quits or if this is where use of a drug triggered an underlying tendency toward psychosis that's more like schizophrenia and it won't go away. If its the second case he needs to see a psychiatrist for medicine. Even if he is better, it takes months to really recover who you are...the delusions seem so real that there could be trust issues regardless as to whether he is better or not.

[gary290]

I know meth can cause psychotic features like paranoia. I don't know if it's permanent. I do know people who are in recovery from meth and they seem to be coping fairly well. I think there's hope for sure.