So what was my brother on last night?

[ButterflyBlood]

Basically, he called me around 2:30 AM asking me where I was. I told him I was in Minneapolis at home obviously and he was basically screaming I had to leave tomorrow. I told him I work Saturdays and couldn't leave and he was sort of talking about how he needed a ride to our parents' place (He lives 7 hours away. Our parents are even further.) I was rather confused as to why he couldn't just drive himself, and then he burst into tears and started ranting about how our mom was very sick. I kept asking him WHAT was wrong but he wouldn't say. I called my parents up and woke my dad up who as it turns out knew nothing about my mom being sick. They ended up calling him then later told me that he had been drinking quite heavily and spazzed out and just told him to call her and talk to her in the morning. She believed he had partially cracked under pressure since he had gotten stressed with taking a very difficult class load this semester. But she also believed he must've had something slipped into his drink since she had never seen him act like that before (neither had I) and alcohol alone doesn't make you extremely paranoid or hallucinating like he appeared to be.

So what type of thing does this sound like? I'm wondering if he got something like ecstasy in any of his drinks.

[lildreamer316]

1. It is very hard to get ecstasy in a drink. You are thinking of GHB or

a similar compound.

X only makes people act like that if they combine it with another drug or too much alcohol (after having popped a pill). X also, by itself, does not usually cause hallucinations unless it is 'candy dropped' (drop of acid or LSD baked on top). X is a very lovey-dovey kinda thing. Of course not everyone reacts the same to every substance, but this would be very out of the norm for that particular formulation.

GHB or one of the other 'date rape' drugs can cause confusion, anger, and blackouts/missing time episodes. My best friend and I had a problem with another friend of ours a few months ago getting a spiked drink and scaring the wits out of us. He was very angry and very aggressive.

I will look up the other 'date rape' drugs and get back to you; I know there is one other substance it could be that is in common use these days; but the name escapes me at the moment.

I hope he is better today...

[MsTryska]

2. your brother wouldn't happen to be

UnderTheOcean would he?

if so it was acid.

[elshiva]

3. He sounds like he was just one stressed out dude.

I've had that happen to me before. :( Sorry you were caught in the middle, but were there for your brother and I am so proud of you for listening to him.

:hug: :hug: I hope it gets better for him.

buffy/

[ButterflyBlood]

4. That alone doesn't cause extreme paranoia and hallucinations though

n/t

[Redstone]

5. I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but nobody "slipped anything into

your brother's drink," as much as you might wish that to be the case.

Your brother has a problem, and I'm sorry that his problem has become your problem. But his, and your, problem won't ever get any better until you stop making excuses for him.

Again, I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, but it's the truth.

Redstone