Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 6/18/2006

Question
Dear sir!I think that you could be the best person who can answer me to my very important question.Its about my boyfriend,he started reacting very strange last 3years.He became very unforseen and incosiderate person.Also he became a very big LIAR,and i nothing bellive him.He is full with energy often go in fitness club and enjoy to drink visky and red bull two times in week.Also have a sleeping problems,he cant sleep and the most of the time he is restless and forget the thinks.Whan im with him he can be very kind and everything is ok,but in one moment with no reason he became so mad and started teling me very offensive words.After that whan i will go home he is calling me and talk with me like nothing happend.Than telling me how he didnt rememer what happend and what he said,how sometimes he feelt lost and  didnt remember on anything he did.Whan i told him that i dont want to be with him anymore,he asked me for another chance and told me that he love me and also promesed me that he will be better.But nothing was true,he was worse.He lost all his friends,and often calling me without reason in any time and sometimes he is just laughing loudy on the phone and calling me pig like some kind of fool.At the moment im not with him,but he still calling me.Im so sorry about him couse i know that something happening with him,somethig wery bad but i dont know what?He told me how he is been in hospital,first becose of his knee after that he told me how the doctor find him a stomach ulcer,but he never told me the all true.At the begining i thought how all that is becouse of the visky and red bull,but he is reacting the same and whan dont take it.Now i think maybe is cocain or maybe is some kind of mental disease,but im not sure.Thats why i need your help.Maybe if you could give me a good advice after all i told you,and i could somehow help him.Thank you!Marija!

Answer
Hi Marija,

Without having seen him I cannot tell what is the matter. But from what you write it seems that he may be addicted to drugs. This is very difficult to treat, especially if he is not aware of what he is doing to other people. So long he remains a drug addict it is best for you not to get involved with him.

If ever he wants treatment it is important to realize that drug addiction is a physical disease. Most drug addicts are hypoglycemic and the first step in treatment is to go on a hypoglycemic diet. Later on he needs to do a course in psychotherapy.

Please read the following articles:

What is Hypoglycemia? at::
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/what_is_hypo.html

“The Serotonin Connection” at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/serotonin_connection.html

“Treatment of Drug Addiction”
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/treatment_drug_addiction.html

“Alcoholism is a Treatable Disease” at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/alcoholism_treatable.html

Unless he receives treatment you would be wise not to get involved with him.

Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr.
Author of "Getting off the Hook" (Google Book Search)
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www.hypoglycemia.asn.au