Meth

Question: How do i know if someone used meth in the past?

(Posted by: on 2010-09-01 15:44:21)

I'm concerned that someone I know might have been a user of meth. Other than the obvious meth mouth, is there any other way I might be able to tell if they had used meth? They don't use it now, but years ago possibly. Can seizures be a lifelong effect of using it heavily at one point in time?

Posted by: gregg on 2010-09-01, 16:41:46

Look at the iris of the eye; the colored part. You have what is called 'nerve rings' in the iris. What happens with chronic meth users is the 'nerve rings' will straighten. They will become 'starry eyed.' Their nerves are very tight and tense. When they no longer do it, the 'nerve rings' will return to being circular, but the iris will have a stepladder appearance to it, like a stairway. Not very easy to pick out unless you coax the person to look you deep in the eyes. Lifelong seizures could be a leftover effect and that does have to with the nerves.

Posted by: Daniel Papenheim on 2010-09-01, 15:45:36

I have no idea what you just said, so one word - lol.