Imagine for a minute that you have been living in the cycle of drug addiction for months, maybe years. Every day, your entire focus is on finding money to buy drugs, using the drugs to get that high you can’t live without, and then crashing when the high is over. If your addiction is bad […]
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Gone are the days when we could think that addiction was an unsolvable problem. Today, we know more than ever before about how drugs impact the brain and cause people to develop physical and psychological dependencies that alter the course of their life. While many different programs have been implemented in communities, drug misuse still
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Benzodiazepines are a central nervous system depressant slowly activated in your brain. If you attempt to detox cold-turkey, benzodiazepine withdrawal can be deadly. You may have been prescribed benzodiazepines by your doctor for: Anxiety Seizures Insomnia Panic attacks Alcohol withdrawal Benzodiazepines increase the activity of your inhibitory neurotransmitter, GABA. Your brain activity is affected and
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If you are going through a detox process, you are bound to experience some withdrawal symptoms. Additionally, if you are addicted to a particular substance and have failed to take it for some time, you might experience the symptoms. Essentially, this happens if you have an established addiction to a particular substance. What Are Withdrawal
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Sometimes when I reflect on my own addiction and recovery journey, I find myself thinking about the immense misery that surrounds drug and alcohol withdrawals. Sometimes when I share my experience on that topic with others I am directly asked, “What was the hardest drug for you to withdraw from?” I know that every addict
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There are numerous categories of drugs individuals commonly use and sometimes grow dependent on. One such grouping of substances are known as stimulants. These chemicals carry the potential to cause serious harm and might require aggressive detox efforts geared towards preserving an addict’s health or even their life. Stimulants Overview Stimulants are given that label
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Medically assisted detox is designed to limit the physical and psychological distress caused by withdrawal. For certain substances, sudden abstinence can prove dangerous. With these, the brain and body have become chemically dependent. Without continued substance use, many basic functions may be delayed, disrupted, or overactivated. This is certainly the case with alcohol, benzodiazepines (benzos),
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Whether you’re seeking treatment for alcoholism for yourself or for a loved one, you likely have a number of fears and concerns about the process. Some of those worries might stem from stories you’ve heard about how bad alcohol withdrawal can be. While feeling afraid of withdrawal is an experience that many individuals have, you
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PRESCRIPTIONS ARE SAFE, RIGHT? Addictive prescription drugs – the phrase seems like a paradox. If a doctor gives me a prescription for a medication, I should assume that the drug is safe to take, right? Besides, all prescription medications must undergo FDA (Food and Drug Association) approval; therefore, I should be able to take a
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If you have been following substance abuse trends in America, it will come as no surprise that heroin and Xanax are two of the most abused drugs in the country. And there is no shortage of studies available to substantiate this claim. In one study, in particular, published by the National Institutes of Health, researchers
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