Posts Tagged ‘prescription drugs’
Question by eyedocwood: Internet Addiction?
Wondering if anyone has any experience treating internet addiction and if so what methods were used. Are SSRI’s often used for this type of behavior?
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Answer by Pam Ragland
Dear “Eyedocwood”,
Internet addiction is one of the fastest growing addictions today, because it is so available. I have experience with addictions of all kinds. I include Internet Addiction in my book “The 7 Whys of Addiction: The Hidden Secrets that Cause Addiction and The 3 Keys to Finally Be Free of Them”, because it is so prevalent today.
It helps to understand how addictions happen to understand this addiction & how to treat it. First, all addictions are an avoidance mechanism.
They can start out harmless enough. What happens with any addiction, internet included, is it starts as a simple habit. It may be the habit of surfing the internet or playing games at night for example. Then, when it is truly an addiction, it progresses & has a greater impact on your life. I created a scale to explain this (in my book) I call “ACS” or the “Addiction Continuum Scale” because every addiction is a progression. It starts out as a simple habit and progressess over time.
How quickly it progresses into something more harmful to you depends on why you have the addiction in the first place and how aware you are of the process.
SSRI’s shift the neuro transmitters in your brain. These are your brain’s reward centers… So, from that perspective IF you are feeling pain you then avoid with your addiction, you may feel better.
However, these do nothing to determine the reason you are avoiding in the first place. They are a patch, and will never cure an addiction. This is like treating your cough with cough medicine when you have lung cancer. It treats the symptom not the cause. In fact, sometimes they are like putting a lid on a volcano which later explodes. I know those who love prescription drugs as a treatment won’t agree with me, but this is what I have observed.
I recommend getting rid of the triggers, and changing your habits. I talk about this more in a free report, and my book. Both are available in the source list if you would like more information.
Make no mistake, any addiction gone untreated will get worse. It is simply a matter of how fast.
Warmly,
Pam Ragland
Alcohol vs. Marijuana (Part 1)
It suffices to say here that justifying the use of one drug because it's not so dangerous as another drug is weak reasoning in any book and bad grounds for justifying usage of either of them. And such a statement coming from a sitting president of the …
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Disagreement as NACADA opts to wait for audit
NAIROBI Kenya, Jan 31 – The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) board has resolved to allow auditing by the Treasury to continue while officers implicated in corruption allegations stay in office. The board …
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Meet the Anti-Pot Activists
Correlations between her students' performance (“they weren't focusing”) and their apparent use of the drug ("they were probably smoking pot") concerned Lowe. But it wasn't until …. The book is closed on that one,” he told The Daily Beast. It's …
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Question by ima45limabean: I need an idea for a presentation in my drugs and addiction class?
I have to give a 10 to 15 minute presentation in one of my addiction study classes called “Drugs and Addictions” Any ideas??? Anyone?? I was going to do it on meth babies but Im just not sure.
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Answer by Wide Awake
Well, that’s an interesting subject.
You could also do a presentation on Oxycontin abuse, since it is so widespread and has led to major societal impacts, especially in some small towns. We tend to forget that people can get addicted to prescription drugs as well as “street” drugs – look at Rush Limbaugh.
Or, you could talk about the epidemic of cough syrup abuse and addiction that seems to be sweeping entire schools lately, though I fear you will find less evidence and news stories on this.
Good luck!
Answer by Don’t Make Me Come In There!
Do your report on meth and tooth decay. I just saw a documentary on “meth mouth”…OMG, if anything will keep you from doing meth….THAT will. There was a dentist that traveled to prisons to extract the teeth of meth users…he was extracting 200 teeth per week!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meth_mouth
http://www.mappsd.org/Meth%20Mouth%20Photo%20Gallery.htm
"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths …
… Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society." In the book, he recalls his journey of self-discovery, how he escaped a life of crime and drugs and avoided becoming one of the crack addicts he now studies.
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State of the State address targets Vt. drug problem
But Wednesday was devoted to drug abuse, and Shumlin called on the state to abandon the law-and-order tactics used by Vermont and other states in the past and instead begin treating addiction as an illness that needs prevention and treatment. “We must …
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Addiction News
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Question by Myles: Why are parents afraid to discipline their children?
You see these things on tv about teens addicted to drugs, getting pregnant,etc. Let me tell you this. If I got out of line, my parents beat my a ss, and they didn’t care what my excuse was. If I did any of the stuff teenagers do today, I would’ve been disowned at this point.
Why should teenagers be able to argue with their parents? A teens brain is not even fully developed, and they’re going to ignore what their parents tell them? How can kids be so stupid?
A parent occasionally hitting their kids is not abuse. It’s showing them who’s boss.
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Answer by JD
Because their parents are equally stupid, duhhhh. just because your brain is developed doesn’t mean they are smart, so many stupid parents in the world.
Answer by Deshawn
you’re right, we should all beat the sh*t out of our kids whenever they do something wrong. thats REAL parenting.
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Question by Ratlinram: Americans that are prescribed drugs from doctors, how many actually fill and follow the prescription?
Yes, I am trying to get a creditable statistic.
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Answer by vv
It’s hard to put a figure on this.
I should think that about 90% of prescriptions are filled when originally written and that (absent a financial problem) about 75% of those religiously follow directions as written and take all their medications.
There is an outfit on the West Coast that keeps these stats; IMS.
Answer by Kaytee Dee
“The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that close to 20 percent of people (48 million) over the age of 12 in the U.S. have used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes.”
Just search for “prescription abuse statistics”. I’m sure you’ll get lots of hits.
Teacher posts bond on synthetic marijuana and harassment charges
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, synthetic marijuana or “spice refers to a wide variety of herbal mixtures that produce experiences similar to marijuana (cannabis) and that are marketed as safe, legal alternatives. The drug is growing …
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Record number of British baby boomers taking illicit drugs – and landing in …
Figures released by the U.S. based National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 2011, showed that the percentage of Americans aged 50 to 59 who reported having used illicit or prescription drugs more than doubled, to 6.2 percent from 2.7 percent, between …
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5 Things More Likely to Kill You Than Marijuana
But the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that only about 9% of users become addicted to marijuana. Cocaine, on the other hand, is far more addictive, but is listed as a Schedule II drug. While it's true that marijuana use can lead to …
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The Locking Cap Joins CLAAD for Drug Abuse Prevention Policy Meeting in …
The Locking Cap, the manufacturer of a combination bottle cap for prescription drugs, was in attendance at the CLAAD Prescription Drug Abuse National Policy Consensus Meeting on November 19 in Washington, DC. The meeting is a gathering of …
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Sultan students attend drug abuse prevention conference
Papers bearing the “Want More” logo of the Sultan High School's Youth Coalition are inscribed with the things Sultan students want, as part of an effort to help kids aspire to more than falling into drug or alcohol abuse. Photo by Chris Hendrickson …
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Substance Abuse Prevention Poster Contest entries sought
GOSHEN — The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County is calling for submissions to the 27th annual Substance Abuse Prevention Poster Contest. This year's theme is "Live Your Dreams! Be Alcohol and Drug Free!" The contest is open to any …
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