Benzodiazepines
What are Benzodiazepines?
Benzodiazepines such as Valium or Xanax can provide you sweet relief from panic attacks and acute anxiety. These drugs are also known as “Benzos” and are associated with an almost immediate euphoria and calm. Benzodiazepine addiction has also claimed over 67,000 lives in 2018 and has the potential to ruin or end your life.
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Can You Get High Off of Anti-Anxiety Medication?
Dependence on anti-anxiety pills develops as your body becomes reliant on the presence of benzodiazepine. Then, can you get high off anti-anxiety medication? When your body forms a firm reliance on anti-anxiety drugs, it requires higher doses to maintain the high and euphoria. It is life-threatening and dangerous to get off these medications on your own.
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Understanding Anti-Anxiety Medication
With one in eight adults using benzodiazepines in the U.S, it isn’t surprising that addiction cases are at a troubling high. The anti-anxiety medication acts on the GABA-A receptors of the brain, making nerves less sensitive to stimulation, causing the desired high. These nerves are a part of the central nervous system. Medications like Xanax are intended to relieve acute anxiety symptoms and are fast-acting.
Because of this, this class of anti-anxiety medication usually results in high tolerance and addiction. Anxiety medication is alternatively used as a muscle relaxant, sedative, and hypnotic increasing the likelihood of experiencing a high.
Are Anti-Anxiety Drugs Addictive?
There are not only short-term effects of being addicted to your anti-anxiety medication; there are harmful long-term repercussions as well. Because the chemicals in benzodiazepines work to keep your brain in a tranquilized state, it can lead to cognitive deterioration. Long-term addiction to benzodiazepines can cause impairment in several cognitive domains.
These impairments include but are not restricted to: visuospatial ability, speed of processing, memory impairment, psychological dependence, and verbal learning. Short-term consequences of anti-anxiety medication include memory issues, motor coordination impairment, depression, slurred speech, tremors, and mood swings.
Ultimately, the most permanent impact of getting high on anxiety medication is a fatal overdose. Addiction is not a life sentence, and with proper recovery, we can help you break the pattern of drug abuse.
Effects and Abuse of Anti-Anxiety Medication
Can you get high off anti-anxiety medications? Yes, by crushing or snorting pills, which are sold illegally as well as prescribed. In addition to purchasing street drugs, drug abusers are known to practice “doctor shopping.” Doctor shopping is the act of seeking multiple doctors at once, attempting to obtain more anxiety medications.
If you or a loved one practice this type of behavior, you are at high risk for overdose and addiction. More than 30 percent of overdoses involve anti-anxiety medication, specifically benzodiazepines.
Mental Illness and Anti-Anxiety Medications
When used correctly, benzodiazepines provide temporary relief for mental disorders such as acute anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic attacks. However, most doctors today do not recommend drugs such as Ativan, Valium, or Klonopin for long-term treatment of anxiety. Long-term use of anxiety medications can lead to other types of mental illness different than stress-related disorders.
If you abuse and are addicted to anxiety medications, you run the risk of being vulnerable to mental illness. Some of these reported risks are hypomania, psychosis, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
Treatment
We understand the challenge of facing your addiction, and we want to assist you in this path to recovery. At Resurgence, we offer a variety of treatment options for anti-anxiety medication addiction tailored to your comfort and rehabilitation needs. We have dedicated professionals who will treat you as an individual and find the right treatment option.
Withdrawals from addictive anti-anxiety medications are almost always a dangerous process and require proper medical supervision and care. Resurgence offers onsite medically monitored detox to get you through the worst of your withdrawal symptoms.
Payment Options
Do you want treatment but are worried about how you can pay for it? We have a team of financial professionals who provide free insurance verification. We will work with you to determine how to move forward with the treatment in a way that works for you and your financial situation.
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How to Get Help
Anti-anxiety medications change the brain in ways that make quitting difficult, even for the most determined of minds. Drug addiction is a complicated disease, and our staff will be with you every milestone of your journey to recovery.
Our multi-faceted treatment programs provide everyone’s options, no matter your walk of life or level of addiction. Resurgence is here for you to regain your self-control and your confidence. Call Resurgence today to schedule a consultation.
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