Substance use disorder is a complicated disease that encompasses a progressive pattern of substance use. SUD symptoms can vary from minor to severe, but it is treatable and preventable. However, it’s important to get help forthwith if you or a loved one is showing indications of SUD.
Addiction medicine is vital for detox. At the same time, cognitive behavioral therapies help people in treatment change their attitudes about drug use. As a result, patients are able to manage stressful conditions and various triggers that might cause another relapse. In fact, cognitive behavior therapies can also increase the efficacy of medications and help people remain in rehab longer.
Treatments & Medications for Substance Use Disorder
Various types of medications and treatments are useful throughout detox, residential, and outpatient levels of care. The primary goal is to remove the substances safely from the body. However, this is just the beginning. Treatment must uncover underlying medical or mental health problems with the overriding goal of maintaining treatment and avoiding relapse.
Detox: When patients first stop drinking or using drugs, they WILL experience various physical withdrawal symptoms, including restlessness or sleeplessness, as well as depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions.
Common medications used in detox:
- Buprenorphine/Suboxone
- Naltrexone
- Clonidine
- Benzodiazepines
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies: Cognitive behavioral therapy occurs over (about) six months for progress to be seen. CBT involves uneasy work. Think of your therapist as a partner working on a problem. Your not going to seeing eye-to-eye until you recognize and accept the destructive patterns that have transpired. However, the therapy is fruitful when patient is motivated and teachable.
Goals of CBT
- Recognize troubling situations
- Become aware of thoughts, emotions, and beliefs about these troubles
- Identify negative or erroneous thinking
- Replace false thoughts with positive ones
Relapse Prevention: Research indicates us that anxiety cues linked to the drug use and drinking are the most familiar triggers for relapse. In fact, researchers have been working on therapies to minimize triggers to help patients achieve long-term recovery.
Whether it’s individual, family, or group therapy, admitting you have a problem and asking for help is the sign of a brave person. From that point, the goal is to safely restore your health, understand addiction triggers, and how to prevent them happening in the future. Simple enough, right? Not exactly but just remember; slow and steady wins the race.
About Celadon Recovery
Celadon is comprehensive addiction and mental health treatment center located along the shores of the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, Florida. With a full-continuum of care including detox, residential, and outpatient programs, we are committed to quality substance use and co-occurring disorder care. Call us today at 239-266-2141.
