Abusive Prescribed medicine…who thought?

You either have common cold or cancer, you always rely on medicines. Medicines have become your basic requirement. Prescribed medicine is the most common way to treat pain. But many times it must have happened that you depend so much on that, you are unable to let it go.It becomes dependency and then a bad habit resulting into the destruction of physical and mental health. The consequences of prescription medicine abuse have been steadily worsening and young adults between the ages of 15 and 27 are broadening the abuse of prescription medicine. 

Following are the abuse symptoms vary based on the class of drug:

Sedative abuse symptoms include:

• Drowsy, intoxicated appearance
• Confusion
• Unsteady movements
• Rapid, involuntary eye movement
• Poor judgment and decision-making

Stimulant abuse symptoms include:

• Extreme agitation
• Irregular heartbeat
• High blood pressure
• Elevated body temperature
• Seizures  
• Heart failure
• Increased hostility
• Paranoia
• Insomnia
• Weight loss
  
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Eliminate Your Fears and Doubts about Drug Addiction

 
Have you ever had any kind of addiction, say drug addiction or alcohol or smoking habit? Ever thought how badly it could affect you and your family. You must think initially it seems cool but slowly and gradually it has dominated your daily routine. Habits and addictions should be something that you should be proud of, that you could off to people, not something that leaves you embarrassed in front of people. Few below mentioned are the addictions that could prove harmful to your mental peace as well as emotional peace:

1. Alcohol addiction
2. Drug addiction
3. Gaming addiction
4. Prescription medicine abuse
5. Codependency
6. Trauma
7. Disorder and depression

Claudia Black Young adult center is an Addiction Treatment Center In Arizona that helps you overcome any kind of addiction that has dominated your lives. It is spread across 14 acres 50 miles northwest of Phoenix, Wickenburg, Arizona. It is perfect place for recovery due to its landscape and view. Here, we have various kinds of therapies and treatments like:

Equine Therapy : Here we teach patients following things:

• How to communicate with someone and interact with them with confidence.
• How to overcome your emotion and do not let the dominate you. 
• How to be more positive about various things in life and how to keep hope.
• How to solve the problem rather that complaining about it.

Experiential Therapy : Our this therapy includes:

• Acupuncture to ease pain and relieve stress
• Mindful meditation for non-judgmental experience 
• Tai Chi and Yoga helps reduce stress and healing the mind and spirit.

Expressive Arts Therapy : This is the therapy where we teach young adults to express themselves through art and images rather than other traditional therapies.

Family Week Program : Family week program happens at 4th or 5th week of patient stay where family members are get together and counseling session is organized.

Small Group Sessions : Our small group session includes following :

• How to create long-term friendships and how to maintain them for lifetime
• Improves self-awareness…keeping own self-aware about physical and mental status 
• Highlights the need for change which is must to keep up with the society.

It’s just one time investment and return for life.

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