Today, there are many mental and physiological diseases that require prolonged treatment, increased work on their will and development of aging. The most common such diseases include alcohol , narcotic and nicotine addiction. The last disease is not manifested in such harsh forms as alcoholism and drug addiction, because they often have a greater toxicity on the body, but still the nature of their origin is very close.
When a person decides to get rid of addiction, he will have to become closely acquainted with such a concept as an abstinence syndrome. In vernacular Russian this is called withdrawal syndrome, and in slang - breaking. This syndrome becomes a stumbling block if you want to achieve liberation from addiction. Often, it is precisely from the severity of the course of this syndrome and the ability of a person to cope with it, and it depends whether he will recover, or continue the old path, falling into a greater dependence.
Today, doctors are trying in every way to help such people cope with this period. This is a time-consuming task, and it requires a lot of attention to the patient, an understanding of the work of his psyche, knowledge of his psychology, the cause of dependence, and the nature of the abstinence syndrome. Therefore, before you learn how to treat withdrawal symptoms, you need to understand what it is.
Dependence syndrome and withdrawal symptoms
To understand what the process of abstinence syndrome is, it can not be considered separately from such a concept as the addiction syndrome.
Dependence syndrome is a combination of mental, behavioral, and physiological processes in which the taking of a substance (in this case, a psychoactive one) takes the first place in the human values system. A person with a dependence syndrome should take another dose of a substance habitual to him in order to fully (as it seems to him) to function.
The dependence syndrome has three stages: the first, the middle and the final.
The higher the stage, the more difficult it is to get rid of addiction and the more vivid the abstinence syndrome becomes when it is canceled.
Also, the addiction syndrome is divided into:
- Mental . At the same time, a person has an obsession to the account of a psychoactive substance and finds it a guarantor of his comfort.
- Physical . It occurs when taking drugs (some) and psychoactive substances. The body develops tolerance to them because of constant intake, which requires increasing the dose, and also develops withdrawal syndrome.
Help with withdrawal symptoms
With abstinence syndrome, the patient has two problems: psychopathological and vegetative or somatoneurological. Before proceeding to treatment, it is necessary to determine which of them is more pronounced, and to stop first of all it.
The severity of the symptoms depends on what causes the dependence. Therefore, it is necessary to study what signs of withdrawal are characteristic of a particular substance.
This syndrome has a phase flow, and the decline of symptoms occurs in the order of their decrease: if the last symptom that has joined is dizziness, then it will disappear first. Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate first those symptoms that appeared first.
How to remove withdrawal symptoms?
Any abstinence syndrome is treated according to a scheme that includes taking:
- Sedatives, tranquilizers. In severe cases, antidepressants or antipsychotics are selected.
- Also prescribe drugs that support the cardiovascular system.
- At treatment of an alcoholic abstinent syndrome preparations for detoxification of an organism are used.
To remove the withdrawal syndrome, you need a full-fledged medical care and proper selection of drugs, especially - tranquilizers, antidepressants and antipsychotics. Illiterate selection of one of these drugs can significantly worsen a patient's condition or develop another dependence.
The relief of alcohol abstinence syndrome in severe cases is carried out exclusively in the narcological clinic.
Than to remove or take out the abstinent syndrome of the house?
Before you try to get rid of the withdrawal syndrome, you need to make sure that it corresponds to the first or second stage, which are accompanied by vegetative and somatic disorders without mental disorders.
The abstinence syndrome of the house is removed with the help of pressure regulation,
How to relieve withdrawal symptoms?
Relief of the withdrawal syndrome is possible with the help of psychological suggestions that the absence of a psychoactive substance is a norm that can not be changed. Refusal of dependence should act as inevitability and be expressed in humility.
Walking and light physical exercises are also useful. The intake of a large amount of liquid will help to remove toxins faster.