The dependency on alcohol can and will take over your life. An alcohol detox program is something that needs to be started right away so that you can get started on the road to recovery. This process is the first step down a long road to ending your dependency on alcohol.

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I recently was in DETOX and the doctor took me off Klonopin (for panic attacks – one of the reasons I drank) and alcohol. Then he put me on Luvox, 50 mg., at bedtime. I am having really bad headaches and wonder if the Luvox is to blame. Also, why am I taking that, as my internet research has shown that it is diagnosed for people who have OCD.

A close friend of ours has been taking opiates for several years. He is currently 28 but has been prescribed codeine for pain regularly as a teenager and was prescribed Oxycontin for a head injury about 3 years ago. He was taking up to 10 80mg Oxy per day. 6 months ago he started methadone treatment in an attempt to ween himself off and is now taking Suboxone 4 times a day and Quanapin prescribed by his pain doctor. He has seen the same pain doctor since he was a teenager and he also sees a psychologist whom prescribes him a second prescription for Quanapin (we doubt he knows about the other doctor prescribing him). He has a noticeable addiction problem with alcohol and recreational drugs as well. We are trying to get him help.

Is it advisable to try contacting his personal psychologist to inform them of his severe problem with opiates and alcohol? We have tried confronting him about his addiction and he continues to deny that he has a problem with alcohol and that he is an “addict”. He has denied that he needs help with a treatment and detox, so we’re now at the point that we want to contact BOTH doctors to inform them of his problem. Is this something that is common by outsiders contacting a personal physician in attempt to help with an issue? Is there anyone that has dealt with this same issue or may be psychologist that has encountered a patient in a similar situation?

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Alright here is my story. I am 30 years old and have had 2 seizures in my entire life. The first one came back in 2007 while I was hospitalized for 23 straight days with pancreatitis. The pancreatites was a direct result of consuming too much alcohol over a period of time. I have now been alcohol free for 34 months. To treat pancreatitis you are denied any food or water until the right blood levels are achieved. The only form of nutrition you get is through an IV. During my stay (on my 3rd day in) I had a seizure. It was never reported to the DMV because the Doctors felt it was from withdrawal of alcohol and or an allergic reaction to a medication give via IV. Immediately after given the medication, I turned bright red, got the worst headache of my entire life, my hands were shaky like I had just had an entire pot of coffee. In either event, so many tests were ordered. Blood draws, Spinal Tap, MRI, Cat Scan and an EEG. The EEG was given 2 days after the seizure (which I have read is the absolute wrong time to give it). The EEG came back with a slight abnormality, but because everything else was perfect and there is no family history and it was the first one I ever had, the EEG wasn’t compelling enough. I was given tegretol to take 2 times a day for 6 months. After 6 months of the tegretol, I was told I could stop taking it and I did stop. I had no seizures for while on the medication and for a period of 28 months after, never loosing my license either since it wasn’t reported.

Apparently seizures can be provoked by stress, poor eating habits and a million other things. I had this seizure while driving, lost control of the vehicle and hit a house. It didn’t do much damage at all and I guess that’s besides the point. I had so much stress that day and my seizure happened right after opening some mail that said I had to testify against a Doctor who had (lets just say he was a male and was at some part of my body for a while). The saying when it rains it pours was never so true then it was that day 10 weeks ago. I went to the Doctor the morning after it. This one was extremely different then the one 34 months ago, I remembered things right away, I didn’t bite my tongue, my body wasn’t shaking and a I had no muscle fatigue.

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Most people who are addicted to alcohol will never agree that they need any kind of detoxification program. The strongest barrier in the addiction treatment programs is nothing but this denial phase. These people don’t understand the serious trouble in which they have been caught due to their alcohol addiction.

Alcohol addicts like to believe that they are not an addict of alcohol and having alcohol in moderation so nothing can happen to them. About 90% people stay in the denial phase and the 10% who goes for the treatment have a very few % of people who use alcohol detox treatment. But even people who have come out of their denials through a suitable intervention program will look for other options of treatment and give the detox treatment option a miss.

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Medicinal therapies are a significant part of alcohol detox in Connecticut. Quite a few people wonder where the medications come in. Importantly, note that alcohol detoxification helps in bringing a person out of the propensity of using any more of alcohol. It is carried out in the following manner: The person is abstained from consuming the substance in an isolated setting. Whenever withdrawal symptoms are noticed, those are treated. This kind of treatment is not at all possible without using some specific medicinal therapies.

There are several different kinds of medications used in alcohol detox in Connecticut, each of them is meant for fulfilling a specific kind of purpose. They act together to help bring the person completely out of the tendency to consume alcohol. This is certainly a very difficult task to achieve, but by using the right combinations of medicinal drugs, it becomes achievable. The following provides information on how the medicinal therapies are used in the alcohol detox program in Connecticut.

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We tried once before, and failed. I got clean through N.A. She wont go. She has stopped Meth for 68 days and now wants off alcohol. She weights 98 lbs and drinks more than any1 person i know, so the detox is going to tough. Are thier medications her doc can give her to help? Foods? Liquids? HELP!!!

Alcohol detoxification or detox is really a painful experience when an alcoholic attempt to quit it before they undergo different process to managed the symptoms and be on the recovery period. This is difficult for the patients because they merely rely on alcohols, when the times come they are ready for the rehabilitation they can have a choice either they go in a rehabilitation center or in a hospital. If their cases are more severe then it will greatly depend on the symptoms and it will have more supervision than those who have lighter cases.

The period of detoxification will be burdensome for patients because they cannot go on without the influence of alcohol for a long time. With that patients experience withdrawal symptoms which can cause complications and it can also be the cause of someone’s death. That’s why alcohol detoxification should be undergo with enough supervision.

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I am once again, detoxing (FINAL ATTEMPT) fully up and ready to go. I have JUST enough medication, to use…and then HOPEFULLY detox myself from THAT SAME medication (clonazepam/Klonopin .5mg)

Most people who check in for alcohol treatment do not consider that they will need a detoxification program. The general perspective of an alcohol addiction is such that people do not consider it to be a very difficult form of addiction at all and for that reason they do not give much importance to the detoxification part of it. But, the truth of the matter is that alcohol detox is quite significant. Detox is probably more significant in an alcoholism treatment than it is in the treatment of drug addiction. Here are some points about the alcohol detox program that you must be acquainted with.

How Alcohol Detox is conducted

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