Lexapro and buspirone: can you safely combine these medications ?
If you’re managing depression and anxiety, your doctor may have prescribed both Lexapro and buspirone. While this combination can be effective for some patients, it’s essential to understand the potential risks and benefits before starting treatment. Combining these medications requires careful medical supervision due to the risk of drug interaction, particularly serotonin syndrome. This comprehensive […]
The risks and benefits of mixing Lexapro and Adderall
Lexapro and Adderall are both widely used medications, with Adderall primarily prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy, while Lexapro is often used to treat depression and anxiety disorder. While both drugs can be effective in their respective treatments, taking them together can result in interactions that require careful monitoring and consultation with […]
Childhood Trauma and Addiction.
Childhood lays the foundation for a person’s emotional and psychological well-being, but for some, it becomes a battleground for enduring trauma. Whether from a single traumatic event, or from long-term traumatic exposures, acknowledging how childhood trauma influences the development of addictions is important when considering addiction treatment. This blog delves into the intricate connection between […]
What Are Co-Occurring Disorders?
While the term is used regularly in therapeutic circles, you may have heard this term and found yourself asking what are co-occurring disorders. Or perhaps you have been told that you are experiencing them, and you are looking for answers as to what this means and how to move forward from here. Whether by curiosity […]
Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Those seeking co-occurring disorders treatment are often doing so because they have received multiple diagnoses from one or more professionals in their lives. Co-occurring disorders refers to the existence or two or more diagnosable illnesses present simultaneously in one person. As such, those suffering from co-occurring disorders may feel overwhelmed or hopeless at the prospect […]
Denial in Addiction – Harmful Self-Protection
Denial is a defense against an uncomfortable reality. In the case of addiction, this includes the very fact that addiction has taken hold, as well as all the harmful consequences that come with it and which encompass every aspect of life. It is a form of self-deception or self-delusion that fends off the truth of […]
Craving – A Hallmark of Addiction
Addiction and craving go hand in hand. In fact, craving could be said to be one of the defining characteristics of addiction. Ask anyone needing admission to treatment, including to a high-end alcohol or drug rehab. Although not every addicted person experiences craving in exactly the same way, it is most commonly felt as an […]
Codependency and Alcoholism
Some people call on the assistance of substances like alcohol or mood-altering behaviours to make life more tolerable. Alcohol addiction at least offers the illusion of being in control of mood; for a time. Other people look to achieve this sense of control through close relationships. This is recognised as a form of co-dependency. Know how […]
Narcissism and Addiction
Narcissists tend to see everyone in their circle as somehow useful to bolstering their sense of self-importance. This will inevitably include their partners and children who are treated as mere extensions of the narcissist’s person rather than autonomous individuals with needs and interests of their own. The narcissist would almost certainly deny that that was […]
Bipolar Disorder and Addiction
Bipolar disorder used to be known as manic depression. However, the extremes of clinical depression on the one hand and mania on the other, which justify use of the term bipolar, are still the defining symptoms of the disorder. If we were to think of a symbol to reflect the experience of bipolar disorder, a […]