The Link Between Anxiety and Addiction
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2021
- Today I am joined by Parham from The One Minute Therapist to talk about the link between anxiety and addiction. / @the1minutetherapist566
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Where are you located Dr. B? I know you’re not where I am I am in Indiana and we do not have much here.
Your video is so informative for people that themselves suffer from substance abuse issues and helps there family members understand better.. After researching suboxone with benzodiazepines being taken together I’ve seen just about everywhere that if those were mixed basically you could die but in the same breath people can take pain pills with benzodiazepines prescribed by Drs with out the severe warning they give for suboxone and benzodiazepines.. I’ve been researching for a family member that has substance issues that can make it hard to believe what they tell us from there past. I’m glad to see n hear they were not lying about being prescribed benzodiazepines with there suboxone treatment.
I just realized that this video and comments are from a year ago. I added a comment below, so hope it is read ❤
I almost died. I am not joking. This Medical Doctor saved my life. I am Asian and my MD's ALL prescribed me Ativan for 14 years and I tried to detox at a detox Hospital and they almost killed me!!! My wife is a BSN RN and my family are all in Medicine as mostly MD's! The SYSTEM is set up to make us addicts. They will pay for the Benzo's; but they will not pay to get you off of them!!! THE WORSE PART: They are not trained to get us off of them! I was Prescribed my addiction. I am half way there. I will be an advocate for this Medical Doctor who used to be Chief Medical ER Doctor in Bakersfield, CA. at Kern Medical Center. The most corrupt City in California is Bakersfield. Stay away from here! There are no Detox Centers here and they are fake and steal from Medical/Medicare and throw you out in to the street in 3 days like they did me. Peace Favor Your Sword! The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant. To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead. “The purpose of today’s training is to defeat yesterday’s understanding.” Chan Buddhist Monk Chin Gen Ping teacher to Miyamoto Musashi.
Sorry Dr. B you are saving my life. Tapering on Diazepam gives a lot of Psychosis Symptoms. Thank you for saving my life!
I love u Dr B, the anxiety people go through when trying to get clean is literally unbearable and has to be treated as well or people will most definately fail! Thank you for caring so much! I just think you hit the nail on the head and I just love u!!!! ❤❤❤
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I agree with this ^^^ commenters statement about anxiety. But is it the same as fear of withdrawal? Like the feeling addicts get when thinking about detox and how much it's going to hurt? For some people just the thought of knowing you will have to go through a little bit of withdrawal can be terrorizing and bring about your pain symptoms early. I hate waking up in the morning knowing I have to deal with this painful life consuming fentanyl addiction. Also wanted to know if fentanyl and heroin are treated similarly (dose-wise)with suboxone?
Wow you straight up took on case management type role with the homeless guy. That's so much like the situation I was in, living out of a car, dealing with addiction and anxiety and homelessness. I had a homeless service case worker helping me do the things that you did for this guy. You played an important role for him, thank you so much. Homelessness while trying to get cleaned up is its own monster. It is so hard to keep other addicts at arm's length and find healthy people to become accountable to when you are in shelter lines and food lines and doctor lines all the time with people in the same resource-less boat :(
Thank you for taking time to leave this awesome comment. Social workers are often the most overwhelmed and overworked professionals in the field of mental health and human services. Their case loads are at times impossible to manage, so the fact that your case worker was able to give you the help you needed it is definitely a refreshing story to hear. Appreciate you sharing a little piece of your journey with us, looking forward to having you back each week for our future talks in various areas of addiction and mental health.
Please pray for me to heal
How are you now? I pray for you
I believe you need to believe you can heal yourself. Higher power yes, but you with higher power
I was put on Ativan by a psychiatrist in my 20s he never told me to only take it for two to four weeks. It was prescribed for anxiety I did not get a high taking it. It simply made me function then I built up a tolerance I’m now 40 tapering off Ativan the Ashton manual way . You don’t get addicted your body gets dependent.
Hey my friend what’s going on with you here?? Now that you understand how you are supposed to take the Ativan, try to find a hobby, although I’ve never been in your situation. I just turned 52 in September so don’t laugh at what I do since I can’t draw 😂
I have adult coloring books that I saw in a grocery store and a arts and crafts store I use colored pencils and I color my stress and issues away and my mind is very relaxed. Maybe you could try it out and see what happens, I could bet my bank account that it will help your mind to relax and also be by yourself in a room where you can be alone and have no distractions. You’re gonna love it.
Ciao my friend.
@@giannafrigerio3924 thanks for your advice
@@katrinamenzies9398 Your very welcome 😋
This makes me cry to hear a Dr that gets it.
Hi there Dr.B it’s me Gianna form Rutherford, N.J. I can’t wait for your next video. Stay healthy and safe in this crazyyyy world we live in.
Gianna Frigerio
Hey. I hope you are well
5 years in sobriety- still deal with anxiety daily
Do you consume any form of caffeine?
I self-medicated with alcohol because of my gateway drug… caffeine.
I’ve been free for almost 2 years, it’s such an underestimated drug for so many.
Thank God Dr. B and his team and councilor Parham for paving the way to educate all involved in the recovery road. I think that in many cases from my own experience that rhe wrong treatment makes addiction worse. Making people think the whole rehab system sucks. Best video with Dr. B so far. Loved this.
Thank you for taking time to leave a comment. Looking forward to continuing to provide similar content on a weekly basis.
As a suboxone dependent person in Canada , you all are doing amazing work. This helps us all.
I love listening to you . My daughter suffers from anxiety and substance abuse. These videos makes it a bit easier upstanding why and what could help her.
Thank you for taking time to leave a comment. Dr. B is definitely an expert in this area and we are happy to hear that you found value in the content of our talk.
Listening to this video has opened my eyes a little more, that we need to speak up for ourselves. I have been prescribed suboxone for about 12 years from a doctor that helped for opiate addiction. It kept me straight since taking it, I continued to work, but I think I've always had anxiety, because within a short time, the stress from work was getting to me. I couldnt sleep because my mind would not shot down at night, so I went to my primary care doctor, and was started on .5 miligrams of zanax, twice a day, as needed, which eventually lead up to .5 milgrams 4 times a day throughout the years. I have been on 2 miligrams a day for at least 7 years, but started the zanax maybe a total of 10 years ago altogether. My memory isnt that sharp anymore. My primary care doctor was changed a few times, one left the building, and one retired, so the doctor that has been prescribing it for the longest is still my present doctor. He vocally told me he didnt like prescribing it, and eventually would want to wean me when I first met him. He did up it from 3 times a day to four times a day one time, but he still precribed them for many years. I had been on the 4 times a day for a very long time, but noticed I wasnt able to sleep anymore, and asked him to please increase the zanax, by just another .5 miligram. I was having a hard time at work due to lack of sleep, and the stress, and the amount of work kept increasing, but he refused, so my anxiety and stress became so much worse. My body had adjusted to that same dose for so long, and he could tell how stressed out I was, but because he knew I was on suboxone, one day he just decided to start reducing my zanax, and put me on an anti depressant, which made me feel like a zombie. It was getting very hard to work, I was having a hard time focusing, concentrating, thought I was getting dimentia, and stopped taking the anti-depressant, and told him it wasnt helping, he then put me on zanax xr which is extended release, and continued tapering, and within a few months of him doing this, I suffered a stroke! My blood pressure was through the roof, and when I called the office advising them of it, they would tell me that I would have to make an appointment, which was always weeks away. My heart would start pounding, and I couldn't even think straight. They, he and a specialist who was advising the taper to him, both knew how I was feeling. I did advise them that I couldn't sleep, I was missing work, and I started getting chest pain, so he referred me to a cardiologist, which did a catherization, found out I have 2 blockages in my coronary arterie, but that they were both
This information definitely helps my family to understand one of our family members that has had substance abuse issues and anxiety. When we discovered they were taking Ativan, Xanax or a benzo with the prescription of suboxone which I believe is something like 2 strips a day that our family believed was heading back to bad habits due to seeing everywhere that those meds interact badly. So glad to see they weren’t lying to us and the Dr is prescribing benzodiazepines with the suboxone. The family member takes .5mg Ativan 3 times a day as needed and 2 strips suboxone and is doing so much better. Our family had great fear they would have respiratory arrest if they took any dose of benzodiazepines w suboxone. Thank u
Great job
I have found this to be true, and I have been helped because of your expertise 🤔😌
Thank you
I had a very "lazy" Doctor, I had chronic pancreatitis, caused by genetics and alcohol abuse. I couldn't sleep, anxiety (caused by coming home to buy my mother a home and help because my Dad passed, left her half a million dollars but she was very bad with money, and very much narcissistic). I was clean for at least drinking in moderation only during football season for 20 years but (being here I started drinking daily, not just 1 drink but easily a six pack just to deal with her) because I lived across the country and my husband allowed me to be me. Prior to that while I lived in the same place where my mother lived I was very depressed and I had horrible anxiety, my pancreatitis pain didn't help. My Dad was my safe place. Now back to the Doctor. She prescribed me opioids, Ambien, and Xanax. It wasn't until I saw the surgeon (I had a TP-AIT) that I learned that taking all of those meds were black box meds. The Doctor was also my Mother's Doctor. She would tell my My Mother everything about my health, even though I asked her specifically not to. She then put me on methamphetamine on top of the other medications. When I decided to have my surgery I weaned myself off of the pain meds and told my surgeon that I didn't want to be on pains anymore. He said as soon as we get the pain from the surgery he would wean me of and I haven't looked back. I got a new doctor and they got me with the specialist I needed and got me set up with a wonderful therapist. Now I am still using the Xanax and Gabapentin for neuropathy because the surgery put me in the category of diabetic (insulin free). My beta cells are working great and I am going back across the country next week. Not really running away but running towards my safe place.
I take Subutex and Klonopin. I took Klonopin for three months straight and just quit taking them, threw them away. I had severe withdrawal for five days. My doc passed away during that time. No one told me you could have withdrawals from Klonopin. I am 64 and thought I was going to die of a heart attack not to mention the nausea. It took me a while to figure out it was withdrawal. I got a new doctor and he is weaning me slowly. I only took them for 3 months straight. I have panic and anxiety attacks. I wish I knew what benzos did before I took them. I hate them. As far as Subutex, I am weaning off without telling the new doctor. I hate all of these meds. They messed me up so bad. I hate medicine.
I hate them too in on subs and gabapentin now and I hate it I've come off them before so i know I can do it but it still is very depressing.
I assume you’re on subutex due to an addiction. You didn’t know what benzos were? There’s a dependence warning printed on every bottle.
Benzos should be illegal
It's poison ... Work's great in the beginning till the mind ,& body get used to them, then it's dreadful
Amazing!! Thank you all for your time, efforts, information and compassion. Thank you. You, all make a pretty amazing triumvirate
My doctor put me on benzos at 19 years old AND KEPT ME on them for OVER THIRTY YEARS until he retired. Going off after that long though I never misused them was excruciating and now I have worse anxiety than ever. 😢
Common. I’m sorry to hear. What state
Me exactly all most exactly. Wish we could get all professional dealing with helping those
@@DrBAddictionRecovery Wisconsin
@@sarahkalnajs5810 I know the feeling on & off them long period of times also
@@sarahkalnajs5810 How are you doing Sarah?
Sorry venting just hope to heal and be strong and healthy again
I wish I had you guys as a doctor you guys are so educated and caring I need help myself so bad I mean bad.
Sorry Dr. B you are saving my life. Tapering on Diazepam gives a lot of Psychosis Symptoms. Thank you for saving my life!
Nicole, you are so lovely and simpatico. Everytime I've seen you on this podcast im highly impressed. You resonate with us!! Thank you
What a great topic and thank you to u both for your advice and dedication. From South Africa . Bless you
Thanks Dr B I just want to be healthy again for me and my girls I’m also suffering parental alienation My ex has turned my girls against me I feel I’m in a hell and I’m heartbroken beyond belief
Parental alienation is brutal, effects on children and parent undervalued, and the courts are out to lunch on these issues!
Exactly dr B seems like a lot of professionals love their pay cheque but don’t actually be professional.
Your a rarity in what u do your actually making a difference in the world with your profession you should be proud of yourself doing good for the world instead of corruption and evil.
I wish I could have you as my doctor's. No one helps me in Sweden. It started with anxiety and depression. I didn't know what was happening to me. No antidepressants helping, started with alcohol one year, then oxys, trying suecide, then I found methadone and I was good for 2 years on microdosing by myself. Didn't found methadone anymore to bye. Now I get 20mg buprenorfin from my doctor and I am worse then ever.
Now my gaba receptors have to re uptake from the damage benzos do
I'm in the same boat, challenging times and no one understands, I've been ill for years
@@shannonmichael74 how many yrs hon ? Did you detox & withdrawl ??sorry
@@caffrey1100 I'm currently trying to taper after 10 years off and on. I have gone cold turkey in the past and can't do that again, I am doing a very slow taper. Drs need to find a way to safely help us. I have found CZcams helpful and the benzo support groups but that's about it, I hate that were alone in the suffering and noone understands. My daughters name is Bella, 💗. Sending love
@@shannonmichael74 It's tough ..Good luck
@@aphysique thank you
The Link between anxiety and medical use is very close. Im on Diazepam 10mg x3, Clonazepam 2mg x2, Tramadol 200mg x2, Lyrica ( Pregabalin) 75mg x4 and 20mg x2 Oxycontin. For my anxiety, PTSD, ADD, GAD and insomnia. I got i private doctor that's why i get Opioids and Opiates because what they can do phsyisically. And it helpes me having my dream career and living my best life. And im very educated in what im taking and ive never abused my medication. Thanks so much for this episode ! This one and Benzo detox is one of my favorite. I take cold turkey breaks for 7 days every 2 months and my withdrawals only last for 2-3 days. Ive been on all this medication for 3.5 years and i knew all about that kind of medicines before i got on them.
Wow
Be careful you going suffer big time with discontinuation syndrome.WITHDRAWEL
I’m shocked you found a doctor that prescribes you several benzos and pain pills, that’s un heard of now a days. I’m shocked. My dr will barely give me klonopin.
Excellent points about holistic approach, including prenatal influences.
I also had tremors, numbness on one side of my face, was real dizzy and fell. Stayed awake all night and couldn't sleep. Also had auditory hallucinations. It was just awful. Could not eat from nausea.
How are you doing now?
i really injoy ur content.
Dr.B how do you feel and think about gaba supplements either for dealing with anxiety or benzo withdrawal symptoms?
Heyyy I'm from Monmouth county too!!!
kinda off topic from the video but some things you said reminded me about when i went to the institute of living in hartford CT (its part of hartford hospital psych ward) for bath salts pyschosis about 10 years ago. i was on 100mg of methadone a day from a clinic and also 2mg klonopin from a doctor. the damn place cold turkey me from everything for 3 weeks inpatient and gave me haldol. i wanted to sue this place........i mean wtf...... how can they do this to someone?
Is there any doctors like yourself or remotely close that can individualize a program for taper off of benzos in the Tampa Florida area. I do not have a primary but need to get off of these pills. Please any help would be greatly appreciated thank you 🙏
I don't know of any...
@@DrBAddictionRecovery I appreciate you taking the time to respond I realize your busy. You really seem to have a good grasp on what your patients needs are and I religiously watch your videos. Thank you again hopefully I can conquer this beast
All doctors are not on board with tapering these doctors need schooling & training - it’s in humane - the way we have to white knuckle - I personally never took a drug in life until 52 when husband died was given benzo Xanax - and this is hell getting off now --I’m in IL as well think these doctors here are being threatened with license or something main md same will taper ya in month or so - called another one same mentioned switching to Valium long term for the taper Ah No we don’t need to do that ??? See thats 2/3 doctors - we can’t find anybody - I didn’t give consent first script either when she wrote it I asked what is a Xanax somehow we need help ? ❣️She retired a few yrs ago and is gone 🙏
Can clonasepam cause toxicity in a person as they taper off for 2yrs, if so what can they do when they can not tolerate any meds for deep deoression
what he said about the breathing technique really does work
i have anxiety super bad im a meth addict of 30 years i cant get help in my town
I keep seeing your messages you're trying so desperately to get help and nobody is responding to you.
I wish I had the answer I live in Pennsylvania and I would have recommended *Cg Kid* channel a year ago but I don't think he's actively using the channel anymore you might still be able to get great information on there or reach out to someone else in the comment section. Good luck to you!!
I just came off of a 12-year addiction to opiates, heroin and Fentanyl.. this it's not a life.
What do people take if they have ptsd i asked my dic but he said noti g so i keep having prsd epasodes everywhere and im scared of it because its tarable 😢😢😢
I wish it was just parham talking and dr B Giving scientific advice I feel like they started a good conversation too bad the guests ruined it
yea but they got a bunch of videos about all the different topics
Dr B i wanted to ask you where is your office at ? IM FRO. ORANGE COUNTY TOO LOS ALAMITOS AREQ BUT NOW I. IN HAWAII OAHU LOL
YOUR SO COOL AND THIS IS WELL NEEDED
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IM SO SO GLAD YOUR HELPING DOCTORS OUT THERE BESIDES ADDACTS OR EVEN MOTHERS FATHER AND UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN FOLKS DO IF THERE LIVED O E IS ON OR TAKI G SOMETHI G AND WHAT CAN GET DONE WHY YHEY TAKE IT AND ARE THE SELF MEDACATING AND NOW CANT STOP BUT NEED A CERTAIN MEDACATION LIKE MAYBE FOR ADHD I THINK ALOT IF METH USESER TAKE IT TO HELP FOCOUS OR DO SCHOOL WORK I DID TO LEARN TO BE A CNA I HAVE BAD ADD I CANT COMPREHEND WHAT I READ OR FOCOUS AT ALL BUT IF I WAS TO TAKE THAT CRANK IN THE 80S I COULD CONCINTRATE AND I FA ALLY COULD DO BETER VERSION OF MY SELF ITS WEARD EVEN MY FRIENDS SAY YOU R SO MUCH BETTER LIKE THIS BUT YET MY PARENTS DIDNT BELEAVE IN ADHD OR MEDA ATION FOR IT MY KIDS HAVE ADHD AND I WOULD CRY IN CLASSROOM IN GISTORY I SEE PEOPLE RWADING AND ANSWERI G QUESTIINS AND I COULDNT STOP READING ONE SMALL PARAGRAFF OVER 20 TIMES AND I STILL DI T KNOW QHAT THE HECK IT SAID IT REALLY BUGGED ME SO BAD 😅
Hyperkatifeia?
DES babies. Great stuff. Ask me how I know.
Can I call from Canada? I'd love to speak with Nicole
sorry but most doctors don't invest want to invest their time in helping people. I've never felt compassion from any doctor regarding my anxiety condition and resulting drug prescriptions. They might prescribe but they pull you off and it's like...good luck sucker...I'm through. That IS my experience in many different instances over a long time.
camden...horrible...its where I was a vagrant frequently...Kensington in Philly too...stay away from Gotham City!
America is wildddddd. Advertise drugs? Give out drugs like smarties
I can't keep still .I keep getting up for no reason as if im going somewhere but I have nothing planned.im super worried about not being able to score a bag Of (H) ..my plug told me he was going to be on and he's not come on the morning.im super worried and scared of going into a deep withdrawals and this is way before ive even started feeling physical withdrawals ..my brain is all over the place.luckily I have methadone scipt to full back on.
Now I'm realising much the methadone program is helping me but like a clown I've gone and got my self a double habit so I'm still feeling physical and mental withdrawals even tho I'm on 50 ml of physeptone (methadone).a day...i just need to manage to ride out a few days with no H AT all and I no methadone will start working proberly how it was when I first changed over from h to methadone.it worked a dream
The problem is I always have money and when I've got money I will always score
If there Eva is time when u run OUT of money which unfortunately is not very often but If it does happen I manage to cope alot better ..i JUST at the moment can't have money around me coz I will 1 million percent be spending it on shxt..i fuking hate this life to anyone reading this.im just finding it super super hard to break this cycle and im really scared of going into bad withdrawals...yes I do have a regular methadone scipt but as I said I've been using both now everyday for the past umm 2 to 3 years ..so when I don't have.methadone or don't have H I withdraw..how can I break this cycle before it breaks me PERMENTLY! you can get every thing back but your life once that's gone there is no coming back! .
P.S SORRY THIS MSG IS SO MUCH RAMBLING BUT I'M TRYING TO GET MY PROBLEMS ACROSS AND THAT'S ALSO HARD FROM THE BRAIN FOG IN SUFFERING.. I NO ALL I NEED TO DO IS SCORE AND I'LL BE OKAY..WELL FOR THE NEXT 4 TO 8 HOURS THEN GUESS WHAT
GROUNDHOG DAY HAS NEVER HIT SO HARD