Dual Diagnosis Drug Treatment

For years people that worked in drug treatment centers beleived that if a person was depressed it was because they had been using drugs for so many years and the lifestyle they had led. They had good reason to be depressed and after they completed drug treatment and got on the road to recovery, all would be well. Unfortunately for many completing a drug treatment center, their depression did not lift and they began using drugs again to cope with it.

The solution was to enter a different drug addiction treatment program for relapse prevention treatment, all the while nobody is looking at the depression. Then I was referred to a psychiatrist trained in addiction medicine who said that while I needed cocaine addiction treatment, I suffered from a dual diagnosis and needed dual diagnosis treatment. that my depression was only made worse by my drug use, but that I did indeed suffer from a depression that needed to be treated in a dual diagnosis treatment program.

When I entered this dual diagnosis treatment center, while they treated my cocaine addiction, by me entering a cocaine detox program, a psychiatrist saw me and recommended an antidepressant. As soon as I finished cocaine detox, he reevaluated me and I did indeed need medication. Today, many years later, I still take medication and am 8 years away from my cocaine addiction. While I certainly needed drug addiction treatment, I needed to be in a dual diagnosis rehab more. Thank you Stepping Stone Center for Recovery.

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