Dual Diagnosis Drug Treatment

Dual diagnosis treatment saved my life. For years I was in and out of drug rehab with each relapse worse than the one before. I seemed to be doing everything the therapists suggested, but still felt depressed after I completed rehab. I worked the steps, went to meetings, had a sponsor and still nothing changed. Finally after my last relapse, I went to a different rehab than before. This turned out to be life changing.

After a meeting with a psychiatrist that understood addiction, she told me that I was suffering from a depression that was not induced by drugs, but that I was using drugs to medicate my depression. Now that was a change. I went on medication for my depression, which I initially hated, but pretty soon my attitude began to change, my outlook was brighter and although nothing in my life had changed, I felt better.

Without a doctor that understood dual diagnosis treatment, I would still be using drugs today. I would strongly suggest to anyone looking for drug rehab treatment to find a drug rehab with a strong dual diagnosis treatment component. If you do not have a dual diagnosis, that is fine, but if you do

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