Comments on: Dual Disorders and Dual Diagnosis http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/ Addiction treatment, drug rehab, substance abuse prevention, sober living information and much more! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: dual diagnosis program http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-6964 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:12:16 +0000 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-6964 Now, I understand more clearly what dual disorders and dual diagnosis are. However, I was hoping to read treatment centers offering dual diagnosis program in this article. Nsx, the link you provided is inaccessible. Maybe, there is another way. Thanks. --trish Now, I understand more clearly what dual disorders and dual diagnosis are. However, I was hoping to read treatment centers offering dual diagnosis program in this article. Nsx, the link you provided is inaccessible. Maybe, there is another way. Thanks.

–trish

]]> by: Dual Disorder http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-4161 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:58:12 +0000 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-4161 I have read in one of the posts here a study about dual disorder and dual diagnosis. According to the post, most patients who undergo dual disorder or dual diagnosis treatment had psychological or mental problems first before developing substance abuse. Does that mean that to reduce the number of substance abusers, there should be an increased effort to treat people with psychological problems? Christina I have read in one of the posts here a study about dual disorder and dual diagnosis. According to the post, most patients who undergo dual disorder or dual diagnosis treatment had psychological or mental problems first before developing substance abuse. Does that mean that to reduce the number of substance abusers, there should be an increased effort to treat people with psychological problems?

Christina

]]> by: Nsx http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-3101 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:45:30 +0000 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-3101 You can visit www.dual-diagnosis-treatment-center.com, this is a dual diagnosis website with information about this condition and admissions to the facility. Hope that helps. You can visit www.dual-diagnosis-treatment-center.com, this is a dual diagnosis website with information about this condition and admissions to the facility. Hope that helps.

]]> by: Bill Sword http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-2630 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:54:47 +0000 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/02/dual-diagnosis-treatment-cocaine-methadone/#comment-2630 Can you help me with listings of programs which might deal with a dual diagnosis of prescription pain medicine addiction, coupled with the existence of long-term, chronic pain management? I have had a significant trauma to my left foot, with continued pain and no currently existing surgical interventions (surgical opportunities have all been exhausted). So there has and still is justification for pain management whether opiates or other means; as I have used prescribed medicines over the last four or five years, I have grown to disrepect the dosage recommendations and continue to take more than prescribed. Tolerance might be a contributing factor but I don't know how to measure that or apply the tolerance definition/measurement. Increased pain over time and deteriorating physical issues contribute too. So I don't know the contributions of the realities associated with tolerance vs increased pain underlying my use of meds. I have had two to four extreme physical reactions to my abuse of medicine, which resulted in hallucinations, bizarre behaviors and total black out memories throughout these two to four events. There are other meds I take that might contribute to these factors and especially contributing the events of abuse to the point of physical malady as described. I embrace the fact that I am addicted....I am an alcoholic with almost five years of sobriety following 45 days of rehab five years ago. Therefore I have some understanding of addiction via those experiences. Today, I have been 13 days WITHOUT any narcotic pain medicine, therefore I believe that time period is sufficent to indicate I have probably experienced detox over that period. I had little or no discernable withdrawal issues...but the pain gravitates from 3 - 5 on the 1 - 10 pain scale. I am using copious amounts of OTC meds, heat and cold compresses, a TENS unit and 5% Lidocaine patches X4 applied to the skin above and around the surgical site. Can you recommend a dual program? Are there websites I might visit? Help!! Can you help me with listings of programs which might deal with a dual diagnosis of prescription pain medicine addiction, coupled with the existence of long-term, chronic pain management?

I have had a significant trauma to my left foot, with continued pain and no currently existing surgical interventions (surgical opportunities have all been exhausted).

So there has and still is justification for pain management whether opiates or other means; as I have used prescribed medicines over the last four or five years, I have grown to disrepect the dosage recommendations and continue to take more than prescribed. Tolerance might be a contributing factor but I don’t know how to measure that or apply the tolerance definition/measurement. Increased pain over time and deteriorating physical issues contribute too.

So I don’t know the contributions of the realities associated with tolerance vs increased pain underlying my use of meds.
I have had two to four extreme physical reactions to my abuse of medicine, which resulted in hallucinations, bizarre behaviors and total black out memories throughout these two to four events.

There are other meds I take that might contribute to these factors and especially contributing the events of abuse to the point of physical malady as described.

I embrace the fact that I am addicted….I am an alcoholic with almost five years of sobriety following 45 days of rehab five years ago. Therefore I have some understanding of addiction via those experiences.

Today, I have been 13 days WITHOUT any narcotic pain medicine, therefore I believe that time period is sufficent to indicate I have probably experienced detox over that period. I had little or no discernable withdrawal issues…but the pain gravitates from 3 - 5 on the 1 - 10 pain scale. I am using copious amounts of OTC meds, heat and cold compresses, a TENS unit and 5% Lidocaine patches X4 applied to the skin above and around the surgical site.

Can you recommend a dual program? Are there websites I might visit? Help!!

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