Substance Addiction Questions

Just Stop eating raw rice and plan for symptomatic treatment and Take tablet folvite 5mg once a day and tablet vitaminD (60000iu) once a week

Dear Jayalalitha. Yes. Eating slate pencils are harmful for body and the disorder is called PICA. Pica is a psychological disorder characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive, such as ice (pagophagia); hair (trichophagia); paper (xylophagia); drywall or paint; metal (metallophagia); stones (lithophagia) or soil (geophagia); glass (hyalophagia); or feces (coprophagia); and chalk. I suggest behavior therapy. Take care

mobile phone addiction etc comes under behavior addiction. Behavioral addiction is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-drug-related behavior – sometimes called a natural reward – despite any negative consequences to the person's physical, mental, social or financial well-being. Behavior addiction needs to be curbed or controlled using your own self will power. Diverting your mind and body away from the circumstances which compels you for the addictive hab...more

I will suggest you to do suryanamaskar pranayama daily as per your capacity for a minimum of six months and increase your self confidence and concentration

Hello. You should plan to enroll yourself into a de-addiction programme. You can be helped with medicines and therapy (MET/ NA meetings etc). Thanks.

Chew a bubble gum and Avoid spicy food items and not to eat junk food and we also need to avoid peanuts and potatoes in our daily diet and stop raw rice eating

If you are comfortable with only one Buprocare N then continue at same dose provided no withdrawal symptoms are there. Continue it till your psychiatrist advise. Mirtaz 7.5 mg is probably given for sleep problems. Its a antidepressant but with such minimal dosage we use it in managing sleep problems.

Mobile phone addiction etc comes under behavior addiction. Behavioral addiction is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-drug-related behavior – sometimes called a natural reward – despite any negative consequences to the person's physical, mental, social or financial well-being. Behavior addiction needs to be curbed or controlled using your own self will power. Diverting your mind and body away from the circumstances which compels you for the addictive hab...more

Tell him to chew a bubble gum and Apart from taking symptomatic treatment I will suggest him to take injection vitcofol 2cc intramuscularly every alternate days for five pricks over the buttocks through a health professional

Dear lybrate-user. Thanks for the question. Soft drinks contain acids and sugar, which have both Acidogenic and Carcinogenic properties. Over-consumption of fizzy drinks can have some serious health hazards. You have to be very cautious if you are addicted to such soft drinks. Coca-cola addiction is quite common. I suggest online behavioral therapy to overcome the addiction. Take care.