Social Media Addiction Questions

According to an infographic from Insurance.com, small regions in the brains of Internet addicts shrank by 10-20 percent. And that's not all: Extensive Internet use has been linked with eyestrain, bad posture, ADHD, sleep deprivation, bullying, relationship stress and more.

Smart 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 habi...more

As you are taking injectables in high quantity and with long duration of substance use, it would be advised to get admitted for proper tramadol dependence treatment.

In view of your opioid dependence, you should get admitted at a psychiatric hospital or an approved de-addiction center for the management of your illness. If even after your leg amputation, you are unable to control the substance use, that itself shows that the severity of the illness is quite high. So, contact your nearest hospital at the earliest.

Hi lybrate-user don’t worry, your veins may have been injured but they’re present. They can be found by a specialist phlebotomist as and when the need arises hope this helps.

Mobile addiction can be treated through a combination of behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and digital detox programs. Other methods include setting boundaries and limits on the use of mobile devices, finding alternative activities to replace excessive mobile use, and seeking support from friends and family. It is important to consult with a mental health professional who can recommend the best course of treatment for an individual's specific needs.

Dear Ashika,
Your husband needs assessment, just like any other addiction. Then he needs to undergo motivational enhancement therapy for at least 12 weeks. If he has any psychiatric disorder along with this addiction, it has to be treated simultaneously. After that, he needs long term follow up to prevent relapses. Finally with the help of both the families, see that all his financial dealings are from joint accounts with you.

Urine tests can detect cannabis in the urine for approximately 3–30 days. Saliva tests can detect cannabis for approximately 24 hours after use.

Dear Kamal,
Are you dependent on narcotics? Buprenorphine makes this addictive habit less risky. You may not overdose and die of narcotics. With buprenorphine, less withdrawal symptoms. All the other tablets may be for your associated mental health issues or management of withdrawal symptoms or for medical complication of your habit of taking narcotics. Please decide for something less harmful so that you can have better quality of life.

Yes it can be quitted but journey of recovery is not as short as 1 month. In most case it takes around 4-6 month, in some it might take a year or so, but not with tapentadol alone.

He need hypnotherapy better instruct him to sniff other fruit flavours which he likes or you give squeezed lemon to sniff which will control from petrol inhaling addiction

Three or more of the following must have been experienced or exhibited at some time during the previous year:
a strong desire or sense of compulsion to take the substance;
difficulties in controlling substance-taking behaviour in terms of its onset, termination, or levels of use;
a physiological withdrawal state when substance use has ceased or been reduced, as evidenced by: the characteristic withdrawal syndrome for the substance; or use of the same (or a closely related) substance ...more