What Anxiety Medications Are Addictive?

What Anxiety Medications Are Addictive?

You’ve been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but now you’re feeling an anxiety attack coming on because you’re worried about the medications your doctor prescribed. As you sit there thinking about how they will make you feel and the warning labels, which include words like “addiction,” your heart begins to pound in your ears. The…

Dual Diagnosis: Coping with Heroin Addiction & Anxiety Disorder

Dual Diagnosis: Coping with Heroin Addiction & Anxiety Disorder

Have you been diagnosed with heroin addiction and an anxiety disorder? You are not alone. Your dual diagnosis is common, and you can cope. Let’s jump right into this topic with the first step to coping: Understanding why these two conditions co-exist. Anxiety Before Heroin Chronic anxiety has been referred to as “living hell.” The…

Dual Diagnosis: Recognizing an Anxiety Disorder & Heroin Abuse

Dual Diagnosis: Recognizing an Anxiety Disorder & Heroin Abuse

According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), 20.5 million Americans age 12 or older had a substance use disorder in 2015. Of them, 591,000 involved heroin. It’s predicted that of those who use heroin, 23% will develop an opioid addiction. Sometimes, heroin abuse triggers or aggravates an anxiety disorder. Did you know that…