People often describe being dope sick as one of the most frightening and excruciatingly uncomfortable experiences anyone could endure. Dope sickness consists of a group of symptoms that occur when you stop taking your drug of choice. It’s most often referring to withdrawal from opiates such as heroin, fentanyl, morphine or prescription opioids. If your body has become dependent on any of these substances, this is the first step on the long road to recovery.
The Symptoms
Someone who is dope sick won’t die of its effects as they might from heroin overdose symptoms, but they may be so miserable that they wish they would. In fact, without the benefits of medical detox, the effects of opiate withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable. Symptoms include the following:
- Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
- Depression, anxiety, and lethargy
- Mood swings
- Severe cravings
- Sweating
- Severe muscle aches
- Runny nose
The severity of these symptoms depends on the drug you have been using, the duration of your use and whether you receive any medical intervention such as methadone to ease the process.
Moving Beyond Being Dope Sick
Medical professionals never recommend attempting to go off substances like heroin cold turkey. Its withdrawal symptoms are so traumatizing that many individuals will do anything to avoid them, including using again. Finding a program that provides medically supervised detox and treatment therapy is your best chance at achieving freedom from addiction. It’s also the best way to ensure that you will never be dope sick again.
The Crestview Recovery Difference
Since attempting to recover from addiction on your own isn’t the best option, it’s vital that you get help from caring and knowledgeable professionals who understand addiction and know how to maximize your chances of physical, mental and spiritual healing. Crestview Recovery Center, located in beautiful Portland, Oregon, is uniquely situated to serve men and women who are serious about overcoming addiction and resuming a healthy life.
What separates us from other treatment facilities is our understanding of addiction as a disease that affects you as a whole person. With this in mind, our integrated approach helps you to recover on all levels: physical, emotional and spiritual. Should you choose to become a client in our 90-day program, you can expect to receive a customized selection of the following:
- Medical detox referral
- Evidence-based addiction interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy
- Individual, group and family therapy
- Activities that promote physical and spiritual healing, including massage, meditation, nutritional counseling and outdoor activities in beautiful Oregon
- Partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and aftercare programs as a continuum to achieve sobriety
Don’t spend another day being dope sick, scared, and alone. The warm, empathetic and knowledgeable professionals at Crestview Recovery are here to help you put your addiction behind you once and for all. Call us today at 866.262.0531, and let your transformation begin.
