Symptoms, Effects and Prevention of Drug Addiction

[Chy]

Drugs are chemicals that create a deep impact on the hormones which balances the reactions of the brain. It affects the brain directly and will tempt the people to use it more and more and this leads to addiction. Some of the people always try to remain happy and self-medicate them to avoid loneliness, stress, depression and keep away from painful feeling by using drugs and this will turn to drug addiction. When a person feel drug is more important and if he sacrifices his family, job and anything will lead to drug addiction. There is only a narrow difference between drug dependence and drug addiction and it depends on the position which drug play in your life. If a person has drug addiction then he may have strong statue for drug and if he stops using drug it will lead to disagreeable reaction in their body.

Drug addiction is difficult to break but it is not impossible. The advice from your doctor, family, cooperation of the patient, inpatient and outpatient treatment can relieve a person from drug addiction. The drugs such as heroin and nicotine are highly effective and it is stays in the blood tissue for years and this can be removed from the body by detoxification. When these drugs are taken, it reaches the brain of a person and will affect the function of brain such as sending and receiving data from the other organs. But some of the drugs are used as medicines for the treatment of some deadly diseases.

Signs and Symptoms of Drug Addiction

The continuous use of drug will cause some health related problems. The symptoms of drug addiction are irritation, fatigue, always angry, depression, feeling difficult in concentrating, loss of weight and appetite, lack of coordination, increased heartbeat, poor memory and increased blood pressure etc. Drug addiction forces you/makes you to do things that you don’t do in normal condition such as robbing or murdering, feeling guilty after using drugs and impatient when someone comment on you, financial issues such as delayed payment of bills, inability to keep the money in path etc.

Effects of Drug Addiction

The addiction of drug will cause changes in the nervous system and the cell present in the nerves. Depression is the major cause and it is responsible for disappointment of jobs. It lowers the level of neurotransmitters and makes the person more emotional. It leads to hormonal imbalance and cause heredity in genes. The substance used in drugs and the mood of the person who uses drug is also one of the causes for drug addiction. The various biological and psychological factors such as family history, personality disorder, medical complaints, poor control, childhood loss etc are also some other effects.

Prevention for Drug Addiction

To prevent drug addiction, you have to follow the prescription given by your doctor and monitor the medication. Communicate with your doctor to avoid drug from your life. If the teens are affected by drug addiction then their parent should talk about the risk factors of using drugs.

[Simba]

Is it true that if you were addicted to alcohol and got sober, stayed sober that your liver and brain would start to heal? Like it'd repair all the damage you did to it?

[Chy]

It depends really for the most part yes your body starts to heal. If young when starting though it can cause permanent damage to the brain as up to the age of around 18 or so your brain is still developing messing with chemical substances can alter that brain development. With alcohol depending on how much, how often and how long the liver may or may not heal and many can still suffer cirrhosis long after quiting.