Signs, Symptoms, & Treatment in Fort Lauderdale

Understanding benzodiazepine addiction potential helps explain why it is difficult to stop taking them even when you are taking them as directed. Several factors contribute to why it is so difficult to stop taking benzodiazepines, including:

• Rapid development of tolerance: Your brain becomes accustomed to the presence of benzodiazepines, so after you take them for a while, you will require increasingly higher doses of the drug to obtain the same effect. Your brain can develop a tolerance in a matter of weeks.
• Physiological dependence: Benzodiazepines enhance the effects of  GABA in the brain, so if you are taking them regularly, your brain decreases its natural production of GABA and becomes dependent on benzodiazepines to function normally.[4]
• Psychological dependence: In addition to altering the physical properties of your brain, benzodiazepines give you immediate relief from anxiety, panic, and insomnia, which reinforces your need to use the medication to feel better.
• Intensity of withdrawal symptoms: Benzodiazepine withdrawal can cause an individual extreme discomfort or sometimes even potentially threaten their life by causing seizures or other serious complications.[5] The fear of developing withdrawal symptoms keeps many people from quitting benzodiazepines, even when they want to quit.
• Symptoms will return stronger than before: The initial symptoms of anxiety or insomnia will return when benzodiazepine use stops, which makes people want to resume taking the medication.

At Agape Treatment Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, we provide comprehensive benzodiazepine recovery services through a variety of levels of care to meet you where you are.

Many individuals seeking help for their benzodiazepine addiction do so in conjunction with, or because of, the underlying mental health issues that prompted them to begin using benzodiazepines in the first place. Our integrated treatment approach allows us to effectively address both issues.

Each client will receive an individualized treatment plan based on their unique circumstances that, when indicated, will include medication-assisted treatment, which involves an extremely careful tapering process of prescribed medications. Recovery does not end when your formal treatment is finished. We also provide comprehensive aftercare services through connection to support groups, outpatient therapy options, and relapse prevention strategies to help you maintain your recovery.

Selecting a treatment facility for benzodiazepine dependence is an extremely important decision. Agape Treatment Center in Fort Lauderdale is focused on treating benzodiazepine-based drug dependency through a range of different therapeutic approaches.

We have a comprehensive outpatient approach to treating substance-related disorders, and our clinical staff has extensive experience helping people recover from benzodiazepine dependence. We recognize there is a distinctly complex relationship between benzodiazepine dependence, anxiety, and other mental health disorders, and provide integrated care to address all aspects of a person’s well-being.

Agape Treatment Center accepts most major insurance plans, and we will verify your benefits as well as your treatment options prior to your admission date.