Steroid Addiction Treatment
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Steroid Addiction Treatment
Steroid Addiction Treatment need not be scary.
If Steroid use has become difficult to control, or stopping leads to withdrawal symptoms, the next step should be a clinical assessment rather than trying to stop suddenly.
Find Me a Rehab provides completely free and totally confidential advice on Steroid Addiction Treatment, detox and rehabilitation, with support from experienced addiction clinicians.
We do not provide treatment directly.
Our role is to understand what is happening, explain suitable options and signpost you to an appropriate service.
This can include registered residential rehabilitation, outpatient support or statutory (free to use) services, depending on your needs.
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Find Me a Rehab is an entirely clinician led advisory service.
If you find controlling the amount of Steroids you use is difficult and become unwell when you try and stop, you need expert advice.
We provide this: For free, and in confidence.
When Steroid Use Becomes a Problem
Steroids have their uses in the treatment of life threatening conditions such as Asthma.
Anabolic Steroids also have legitimate uses and are used by doctors to treat people with muscle wasting disease.
Sadly, Anabolic Steroids are used , without prescription, to rapidly increase muscle mass among the bodybuilding community. It is mostly men who abuse Anabolic Steroids.
If men use them they can reduce testicle size and cause breast growth. In women, they can cause facial and bodily hair to appear. Anabolic Steroids affect menstrual cycles in women and deepen the voice.
Long term use of Steroids can lead to both high cholesterol and blood pressure. There is also a risk of diabetes, acne and baldness.
Non-prescribed/unsupervised Steroid use can lead to mania, commonly known as roid-rage.
Up to 18% of people who use non-prescribed Steroids can develop mania.
This is an acute medical emergency and requires immediate hospitalisation.
Signs that it may be time to get help can include:
* Taking more and more Steroids
* Finding your usual dose is no longer effective
* Becoming unwell if you cut down or stop
* Continuing to use Steroids even though you know it is
causing relationship difficulties and problems at
work/university
* Spending more and more time trying to obtain a supply
* Having to borrow/steal and spend money you can not
afford to spend on Steroids
Dependence and addiction are not the same thing.
An experienced addiction clinician can help to assess what is happening and what level of support can help you.
Why You Should Not Stop Using Steroids suddenly
Stopping Steroids suddenly can cause withdrawal symptoms.
Because of the way it works on the brain, if you take it frequently and suddenly stop, you can start to experience withdrawals.
Unlike Heroin or Alcohol, it may be several days until you start to experience any problems.
No addiction clinician or your GP would ever advise you to stop using Nitrous Oxide suddenly.
Withdrawl can include:
* Extreme fatigue
* Low mood
* Irritability
* Poor sleep
* Low sex drive
* Erectile dysfunction
* Changes in appetite
* Lack of motivation
* Muscle ache
* Joint pain
* Headaches
* Nausea
* Mood swings
* Shrivelled testicles
* Low sperm count
Where the Steroids being used are not prescribed/sourced from the street (or online) it is not possible to reduce in rehab. Instead, medication is prescribed to ease the withdrawals.
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Find Out MoreWhat Does Steroid Addiction Treatment Involve?
Steroid Addiction Treatment starts with an assessment.
A clinician will usually need to understand how many Steroids are being used, how long it has been used, whether , any other substances involced and relevant physical or mental health conditions.
Where dependence is present, treatment will usually be a period of treatment in a residential rehab centres.
The setting depends on individual risk and support needs.
For most people, a structured residential programme may be appropriate.
Find Me a Rehab can help you to explore residential rehab options where medical support, therapy, relapse prevention and aftercare are provided in one setting.
Treatment may also include group or individual therapy and recovery approaches such as SMART Recovery or 12 STEP programmes. The right programme depends on the person, not simply the substance involved.
Steroids, Opioids and Other Sedating Drugs
Mixing Steroids with any other drugs and, especially alcohol, is incredibly dangerous.
While there is no immediate danger from mixing Opioids with Anabolic Steroids, over time you are highly likely to develop severe gastric problems. Your immune system can also be severely compromised.
Drinking Alcohol while taking Anabolic Steroids puts additional stress on the liver, heart and your impulse control.
Using the two together can trigger a dangerous change in your hearbeat. This can be fatal.
When you take Benzodiazepines on top of Steroids, because of the way the two drugs react to each other, the effectiveness of the Benzodiazepines.
This means you will probably take more Benzodiazepines and this, in itself, is a serious risk.
Get The Help You Need Today With Steroid Addiction Treatment
Find Me a Rehab is an entirely clinician led advisory service.
If you find controlling the amount of Steroids you use is problematic and become unwell when you try and stop, you need expert advice. We provide this: For free, and in confidence.
Free Clinician-Led Rehab Advice
Find Me a Rehab is an entirely addiction clinician led advisory, signposting and referral service.
The service is completely free to use and totally confidential. It's clinicians have experience across private rehabilitation centres, private hospitals and outpatient settings, prisons, NHS and local authority funded (free to use) services and other treatment areas.
Find Me a Rehab states that it only signposts clients to legally registered services.
If private treatment is not an option, the team can also provide information about statutory (free to use) services.
You can learn more about Find Me a Rehab and how the referral service works before making an enquiry.
Get Help With Steroid Treatment
You do not need to decide on a detox plan or rehabilitation centre before asking for advice.
Start by explaining what you are taking, how often you use Steroids , what happens when you reduce the amount you take and any other substances used, and prescribed medications being used.
Contact Find Me a Rehab for free and confidential advice about Steroid Addiction Treatment and suitable referral options.
Call 0333 041 9922 or email info@findmearehab.net. The helpline is available 24/7, everyday of the year.
Michael Imonirhua
Michael has been a qualifed substbance misuse practitoner since 2007.
He overcame his own addiction and thrives in recovery by using is lived experience to enhance his work with clients.
He is extremely passionate about person centred care having experienced the drawbacks of traditional community service provision.
Michael holds diplomas in:
* Counselling
* Conflict management
* Group work
* Cognitive behavioural therapy
* Advanced group facilitation
Michael maintains a busy caseload of clients who are overcoming addiction as well as those seeking treatment for PTSD, tramua and other mental health conditions.
In addition Michael is a skilled and experience educator and trainer aside from his role as clinical director of a private treatment service in London.
Frequently Asked Questions on Steroid Addiction Treatment
Unsurprisingly, we get asked a lot of questions on Steroid Addiction Treatment, to make things easier for you, we have included some of the most common one below.
What happens when I stop taking suddenly Steroids?
When you take Steroids they affect receptors in the brain leading to changes in the amount of chemicals released by the brain. This is what they are designed to do.
After a time, your brain becomes used to them and changes the way it works. This is known as tolerance. When this happens, you will need to take increasing amounts to have the same effect as the amount you started with.
When you stop, the brain will adjust back but can not do so immediately.
While it does it will fire off incorrect chemical messaging, which is what causes the symptoms known as withdrawal.
Unlike Heroin or Alcohol, it can take at least a day , or sometimes up to three days, before you experience any symptoms.
These can include:
- Complete lack of energy
- Chronic fatigue
- Nausea
- Weight loss
- Zero appetite
- Muscle/joint pain
- Headaches
- Poor sleep
- Loss of physical performance/sexual dysfunction
- Acute depression
- Extreme rage
- Suicidal thought
- Uncontrollable cravings
- Mania
Symptoms usually peak on day three to day seven.
By day 14 you should start to recover.
Symptoms can persist for up to 8 weeks.
How long does a Steroid detox take?
Unlike Heroin or Alcohol addiction treatment, there is no “detox” for Anabolic Steroids.
Instead, the in-house clinician at the rehab centre will prescribe medication to prevent withdrawals. This can be life saving.
Usually, a period of medication, with medical supervision, lasts for 10-14 days.
While the majority of the physical symptoms will fade after around day 7, symptoms can persist past this point.
Also, you may well still be experiencing cravings. As your brains tolerance to Steroids will now be extremely limited, if you took the amount you used to use it could prove fatal.
What happens if I go Cold Turkey on Steroids?
Trying to go Cold Turkey on Steroids is extremely dangerous.
Please do not attempt this.
Within a day or so you will start to experience withdrawals.
Aside from the crippling psychological distress you can experience acute low mood and suicidal thoughts which, without swift and expert medical attention can be life threatening.
Your brain will tell you what you already know: If you use Steroids, your withdrawals will stop.
The problem is, very soon after you stop using Steroids, your brain starts to adjust and even after a day or so, if you took the same amount as you did, you are very likely to overdose.
Your brain simply can not process the same amount.
An overdose can be fatal.
There is no emergency reversal drug as their is with Heroin overdose.
Can I do a Steroid detox without the 12 Steps?
Yes.
There are a small number of centres that use a SMART or STRENGTH model of group therapy for Steroid addiction.
We can give you a list of centres to speak to.
Can I do a Steroid detox without therapy groups?
Yes.
There are some centres that use individual therapy for Steroid addiction with no groups to attend.
We can give you a list.
What is the cheapest Steroid detox?
You can have a weeks admission to a fully CQC registered addiction treatment centre , that treats Steroid addiction, for £1,975.
There are no hidden charges.
Everything is included:
- Medication
- Clinicians, nurses, therapists, support staff
- Meals
- Accommodation
- Hotel services
- Aftercare
What is the cheapest 28 programme for Steroid Addiction?
£6,950 is the lowest cost 28 day programme for Steroid addiction treatment.
This includes:
- Clinicians, nurses, support staff and therapists
- All therapy sessions and groups
- Meals
- Accommodation
- Medication
- Aftercare
There are no hidden charges
Can I do a Steroid detox with SMART?
Yes.
There are a number of centres that use SMART as the therapy model for Steroid addiction treatment.
We can give you a list.
Can I get a Steroid detox on the NHS?
Your local authority is responsible for addiction treatment in your area.
Some local authorities provide the service themselves. Most contract services out to a private company, a charity or buy in NHS services.
If you register with your local free to use service you will be assigned a keyworker.
You will need to attend every meeting and group session before they will consider applying for funding for you to attend residential rehab for free.
It is, usually, very rare for someone to be allocated funds for rehab if they are addicted to Steroids.
How do I arrang a home detox for Steroids?
A home detox for Steroids simply isn’t safe.
Unlike Alcohol where substitute medications can be given with recognised medication regimes, the same is not the case with Steroids
The withdrawal symptoms with Steroids can be severe and very dangerous.
You need careful monitoring and prescribed medication in order to safely withdraw.
The only way it could be done would be with a live in specialist nurse and the oversight of a consultant psychiatrist in addictions.
This can be arranged but would be very cost prohibitive.
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