Medical Detox Then Drug Rehab

12/11/2007

Medical Detox

A review of the history of any client will usually demonstrate that first there was a problem, and then they were medicated. The majority of the problem subsided, then at some point side effects came on, and then one day the medication no longer worked. They then try to get off the medication, and find out they are having a rough time.

If you can believe that this person was nutritionally not providing for themselves in way that would allow them to have balance in the first place, before the event they blame their troubles on happened, then you can believe that they have done nothing to improve that situation since they started depending on medication. In fact their health has probably deteriorated worse. Simply pulling their medication, even if it is done slowly, and in a medical detox it is not done slowly, their original symptoms will be in full force once they come off the medication. Because most likely nothing has been done to repair the system.

For instance, a person has developed hypoglycemia as a result of over consumption of sugars and coffee. Each time this person’s blood sugar drops, it poses a threat to the workings of the brain which requires a constant and stable glucose level. The brain responds to this threat by requiring the adrenal glands to release Cortisol, a stress hormone, which causes the release of Glycogen stored in the liver and muscles to raise the blood sugar. The problem is the solved. Now run this scenario 6 times a day for a decade, and they suffer adrenal fatigue. They can no longer fight stress; they don’t have the Cortisol to do it. So now they need an ativan, klonopin, valium, and/or a drink. Brings down the stress, but does little for the real problem.

Times this by another few years or a decade. The medication no longer does the job. The receptors for that medication have down regulated to the point that they are unreceptive to the drugs. Simply taking a person off these drugs in fast fashion is rarely going to benefit this problem.

First, identify the cause of the problem. Implement a corrective diet. Then the drugs become unnecessary. It’s a lot easier to stabilize someone nutritionally when they are not having a panic attack, or are too agoraphobic to go shopping.

In fairness, I’d like to say that medical detox has is application, however I’m seeing it misapplied to those who’s real problem is not a recreational use turned addict. I’m seeing if used on people whose situation is clearly the result of metabolic mistreatment that is not going to fix itself just because the drugs are gone. In fact they are going to freak out and further reinforce in their mind the need for drugs.
In most case, this is what needs to be done:

A diet and supplementation schedule that will lend itself to rebuilding the damage as discovered through brain/blood chemistry testing and clinical findings

Tapering/detoxing

A diet and supplement schedule that will complement their particular biochemical individuality for life

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