A Role for Phytotherapy in the Treatment of Benzodiazepine and Opiate Drug Withdrawal
"Psychoactive substance dependence" is defined as having the essential feature of "a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that indicate that the person has impaired control of psychoactive substance use and continues use of the substance despite adverse consequences."
Now, most of those I know, that reach out to their doctors in search for help, don't seek Psychoactive Substance in order to depend on them for life, but most want to find out why they feel out of sort and cannot manage their emotions or energies. Many do not know that the world of the synthetic medicine is meant to help you feel safe and not usually to be used for long time. When you think of it, these drugs are derived from plant materials and synthetized to fit into receptors quite tightly to stop certain process and body responses to happen. Since these products are made to specific standards, they do come at a cost when one wishes to live a life without medication. The cost of the withdrawals, adverse ill reactions and the risks to have more intense feeling then before taking the medications in the first place. Thus, often, the patient remains on these strong medication with a feeling of never been able to enjoy a fulfilling life.
In discussion with clients seeking herbal remedies, I often find certain patterns that resides in the emotional or mental realm and not quite in the physical body but brought on to the surface by the body's vibrational language. The vibrational language of anxiety, depression, sadness and even suicidal idea hides unresolved issues from childhood, or traumatic experience from the past. Since the physical body has its own intelligence and know how to perform its functions, an experienced Phytotherapy practitioner's job is to assit those needed to support
We live in an unpresented times where our nervous system is full on 24/7 and rest & digest seem to be for most part absent