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Hycodan ~ was I wrong?
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 476788"><p>So much depends on the medications.... so anti anxiety medications in general tend to be addicted. There are some being used now that are not addictive... they may not be as effective but they help. My difficult child has anxiety issues and is being treated for it but not with the addictive ones. Pain killers are also notoroiously addicive, huge problem with things like Oxycotin out there. I don't know how addictive the stimulants are, but they are drugs that are often abused by teens. Oh and the OTC cough medicines like Robitussen are also abused by teens, my son being one of them. You drink a bottle of robitussen and you hallucinate!!</p><p></p><p>I do however think psychiatric medications are important and given that a lot of people with addiction problems also have mental health problems, treating them with appropriate psychiatric medications can be really helpful and appropriate in recovery. In the sober houses my son has been at (One good one and one not so good) they did allow psychiatric medications but I think certain ones were not allowed... But clearly anti depressants, which are not addictive can make a lot of sense, and certainly the anti psychotic drugs would make sense.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 476788"] So much depends on the medications.... so anti anxiety medications in general tend to be addicted. There are some being used now that are not addictive... they may not be as effective but they help. My difficult child has anxiety issues and is being treated for it but not with the addictive ones. Pain killers are also notoroiously addicive, huge problem with things like Oxycotin out there. I don't know how addictive the stimulants are, but they are drugs that are often abused by teens. Oh and the OTC cough medicines like Robitussen are also abused by teens, my son being one of them. You drink a bottle of robitussen and you hallucinate!! I do however think psychiatric medications are important and given that a lot of people with addiction problems also have mental health problems, treating them with appropriate psychiatric medications can be really helpful and appropriate in recovery. In the sober houses my son has been at (One good one and one not so good) they did allow psychiatric medications but I think certain ones were not allowed... But clearly anti depressants, which are not addictive can make a lot of sense, and certainly the anti psychotic drugs would make sense. TL [/QUOTE]
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