Panic attacks are characterized as potent surges of anxiety and/or fear that often occur unexpectedly, but can also be triggered by a stimulus. Individuals who have experienced panic attacks know that they can be highly uncomfortable and take the meaning of anxiety to an entirely new level. Some people may experience panic attacks just once …
Physical symptoms of anxiety and stress are arguably equally as uncomfortable (or more difficult) than the psychological aspects. In many cases anxiety starts as a response or emotion that is felt in the body and eventually spreads. For example, if you are faced with a pack of hungry wolves and are in the woods alone …
Heroin (diacetylmorphine) is commonly referred to as “H“, horse, brown, black, tar, and smack. It is an opioid analgesic that was originally created by C.R. Alder Wright in 1874 when he added two acetyl groups to morphine. Heroin by itself isn’t an active drug, however when it enters the human body, it gets converted into …
Methadone is a synthetic opioid drug that is used primarily in opioid replacement therapy. It is also commonly used as an analgesic drug due to its pain-relieving properties. For individuals with chronic pain, taking Methadone may provide effective pain relief. This is a drug that acts on the same opioid receptors in the brain as …
Opiate withdrawal refers to stopping or tapering down from a substance derived from the opium poppy plant (e.g. narcotic opioid alkaloids). Some major psychoactive opiates include substances like codeine, morphine, and thebaine. Many people consider semi-synthetic drugs like heroin, hydrocodone and oxycodone to be opiates, but they are not direct opiates, rather they are derived …
Lithium is a naturally occurring element that is used to treat mania in cases of bipolar disorder. Additionally, Lithium tends to have a stabilizing effect on the mood, hence it is referred to as a “mood stabilizer.” This means that a person taking it will have a more even-keel, balanced mood and will be less …