Treatment for addiction now is going beyond detoxification, psychological canceling and psychiatric medicines. Though sometimes already known medicine showed up as promising remedy for addictions.
For example, Baclofen drug that is used as muscle relaxer and an anti-spastic agent can be useful for treatment of addiction. It is made from GABA (neurotransmitter of the brain) and supports GABA neurotransmitter in physiology. Another medicine that is increasing endorphins is helpful for some types of addictions too. It is called Naltrexone or Vivitrol and it is used in low doses.
The most effective nutritional treatment of addictions is amino acid therapy, which improves depression and OSD related to it. Usually it is a few amino acids like L- tryptophan or 5-HTP, GABA, DL- phenylalanine or D- phenylalanine, L-glutamine. They should be taken in increasing doses to achieve a better state of mood and diminish dependence on toxic substances or behavior (binge eating, anorexia, obsessive shopping, games, etc). We can help you with recommendations on amino acid therapy.
Another option is the Lithium orotate small doses protocol by Dr. Jonathan White. Recently, CBD hemp oil also showed great results as an addiction help.
However, all of these treatments may not be enough because the nervous system, after such treatments, will still be imbalanced and may cause a return of the symptoms after some stress. Also, a person who stopped his addiction still has high Pitta (Fire) substance in his physiology, and it will cause problems with metabolism on physical and mental levels. For example, it is known that a person who stopped drinking too much alcohol may have exited a mental state long after that.
Balancing could be done with Ayurveda detox and balancing therapy for the nervous system and metabolism to eliminate the root of addiction. Every person who has an addiction will have an imbalance in metabolism as well, due to long-term intake of toxins.
Support for the reduction of stress, depression, insomnia, and anxiety is available in Ayurveda with the help of supplements as well. If a person would like to eliminate addiction and become healthy in harmony with mind, body, and spirit he/she should work on a very deep level and introduce the law of nature in their life through Ayurveda. It means a change of lifestyle according to the rhythms of nature and eating food that will give real energy and health. In addition to that, every person should eat according to his/ her type of physiology to gain full balance in physiology and total health.
