Ketamine Treatment at Hope Rehab
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine is a type of dissociative anaesthetic that is commonly seen in operating rooms around the world.┬а It has served a useful purpose as a painkiller, both in classical clinical settings and out in the field used for casualties of war and accidents. As a common drug of abuse, it is used to achieve hallucinatory states of consciousness that give off a powerful feel of being detached from the world around you as well as giving painkiller-like effects similar to opiates.
How to treat Ketamine?
Ketamine is not thought to be physically addictive. Urges to use come from the mind. However, these cannot be underestimated. Many users find it very overwhelming and simply cannot face the day without using.┬а Most addicts respond well to interventions, but without successfully removing addicts from their using environments, change can be very difficult to achieve. At Hope Rehab we can offer you the mental tools to help break these vicious cycles and aid you in changing your negative behaviour patterns.
Although used as a recreational drug at parties and raves, it can be exceptionally habit-forming for a few who are regularly exposed to it. Despite the fact that itтАЩs considered safe to use in an operating theatre, ketamine is especially dangerous when used outside of that environment.┬а In small doses, it gives off a mild rush of euphoria and тАЬstonedтАЭ feeling, however, as the dose increases it can cause a state of emergence delirium. Thereby, the userтАЩs ability to judge anything real is considerably hampered, and dream-like or nightmarish hallucination takes over. Due to the тАШremoved from realityтАЩ-experience of ketamine, users are especially vulnerable to hazards such as falling over, sexual abuse, accidents, choking on vomit and cardio problems.
Long term usage leads to serious bladder problems, some of which are irreversible. The number of deaths associated with ketamine is escalating yearly across the globe along with the number of people┬аreporting an addiction to the drug. Ketamine use can cause┬аdamage to the bladder, called┬аketamine cystitis┬аwhich cannot be reversed, so stopping addiction as early as possible is vital to health.
Bladder problems are very commonplace for those who use daily.┬а It does not matter how little or much you use, everyone is different, some more susceptible than others.
Common symptoms of┬аketamine-cystitis┬аinclude:
- Urgently needing to urinate
- Finding it painful to urinate and having blood in your urine
- Not being able to hold as much urine in your bladder
Other physical symptoms of ketamine abuse include┬аheart problems┬а(including cardiac arrest). The crystalline-like powder of ketamine causes a caustic effect on the soft tissue inside the nose which erodes over time; this process is often irreversible. Many users who seek the wilder experiences of ketamine begin injecting, risking infection and blood-born viruses such as HIV, HepB and Hep C.
As well as damaging the body physically, long-term use of ketamine causes memory loss, depression and is thought to be a contributing factor of psychosis. Many users of the drug are not able to self-report on this sensation and take it on board as par for the course of its usage.┬а Some users strongly believe the psychotic experiences of ketamine to be in some way uplifting and confabulate unlikely ideas to justify this and continue taking the drug.
Some long-term users ketamine can experience withdrawal symptoms from usage; this presents as abdominal pains known sometimes as тАЬketamine crampsтАЭ and sensitivity towards general pains.┬а┬а As well as physical pain, users may experience increased levels of anxiety, strong, compelling urges to use and depression in the withdrawal process.
Ketamine Treatment at Hope Rehab Center Thailand
Counselling
You will build a healthy relationship with your counsellor and explore your life history тАУ unearthing reasons why you use or why you canтАЩt stop using.
Group Therapy
Here we share our painful experiences and help each other find solutions.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) тАУ short-term therapy with long-term results тАУ helps with positive thinking.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness sessions and practice help calm your thinking and relax the mind.
Fitness
We get up early and go for 40 minutes exercise to help restore health and ingrain a healthy behaviour pattern. I say тАЬget up before your addiction wakes upтАЭ.
Assignments
The Hope Workbook is 100 pages long тАУ full of exercises to complete in group, with your counsellor and as homework in the evenings.
Activities & Excursions
Weekend activities include many new sober fun things to do тАУ this gives you a chance to practise having clean and sober fun.
Relapse Prevention
Relapse Prevention will raise your awareness and teach you to manage triggers and cravings.
Aftercare
We begin your aftercare plan before you leave rehab.