Hallucinogen Treatment in Washington State
Different substances cause different effects on the human mind and body. That’s why drugs can be separated into different groups, or classes. Common classes of drugs include depressants, stimulants, inhalants, dissociative anesthetics, narcotic analgesics, inhalants, cannabis, and the topic at hand, hallucinogens.
When people abuse hallucinogens, they often develop hallucinogen addiction. To treat hallucinogen addiction, individuals need to receive hallucinogen treatment at our Washington rehab center.
What Are Hallucinogens?
Hallucinogens are a class of drugs that affect the visual and auditory senses within the human body. As a result, people who take hallucinogens tend to see and hear things that aren’t there. In other words, hallucinogens alter people’s sense of reality.
What Drugs Make You Hallucinate?
There are many drugs that can make people hallucinate. Some of the most common ones are:
- Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Psilocybin, otherwise known as shrooms
- Ketamine
- Phencyclidine or phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine (PCP)
- Peyote
- Methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), otherwise known as ecstasy
- Ayahuasca
- Salvia
- Cannabis
While doctors and medical professionals can use some hallucinogenic drugs to help treat medical conditions or help people with certain medical conditions cope with pain, most people take hallucinogens recreationally. This is harmful, as many hallucinogens are classified as Schedule 1 under the Controlled Substances Act. This means that hallucinogens contain high potential for abuse. As a result, most hallucinogens are illegal to use in America. Also, due to the high potential of abuse of hallucinogens, many people who use hallucinogens end up needing hallucinogen treatment.
Short-Term Effects of Using Hallucinogens
Using hallucinogens can cause numerous different short and long-term effects. Some of the common short-term effects of using hallucinogens include:
Visual hallucinations
Auditory hallucinations
Rapid heart rate
Sweating
Increased blood pressure
Anxiety
Nausea and vomiting
Loss of appetite
Long-Term Effects of Using Hallucinogens
The long-term effects of hallucinogen use range anywhere from depression and anxiety to developing a tolerance, or even dependency, on the drugs. Some of the most common long-term effects of hallucinogen use include:
Persistent psychosis
Flashbacks
Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD)
How Long Are Hallucinogens Detectable in a Person’s System?
The length of time that drug tests can detect hallucinogens in a person’s body varies depending on the drug and the body part that is being tested. For example, the length of time that drug tests can detect many hallucinogens in hair is up to 90 days, while the length of time that drug tests can detect hallucinogens after their use in blood, saliva, or urine is usually much shorter.
Another example of how the detectability of hallucinogens in drug tests can vary is in the fact that drug tests can detect ketamine and ecstasy in a person’s blood for up to around 3 days after the last use of the drugs while drug tests can only detect cannabis for about 12 hours in blood after its last use.
Signs That You Need to Receive Hallucinogen Treatment
Individuals that use and abuse hallucinogens may wonder if they need hallucinogen treatment. To answer whether or not treatment for hallucinogens is necessary, such individuals should ask themselves if they’re exhibiting the following signs:
- Do you use hallucinogens more often than you plan to?
- Is it hard to stop using hallucinogens?
- Do you continue to use hallucinogens even though doing so causes problems in your life?
- Are you always thinking about when the next time will be that you’ll be able to get your hands on hallucinogens and use them again?
- Do you experience withdrawal symptoms when you don’t use hallucinogens?
People who answer yes to the majority of the questions above likely suffer from hallucinogen addiction and need to receive treatment for hallucinogens.
Benefits of Hallucinogen Treatment
People who suffer from hallucinogen addiction and drug use problems can benefit from treatment for hallucinogens in the following ways:
- It will give them the coping mechanisms that they need to help them reduce or stop their use of hallucinogens when stressed, sad, or feeling any type of emotion.
- It will help them develop supportive relationships with other people that can relate to their hallucinogen addiction issues.
- It will help improve their mental health.
Levels of Hallucinogen Treatment Offered at Bayview Recovery Center
Bayview Recovery Centerfocuses on outpatient forms of treatment. As a result, the recovery center uses partial hospitalization program (PHP) treatment, intensive outpatient program treatment (IOP), and outpatient program (OP) treatment to treat its patients.
Partial hospitalization program (PHP) treatment is the most intensive level of outpatient care. PHP patients attend rehab for approximately five to eight hours a day, five days a week. PHP treatment typically occurs for around 30 to 90 days.
Individuals who need intensive treatment but still want the autonomy and freedom to tend to their live’s responsibilities should look into receiving PHP treatment. At Bayview Recovery Center, PHP patients live in housing but are situated in an off-campus facility. Thus, these patients have close access to Bayview Recovery’s support staff, but only if and when they need it.
Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) are the second most intensive level of outpatient care. An IOP for drug rehab such as treatment for hallucinogens addiction occurs several hours a day, three to five days a week, for around eight to 12 weeks. Through Bayview Recovery Center’s IOPs, individuals can receive a wide array of leading therapies from qualified counselors who are educated in drug rehab and mental health treatment.
An IOP is a great form of hallucinogen treatment for someone who desires structured treatment, but does not need 24-hour supervision or medical care. People who attend IOP treatment for drug rehab also get to receive the autonomy and freedom that they need to tend to their regular life responsibilities.
Outpatient Programs (OPs) are the least intensive level of outpatient care. As a result, OP patients only really need to attend rehab for a few hours a day, one to three days a week.
Individuals that have already completed detox and have supportive home environments and milder hallucinogen addictions should receive OP treatment. OP treatment is also ideal for people who still want to maintain their regular work and family obligations while receiving care.
Dual diagnosis treatment, otherwise known as, co-occurring disorders treatment, simultaneously gives individuals drug rehab and mental health treatment. Our dual diagnosis treatment center is often the best form of care for people attending drug rehab. This is because of the fact that mental health issues are often the stimuli that cause people to develop drug abuse issues in the first place.
Common mental health disorders that individuals with drug abuse issues suffer from include depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), among others. Luckily, Bayview Recovery Center offers various forms of dual diagnosis treatment programs for people who suffer from such mental health issues and a co-occurring hallucinogen addiction.
Dual diagnosis treatment modalities at Bayview Recovery Center include different types of individual, group, and family therapy. For example, if you are looking for a bipolar treatment center or a PTSD recovery program, Bayview Recovery offers cognitive and dialectical behavior therapy and trauma and somatic therapy. Drug rehab and mental health treatment patients here at Bayview can also receive holistic treatments along with meditation, mindfulness, and yoga.
Just like the drug rehab services at Bayview Recovery Center, the mental health treatment services are all comprehensive and evidence-based. Thus, one can rest assured that they are receiving the proper drug rehab and mental healthcare while in a dual diagnosis treatment program here.
Receive Hallucinogen Treatment
at Bayview RecoveryCenter
Individuals that suffer from hallucinogen abuse and addiction issues and are looking for evidence-based, mental health and hallucinogen addiction treatment that works should look no further than Bayview Recovery Center. This is because the staff here at Bayview Recovery Center are committed to giving all patients the best care. In fact, here at Bayview, patients receive an unmatched staff-to-patient ratio. This allows each Bayview Recovery patient to receive the personalized, hands-on care that they need.
On top of offering top-notch, personalized care that’s evidence-based, Bayview Recovery Center also offers medication-assisted drug rehab treatment and therapy for those that need it. With a wide variety of drug rehab levels of care and forms of mental health treatment, there is little hallucinogen addiction treatment help that one can’t receive here at Bayview Recovery Center.
Don’t make the wrong choice when it comes to drug rehab and mental health treatment centers. Contact Bayview Recovery Center and receive hallucinogen treatment in Washington State today.
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