Mental health conditions like anxiety can completely take away your quality of life. Those with extreme anxiety or panic disorders can limit their routines. Some may never even want to leave their home. It’s frustrating and scary, and it can feel like there’s no hope until you’re prescribed Xanax.
Xanax is very effective at helping those with anxiety disorders manage their symptoms. It’s been a common prescription medication since the 1970s, and for most, it’s an essential part of their anxiety treatment plan.
Things can, however, go awry. Xanax abuse is possible, and abusing Xanax increases your risk of developing a Xanax addiction. That addiction is only made worse if you take your cravings to the streets or start mixing doses with substances like alcohol or methadone.
Xanax addiction can cause lasting physical damage, can cause you to start isolating yourself, and can even put you at financial or legal risk. However, you don’t need to wait until you reach these extremes to get help. You can get a personalized treatment plan that works to help you manage your anxiety disorders and your addiction all in one go here at Magnolia Ranch Recovery.
What is Xanax?
Xanax is the brand name for a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. It’s a prescription medication to help manage anxiety disorders or panic disorders. It works by increasing the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the body and compressing the central nervous system, both calming the brain and, in turn, minimizing your anxiety symptoms.
It’s been a lifeline for many who have extreme anxiety, but that doesn’t mean it’s not without its risks. Like Valium, Xanax is addictive despite being a Schedule V drug. The consensus may be that there is a low risk of abuse with Xanax, but the number of those seeking out Xanax addiction treatment centers speaks for itself.
In a 2019 study, it was found that around 12.6% of adults in the United States used benzodiazepines like Xanax that year. Most used it as prescribed, yes, but 2.2%, or 5.3 million people, abused it.
The worst part is that you’re more at risk of developing a Xanax addiction the higher your dose. This means the more anxiety you have, the more likely you are that the medication you use to manage your anxiety is what’s putting you at risk of an addiction.
If you are worried that your Xanax use has become a benzodiazepine addiction or worry that your loved one is now addicted, it’s essential to get help. Even if you don’t yet have a full-blown addiction, it’s always helpful to expand your anxiety management strategy to more than just Xanax alone – and that’s what we can help with through our dual-diagnosis treatment.
Signs It’s Time to Go to Xanax Rehab in Nashville, TN
Xanax is not a side-effect-free medication. Chronic use or Xanax abuse can make those adverse side effects more common or more intense. For example, you may experience:
Brain fog
Difficulty concentrating
Memory issues
Drowsiness
Fatigue
Dizziness
Poor balance
Slurred speech
Nausea
Vomiting
Depression
and more
Why Quitting Xanax on Your Own Can Be Challenging
The reason why you’d continue to use Xanax even if those side effects became more prevalent is because you start to develop a physical and mental health dependence on Xanax.
Physical Dependence
Even if you don’t have anxiety, however, Xanax abuse will inevitably lead to physical dependence. This happens because our bodies build up a tolerance to the substances we use. The more Xanax you use, the higher your tolerance. The higher your tolerance, the more Xanax you’ll need.
Mental and Emotional Dependence
Xanax helps calm anxiety. When you’re off of it, then the anxiety can be challenging or even terrifying to deal with. You then feel like you absolutely cannot stop your Xanax use under any circumstances.
Withdrawal Symptoms
One of the signs that you have a Xanax addiction is that you experience withdrawal symptoms when you try to stop using Xanax. If those Xanax withdrawal symptoms are severe, it can stop you from ever wanting to try to quit your Xanax use again, even if it’s putting your health, relationships, or even freedom at risk.
Those struggling with Xanax addiction can often avoid getting clean to prevent the withdrawal symptoms. That’s why at Magnolia Ranch Recovery, we have medical staff on hand to help you safely manage withdrawal symptoms.
We can help you through Xanax withdrawal at any stage. This includes assisting you with common withdrawal symptoms like:
Insomnia
Hallucinations
Agitation
Increased heart rate
Increase blood pressure
Fevers
Shakiness
Trying to detox from Xanax rapidly does, however, pose risks to some. That’s why our medical team is on-site 24/7 to help you manage the severe withdrawal symptoms and safeguard your health.
Severe Xanax withdrawal symptoms happen to those with a severe addiction. Quitting quickly can lead to acute withdrawal, which can be life-threatening if not done under medical supervision.
That’s why our team is on-site. We also offer partial hospitalization if you’re at particular risk of these more serious withdrawal symptoms:
Mania
Psychosis
Suicide ideation
Delirium tremens
Seizures
Convulsions
Catatonia
Detoxing on your own can be dangerous. Coming to an addiction treatment center like ours means getting the support and safety net you need to manage withdrawal symptoms with peace of mind.
Top Reasons to Go To Xanax Rehab Nashville, TN ASAP
If you struggle with your Xanax use, have started to mix Xanax, or look to illicit sources for your Xanax, it’s time to seek out professional addiction treatment.
When you start a specialized treatment program at our Xanax rehab facility near Nashville, TN, you’ll:
Gain access to a safe and effective medical detox
Get comprehensive help with dual diagnosis treatment
Address the underlying mental health causes
Connect with others on their recovery process in group therapy
Repair relationships and rebuild your support network with family therapy
Build effective coping skills through treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy
Continue benefiting from ongoing support when you finish your inpatient and intensive outpatient program
How Our Xanax Addiction Treatment TN Stands Out
Our Xanax addiction treatment focuses on two things. The first is your addiction. The second is your anxiety or whatever other mental health disorders may have contributed to your addiction.
We also pride ourselves on offering one of the most individualized treatment programs in the country. When you choose Magnolia Ranch Recovery for your personal recovery journey, you’ll get:
A Beautiful Treatment Facility in the Beautiful Tennessee Country
Addiction treatment at our Pulaski, Tennessee facility means spending time at a beautiful ranch in the countryside. You’ll be able to look out your window and see rolling hills, vast open sky, and wildlife steps away.
We believe this calm and supportive environment is just what our patients need to make a peaceful, lasting recovery. No noise. No distractions. Just the ability to connect with yourself and nature.
Our ranch is also a working ranch, meaning we have on-site horses – yes, you can say hi to them. Our horses are some of our most beloved employees, as they play a massive role in our equine-assisted therapy treatments, where you’ll be doing groundwork to take care of them and doing horseback riding.
Our equine-assisted therapy aims to help you build a bond that increases your sense of responsibility and self-worth. Our patients also find that their equine-assisted sessions help them feel more confident.
A huge part of making a lasting recovery from your Xanax addiction is believing you can do it. That confidence is key, so we offer several holistic treatments to help.
Highly Personalized Treatment Plan Tailored Just for You
Everyone’s Xanax addiction is going to be slightly different, and that’s why we offer a fully personalized Xanax addiction treatment program to each of our clients. With us, you’ll have a rounded approach toward your Xanax addiction recovery that includes the following:
Clinical therapy: We work to treat both your Xanax addiction as well as any co-occurring mental health disorders like anxiety with proven treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Our goal is to help you learn how to manage both cravings and the symptoms that led to the addictive behavior in the first place.
Group therapy: Your support network is essential to overcome Xanax addiction in the long term. We start by organizing group therapy at our facility. The goal is to help give you support and peers you can learn from and be inspired by.
Family therapy: Your first support network is your family. We can help you rebuild and heal relationships with your loved ones if your Xanax addiction results in harm to them. Family therapy is designed to be helpful for all parties, giving everyone the space to express themselves, heal, and move forward.
You’ll also have one of the most intensive experiences here at our Xanax rehab center. Instead of only being able to see your therapist once per week, you can schedule between two or three sessions per day.
This intensive approach lets us offer an intensive residential rehabilitation program that lasts just 28 days. If you need longer, however, don’t worry. We can easily extend your inpatient Xanax addiction treatment for as long as you need.
Exceptional Holistic Treatments to Support Your Specialized Xanax Addiction Treatment
To help you enjoy lasting recovery from your Xanax addiction, we offer several holistic sessions that are designed to help you:
Improve your confidence in yourself
Improve your sense of responsibility
Learn how to express yourself in healthy ways
Learn how to take better care of your body and mind
Connect with your mind, body, and breath
The goal here is to help you feel more centered, confident, and capable outside of our Xanax addiction treatment center.
Focus on Rebuilding Essential Skills to Help You Succeed
We don’t just focus on your addiction and mental health. After you finish your Xanax rehab program, we’ll organize several life skill-building sessions to help you learn to take better care of your body. For example, we organize nutrition classes to help you know how to nourish your body naturally and improve your general state of being.
We aim to help you lead a better quality of life. Being malnourished, stressed, or unable to cope with regular stresses puts you at risk of relapsing. By helping you build essential skills, we can help increase your resilience and independence.
Start Your Xanax Rehab Tennessee Program Today Here at Magnolia Ranch Recovery
Substance abuse can take everything from you, and you still ask for more. To maintain sobriety in the long term, you need every tool and resource available to you – and that’s what we offer here at Magnolia Ranch Recovery.
We can help you overcome your substance use disorder and the co-occurring mental health disorders that make it hard to overcome addiction on your own and teach you the life skills necessary to achieve long-term recovery.
You’ll find our facility just 75 miles outside of Nashville, TN. If you can’t make it to us by yourself, just let us know, and we can organize ground transportation to bring you to us so long as you’re located less than 4.5 hours away.
Every recovery journey is different. Contact our helpful, friendly team today to learn more about your life with us, what your health insurance will cover, and what financial aid options we have. A life without addiction is possible, and you don’t have to struggle alone. We’re all here for you and ready to give you all the resources you need to recover.
