Dissociative Drug-Induced Anxiety

RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS

Dissociative drugs can produce visual and auditory distortions and a sense of floating and dissociation (feeling detached from reality) in users. Use of dissociative drugs can also cause a user to experience anxiety, memory loss, and impaired motor function, including body tremors and numbness.

US Cases: 13 million
World Cases: not found
Sex Ratio: M/2F
Age Onset: Age 21
Brain Area:  hippocampus, pfc,amygdala
Symptoms: feeling detached from body
Progression: aworsening of anxiety over time
Therapies: cognitive behaviroal therapy
Medications: benzodiazepines, antidepressants

YouTube Video: Substance Induced ANXIETY and PANIC ATTACKS

Amazon or Library book: Guide-Dissociative Indentify Unspecified

Support Groups:

nami.org, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Helpline-800-9506264 (M-F, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Eastern Time)