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Duration

Addiction to depressants can be a chronic problem that lasts for weeks, months or years.

Prevention

Follow exactly as prescribed by your doctor and avoid taking nonprescription drugs. However, the biological, psychological and social forces that lead to addiction are difficult to avoid. If you feel you need the substance for longer than prescribed, contact your doctor immediately. Never take medications that were prescribed to another person.

When To Call a Professional

It is best to seek help as soon as possible. Like alcoholism, depressant addiction a real disease, not a sign of weakness or lack of personality.

Forecast

It is difficult to get rid of dependency on depressants without support and treatment for the causes of addiction. It is likely that abstinence is safe when the dose of the substance is gradually reduced. People with withdrawal symptoms severe enough to require hospitalization have a 2 to 5% risk of death, a rate similar to heavy alcohol abstinence. However, most people are helped by that stage. In general, it is likely that the formal treatment reduces the risk of relapse.

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