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Is Meth Addiction Curable? The Mucuna pruriens, NAC, and 5-HTP Protocol for At-Home Methamphetamine Addiction Treatment

Methamphetamine Addiction and Depression UPDATE 2023: Recently, we found scientific articles discussing a natural nootropic substance known as 7,8-dihydroxyflavone that can protect the brain from the toxic effects of methamphetamine use. Click here to read more about this substance and how to dose it properly to treat methamphetamine addiction at home. -------------------------------- In this article, I talk a lot about depression and anxiety because many people believe that meth addiction (at least in some cases) is actually an attempt to self-medicate for depression or anxiety. Major depression is an almost ubiquitous symptom of meth addiction among those who are seeking drug rehab treatment.  While some people may seek methamphetamines to self-medicate for depression, other...

How to Cure Addiction: Scientifically Supported Self-Treatment Options to Kick Stimulant Addiction, Opioid Addiction, and Alcohol Addiction

How to Get Rid of an Opiate Addiction, Stimulant Addiction, and Alcohol Addiction This is not an article about will-power or positive affirmations you can say to yourself while you’re jonesin’ for your next hit of meth or cocaine. This is an article about how addiction works in the brain and how you can hijack your brain to cure addiction. Though I’ve never personally been addicted to a substance like meth, cocaine, heroin, or even alcohol I have helped addicted members of my family, friends, and neighbors work through their substance abuse to a cure.  In the United States and other developed countries, there is a myth that meth addiction and drug addiction in general represents a lack of will or that it is the result of trauma that has to be addressed (through years of therapy)...

What to Do If Your Child Is Addicted to Drugs

How to Stop Addiction Of all the things my husband and I have ever lived through, the experience of loving someone who was addicted to drugs was probably the most painful. John and I have been foster parents. We’ve lost children to stillbirth and miscarriage, but when a young adult or teen you love is doing drugs, the pain is excruciating and it just seems to go on and on.  Drug Addiction in Teens and Adults: Part I - Supplements If you don’t know what to do if your child is addicted to drugs, you’re not alone. There’s nothing more terrifying than having a loved one who’s addicted to a drug like heroin or meth. Below I talk about supplements that we used to help my son-in-law cure meth addiction, but I also talk about plant medicines that work to cure narcotics addiction, nicotine addi...

What is melatonin?...and how you can use it for at-home addiction treatment. 

How to Use Melatonin to Support Addiction Recovery This is an article that talks not just about melatonin and its role in alleviating meth addiction as well as addiction to alcohol,  opioids, and prescription medications.  Methamphetamine causes people to go without sleep for hours or sometimes days. As a result, sleep is often disrupted even when a person isn’t taking meth. After a binge, meth addicts may sleep for days at a time. But then, according to research, the inability to sleep may actually be a predictor of relapse. The use of melatonin as an at-home meth addiction treatment has shown some promise in some studies because it can help meth addicts get normal sleep during withdrawals and detox. Though the use of melatonin as a stand-alone treatment may not make it possib...

Kratom, Akuamma, Iboga, and More for Addiction Treatments

How to Use Kratom, Akuamma, Iboga, and More to Cure Addiction PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article about the legality of different plant medicines is always changing. Do your research to find out whether the drug laws have changed in relevant countries before visiting these places with any of these substances. It is always when I’m forced to go off the beaten path with research that I find the most interesting information that everyone should know. I’ve spent a lot of time learning about addiction from an academic point of view, but I’ve never struggled with addiction personally. My husband was addicted to cigarettes when we first met and he really struggled to overcome that addiction. My husband’s first wife was a meth and heroin addict. And my grandfather was an alcoholic, bu...

Coenzyme Q10 for Addiction Treatment

Ubiquinone: A Supportive Nutrient for Addiction Treatment Though the amino acid  L-Tyrosine is one of the most important at-home addiction treatments for people who are addicted to methamphetamine or cocaine, Coenzyme Q10 is another important component of an at-home treatment for addiction. People addicted to a variety of different substances can benefit from Coenzyme Q10 treatment, particularly during withdrawals and detox.  Coenzyme Q10 is a vitamin-like substance that’s made in the body and used by all cells to create energy and to protect the cells from damage. It’s so ubiquitous in food, human cells, and nature that it is also known as ubiquilone. The human body can usually make coenzyme Q10 which is why it isn’t considered a vitamin, but when the body isn’t able to make enough, defi...

Amino Acid Therapy for Addiction

Nutrient Therapy for Addiction Drug addiction is a worldwide problem. Street drugs and prescription drugs disrupt people’s lives in every country in the world. But despite the epidemic proportion of men and women who struggle with addiction in every nation across the globe, treating the drug problem seems to be impossible. Websites urge addicts to enroll in 12 Step Programs and hope for the best. Rehabilitation clinics offer counseling and sterilized environments to try to lure addicts into staying on through painful withdrawal symptoms claiming that in many cases, there’s little that can be done to assist patients with the detoxification process.  The whole drug addiction package seems so bleak. But there are facilities that are trying new things that are worth noting. And as someo...

Top 6 Sacred Indigenous Medicines Used to Cure Addiction

Ayahuasca, Iboga, and Other Sacred Indigenous Medicines to Cure Addiction NOTE: In addition to the sacred indigenous medicines that we talk about below for the treatment of addiction and in our book The Anti-Addiction Encyclopedia, we have also recently finished developing the DreamLight.app, an addiction guided meditation tool that uses brain entrainment strategies to create a powerful trance state. The DreamLight.app uses metaphor (in the guided meditation), hypnotic music, and light patterns that mimic natural phenomena such as light passing through the leaves in the trees, or the flickering light of a fire to give users access to their subconscious minds. This tool used to be available only to healers and therapists for thousands of dollars, but we felt like a safe tool like this sh...

Supplements and Amino Acids for Addiction: Kick Any Habit Easily without Withdrawals

At-Home Dietary Changes, Supplements and Medicine for Withdrawals: Amino Acids Safely Take the Edge Off Any Addiction Amino Acids are the building blocks of proteins. They are nutrients that are found in high quantities in animal products like chicken, fish, eggs, and milk. They are essential nutrients that you need in order to build chemicals called neurotransmitters in the brain. Neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, GABA, and glutamate all play a role in thinking, feeling, and behavior. When neurotransmitters are imbalanced, addictive behaviors and other mental health problems develop.  In addition to their role in positive moods, amino acids are also required in the diet to build muscles, skin, hair, and other structures in the body. They exist in high quan...

How to Stop Your Smartphone Addiction

Natural Plant Medicines and Supplements to Stop Smartphone Addiction What is Smartphone Addiction? If you have a fear of not being able to use your smartphone, you’re not alone. Today, there’s even a diagnosis for this problem called nomophobia. But don’t get hung up on names and labels for a diagnosis. If you really want to get past your addiction (or a phobia of not being able to use your phone), it’s possible to do so without ever viewing yourself as someone with a phobia.  Smartphones offer an app for just about everything. As a result, they’ve managed to become tightly woven into every aspect of our lives. The portability of the device has made it into a source of entertainment and a diversion that’s constantly available during periods of time during the day when people wou...

5 HTP / 5-Hydroxytryptophan for Addictions

5-Hydroxytryptophan: Serotonin Precursor Treatment for Addiction 5-Hydroxytryptophan, also known as 5 HTP, or oxitriptan, is a naturally occurring amino acid and a serotonin precursor as well as a metabolic intermediate that readily turns into serotonin without any limiting biochemical feedback. It first became available over-the-counter in the United States in the spring of 1995. Prior to this time, it was only available by prescription.  It has been used to treat a variety of different disorders including substance abuse and many people find relief from depression using 5HTP. On the other hand, however, depending on the cause of the depression 5HTP can also cause a worsening of symptoms.  2  4  5  9 In Europe, 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is marketed under the following names...

The Neurochemistry of Addiction: How to Stop Addiction on Your Own

 Can you overcome addiction on your own? Without the proper amino acid supplements, your body can’t make the neurotransmitters that will make your brain strong enough to conquer an addiction. Having the right neurotransmitters available in the brain can make quitting an addiction much easier.  In this post, you’ll learn: how long it will take for the supplements, vitamins, and minerals to start working. how to self-diagnose your neurotransmitter deficiencies so you can treat yourself for deficiencies at home using aminos and plant medicines. How long does it take for the amino acids and nutrient supplements to work? You’ll notice the effects of taking amino acid supplements within 4 to 12 hours, but their effects will be cumulative over time. In other words, expe...