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Schizophrenia and Substance Use: How Addiction and Mental Health Intersect

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness, and substance use disorders are serious illnesses too. When they show up together, daily life can unravel quickly. Many families wonder whether drugs can “cause” schizophrenia, or if a loved one is using substances to cope with confusing thoughts, voices, or paranoia. The reality is that schizophrenia and substance use influence one another in complex ways. This guide explains what schizophrenia is, how drugs and alcohol affect the illness, what we know about schizophrenia from drug use, and how integrated treatment at Nova Recovery Center can help.

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December 11, 2025 No Comments
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Polysubstance Addiction and Mental Health: Understanding Poly Drugs and Recovery

Addiction and mental health are tightly connected, and that connection becomes even more complex when someone regularly mixes substances. Polysubstance addiction — often called polysubstance use disorder — occurs when a person relies on more than one drug or medication, sometimes in rapid sequence and sometimes all at once. This pattern can intensify cravings, disrupt mood, and make recovery feel out of reach.

For many people, the problem is not “alcohol or pills,” but alcohol and pills, or a shifting combination of poly drugs. These combinations strain the body, increase overdose risk, and often worsen depression, anxiety, or trauma-related symptoms. The encouraging truth is that with the right medical care, therapy, and long‑term support, people can and do recover from polysubstance use.

This guide explains what polysubstance use means, how it affects mental health, the signs and risks to watch for, and how Nova Recovery Center helps individuals move from chaos and uncertainty toward lasting stability.

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December 10, 2025 No Comments
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Addiction

Pot, Panic, and Anxiety: How Weed Affects Mental Health

Many people reach for cannabis when they feel tense, wired, or overwhelmed. For some, it seems to take the edge off. For others, marijuana and anxiety quickly become tangled together. Instead of relaxing, they notice racing thoughts, a pounding heart, and a sense that something is terribly wrong.

At Nova Recovery Center, we hear from people who started using pot to sleep, eat, or cope with stress but now feel trapped in a cycle of weed and anxiety. Some describe weed and panic attacks that come out of nowhere; others talk about an intense fear of dying while high, convinced they are having a heart attack or losing their mind. This guide explains why that happens, what an anxiety attack on weed looks like, and how integrated addiction and mental health treatment can help you regain control.

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December 9, 2025 No Comments
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Addiction

Polysubstance Addiction: Mixing Different Types of Drugs

People often search for lists of “hard drugs,” “street drugs,” or the “7 types of drugs” as if there were clear lines between safe and bad drugs. In reality, many overdoses and serious health problems happen when people mix different types of drugs—both legal and illegal—at the same time. This pattern is called polysubstance use, and when it becomes compulsive and harmful, it’s known as polysubstance addiction.

This guide explains how drugs are classified, which drug categories people commonly combine, why those mixtures are so dangerous, and how comprehensive treatment at Nova Recovery Center can help you or a loved one recover from polysubstance addiction.

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December 5, 2025 No Comments
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Addiction

Weed Detox Kits, THC Cleanses, and Real Recovery: What Actually Works?

If you type “best detox for THC” or “how to get weed out of your system fast” into a search bar, you’ll see page after page of weed detox kits, marijuana detox drinks, and “drug test cleanse” products. For someone worried about a test, or just desperate to feel better, these quick fixes can look like the best weed detox solution.

In reality, detoxing from marijuana is more complex than drinking a flush drink the night before. THC leaves the body on its own schedule, withdrawal can be uncomfortable, and using shortcuts can distract you from the deeper goal of addiction recovery.

This guide breaks down what weed detox kits actually do, how THC moves through your body, how long marijuana withdrawal lasts, and what a safer, more effective THC drug detox looks like—especially if you’re ready for real change.

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December 4, 2025 No Comments
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What Should I Do if Someone Has a Bad Reaction to K2 Spice?

Watching someone react badly to K2 spice or other forms of k2 synthetic weed can be frightening. Synthetic cannabinoids act very differently from natural cannabis and can trigger sudden, severe health problems. Knowing what to look for—and how to respond—can help you protect a friend, family member, or even a stranger in crisis.

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November 24, 2025 No Comments
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