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Detox

Buspirone and Pregnancy: Safety, Pregnancy Category, and Breastfeeding FAQs

Searching “buspirone and pregnancy” often means you’re trying to balance two real needs: feeling stable enough to function and protecting your baby. Buspirone (also known as Buspar) is a prescription medicine for anxiety. It is not a benzodiazepine, and it is not meant to be used as a quick “rescue” pill.

Below you’ll find plain-language guidance on buspirone during pregnancy, what “buspirone pregnancy category” means, and what to know about buspirone and breastfeeding. This is educational information, not personal medical advice. Your OB-GYN, prescriber, and pediatrician are the right team for an individualized plan.

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Detox

Pregnancy Medication Categories (A/B/C/D/X): What They Mean

Many people run into pregnancy medications categories like A, B, C, D, and X while researching prescriptions, mental health meds, or withdrawal support during pregnancy.

These letters can look simple, but they are easy to misunderstand. This guide explains what each category means, what it does not mean, and what the FDA uses now instead.

This article is educational and not medical advice. If you are pregnant (or could be), review every medication decision with a qualified clinician.

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Addiction

Rumination Disorder, Anxiety, and Addiction: When Overthinking Fuels Substance Use

Rumination can mean very different things in medicine. For some people, it describes mental “overthinking” that loops the same worries over and over. For others, rumination disorder is a feeding and eating disorder where food comes back up from the stomach to the mouth after meals. Both forms can create intense distress, raise anxiety, and, for many, become tangled up with substance use.

This guide explains how rumination, anxiety, and addiction interact, what rumination eating disorder is, and how rumination disorder treatment can support long‑term recovery.

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alcohol abuse

Day 10 With No Alcohol: What to Expect Physically and Emotionally (and When to Get Help)

Day 10 with no alcohol is a big milestone. You are far enough from your last drink to notice real changes, yet close enough that withdrawal and cravings may still feel intense. For some people, day 10 feels amazing. For others, it feels like “I made it this far, but I’m exhausted and still want to drink.” Both experiences are common.

What you feel today depends on how much and how often you drank, your overall health, and whether your detox was medically supervised. If you stopped heavy daily drinking on your own, day 10 can still feel rough and even risky. If you completed a supervised detox and are now in rehab or outpatient care, you may be more stable but still emotionally raw.

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A young man sitting alone holding a glass of alcohol with a distressed expression, symbolizing the struggle of OCD and using alcohol to self-medicate.
alcohol abuse

When “Only Alcohol Calms My OCD” Becomes a Trap

If you’ve ever thought, “Only alcohol could calm down my OCD,” you are not alone. Many people discover that a few drinks seem to quiet intrusive thoughts, soften anxiety, and make rituals feel less urgent—for a little while. It can feel like you’ve finally found something that works when nothing else has.

But when OCD and alcohol start to travel together, the short-term relief often turns into a second, heavier burden: alcohol use disorder. This article explains why drinking feels like it helps, how it actually keeps OCD stuck, and what effective, long-term help looks like—especially if you need treatment in Texas.

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A glass of alcohol beside a dish of white powder on a wooden surface, symbolizing the risks of mixing ketamine and alcohol.
Addiction

Ketamine and Alcohol: Why Mixing Depressants Can Turn Dangerous Fast

Ketamine is showing up in more places than the club scene. It is still used as an anesthetic, is sometimes prescribed for pain, and in carefully controlled settings it can be part of treatment-resistant depression care. At the same time, alcohol remains one of the most widely used—and misused—substances in the world. Putting the two together may feel common or even casual, but it is anything but safe.

Both ketamine and alcohol act on the central nervous system (CNS). Together they can sharply change breathing, heart function, judgment, and memory in ways that are hard to predict and even harder to reverse once things go wrong. Many people who mix them do not realize how quickly a “good night out” or a “booster” for ketamine therapy can turn into a medical emergency.

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