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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction are closely related. Research suggests that nearly 50 percent of people with PTSD have co-occurring substance use disorder. Disproportionately high rates of PTSD have been documented among people with heroin use disorder. This co-occurrence has been associated with a worse clinical profile compared to those with heroin use disorder alone.
This unique longitudinal study examined outcomes at 11 years after treatment for heroin use disorder, focusing on whether people initially diagnosed with PTSD worsened over time. Someone suffering from PTSD could hide their drug and alcohol abuse from others because they feel embarrassed. Both mechanisms are likely to exist within the PTSD population, and the order of drug abuse and onset of PTSD may be linked to the specific drug being used. In addition to clear evidence for a learning and memory component of PTSD, this disease is also highly comorbid with substance abuse disorders for a wide range of drugs.
In addition, this effect of PTSD on cocaine seeking in addicts fits well with the changed stress response curve suggested by Koob and Le Moal (200) for psychostimulant addiction. These substances of abuse have distinct mechanisms in the brain, creating complex interactions within the cellular circuits of action and learning of drugs. In addition to initial stress, anxiety disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are also affected by drugs, as evidenced by the high comorbidity between these disorders and drug abuse. This raises the interesting question of why drugs with a wide variety of effects are abused by a single disease population.
Vietnam combat veterans with PTSD experienced more severe alcohol and drug problems than those without PTSD (McFall, Mackay, & Donovan, 199, and the increase in alcohol and illicit drug use in PTSD patients parallels the increase in the number of PTSD symptoms (Bremner, Southwick, Darnell, & Charney, 199. When considering the cognitive effects of these drugs in the context of the treatment of these disorders, it becomes clear that these drugs may play a detrimental role in the development, maintenance and treatment of PTSD. This becomes an even greater problem when substance use progresses to addiction and includes acute withdrawal symptoms. In addition, since humans tend to abuse cocaine during binge eating, a standard approach is to administer repeated doses of cocaine over the course of days, rather than keeping animals on a constant, chronic dose of drugs. As a member of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), David works closely with area treatment centers, recovery-oriented nonprofits, as well as being a keynote speaker at several recovery-focused events.
While acute administration of these drugs has clear effects on conditioning and the extinction of fear, the focus on the comorbidity between stimulant abuse and anxiety disorders has encouraged much research on the effects of chronic cocaine exposure and withdrawal on conditioning the fear. As you begin to develop substance use disorder, you may start using drugs just to feel normal, not even to feel better. . .