Ambien Addiction	Ativan Addiction
Benzodiazepine Addiction	Fioricet Addiction
Klonopin Addiction	GHB Addiction
Restoril Addiction	Lunesta Addiction
Barbiturate Addiction	Soma Addiction
Xanax Addiction	Xanax Treatment

One Week in Florida for our painless inpatient Benzo Detox or two weeks in Florida for our Outpatient Benzodiazepine Detox

Initial Three Day Painless Detox In Hospital :

Our inpatient benzodiazepine detox is performed in the Florida Detox wing of an Adventist Health Care Hospital. Our friendly friendly nurses make it a rewarding experience. Patients can undergo Xanax detox from as much as 60 mgs a day, without suffering any twitching or tremors. Dr. Sponaugle designed this inpatient Xanax detox – Klonopin detox in a manner that prevents surges of adrenaline that cause typical benzo withdrawal.

Dr. Sponaugle has recently designed an accelerated outpatient Benzo detox program for patients addicted to smaller doses of Xanax, Klonopin or Ambien. This program takes advantage of our newly designed intravenous amino acid and toxin removal program.

This program can usually “fix” the underlying biochemical causes of anxiety and insomnia in Xanax addicted patients within a two week period – this negates the patients need to down regulate or “turn down” the excessive electrical current in their brain and body with drugs like Xanax and Klonopin.

Xanax detox or Klonopin detox should not be painful, we have advanced too far in medicine to allow the dangerous and painful benzodiazepine detox protocols that occur at other detox centers.

At many detox centers, Xanax detox is not only painful, it is dangerous and will kill brain cells if the Xanax detox protocol allows excessive electrical current to flow through the brain.

Studies have recently proven that you do not have to experience a full blown seizure to kill brain cells. Recent PET scan studies at the University of Toronto have revealed that drug detox results in brain cell death when patients are allowed to experience tremors or twitching!!

You should not undergo a benzo detox that allows any pre-seizure activity such as twitching and tremors. Tremors and twitching are indicative of excessive electrical current running through your brain.

America’s addiction doctors have contributed to brain damage in millions of Xanax-addicted patients with their poorly designed detox protocols. You need to choose a drug detox center that can prevent all benzo withdrawal symptoms - no twitching or shaking allowed! Protect your brain, you will need it for many years to come!

At Florida Detox, we admit our most severely addicted Ambien, Klonopin and Xanax patients to our friendly hospital detox unit. Dr. Sponaugle has hand picked the best ICU nurses for his detox program.

With Dr. Sponaugle’s anesthesiology expertise and his hand picked, high quality ICU nurses, we can safely provide you with a painless Klonopin detox, no matter how high you daily dose.

Psychiatrists and family doctors at other detox centers have no ability to provide this exceptionally safe and painless benzodiazepine detox technique.

Case Study:

In February 2009, we performed Ambien detox on an anesthesiologist from New York City who was taking 90 [10 mg] Ambiens a day!

Robert had suffered severe anxiety and insomnia for years, he ultimately developed extreme tolerance to Ambien, hence, he was taking 900 mg per day of Ambien simply to prevent Ambien withdrawal.

Robert underwent a painless Ambien detox after which Dr. Sponaugle diagnosed the cause of Robert’s panic disorder, he suffered from severe Trichothecene toxicity from hiddedn Black Mold in his Manhatten condo.

Being a physician, especially an Anesthesiologist, Robert wisely feared the dangerous Ambien withdrawal he would have suffered at any other detox center in America.
He performed research for 2 years before coming to Dr. Sponaugle and the Florida Detox team.

Robert experienced no Ambien withdrawal symptoms while going through the Sponaugle protocol for Ambien detox!

Dr. Sponaugle successfully treated Robert’s anxiety and insomnia disorder by removing mold toxins, balancing brain chemistry with natural supplements and non-addicting medication.

Robert is very thankful and has offered to speak with any patient suffering from severe anxiety, insomnia and a benzodiazepine addiction.

Our benzo detoxification protocol provides higher quality medical care than typical “treatment centers”. The Sponaugle protocol for safe and painless Xanax or Klonopin detox (other benzodiazepines as well) has the luxury of using intravenous (IV) medications if needed.

Our patients do not suffer tachycardia (racing heart), elevated blood pressure or any seizure-like activity. The Florida Detox technique prevents all twitching, muscle cramping, nausea and other typical symptoms of Xanax detox or Klonopin detox.

The administration of IV medications greatly facilitates our ability to detox Ambien, Klonopin and Xanax (benzos) safely and painlessly. Dr. Sponaugle has designed an intravenous regimen that uses a specific amino acid/brain chemical restoration protocol for balancing brain chemistry quickly.

Many patients with severe anxiety disorders have no anxiety symptoms within just a few days of this powerful natural medicine protocol.  This IV vitamin/mineral/nutrient protocol expedites repair of brain dendrite damage caused by drugs like Xanax and Klonopin.

We routinely detox Xanax up to 60-80 milligrams/day – we detox Klonopin up to 40-50 milligrams per day.

Florida Detox patients receive the benefits of more extensive medical and hormonal evaluation than any other drug treatment center in America.

Through our Brain Wellness Program, we evaluate over 250 biochemicals, biomarkers and hormones. Our detox patients receive, at no extra cost, our six week outpatient anti-aging wellness program discussed below.

Our comprehensive Anti-aging Brain – Body Wellnes program has achieved such credibility that non addicted “Wellness Patients” come from as far as Norway, Belgium and Germany.

Brain Chemistry and Science of Addiction Workshop:

On Monday, family and patients are empowered by our ‘Brain Chemistry and Addiction’ Seminars. In this interactive family workshop, Dr Sponaugle demonstrates specific brain scans that match personality profiles and drug craving patterns.

Patients and families also learn how hormonal imbalance, especially in females, can cause alcoholism and Xanax addiction. They learn that females who develop progesterone deficiency in mid-life become more anxious and suffer insomnia, which may commonly result in self medication with alcohol or Xanax.

Females also learn when estradiol levels fall below 60 pg/ml, serotonin receptivity decreases dranatically. This relationship between estradiol and serotonin often leads to depression, anxiety and insomnia, which subsequently causes alcoholism or Xanax^® addiction.

Empowered by the seminar, families and patients can assist in diagnosing the true biochemical cause of the patient’s craving. Families begin to understand why their addicted family member has previously relapsed after multiple 30-day, $30,000 programs.

Typically after the seminar, they are able to diagnose several other family members with brain chemistry and behavioral issues. Families can see clearly what chemical deficiency may be present in their genes, demonstrating as addictive behaviors in their family members.

Comprehensive Brain Chemistry Analysis

Beyond extensive medical testing, patients will undergo measurement of the following brain neurotransmitters:
- Histamine
- Serotonin
- Dopamine
- Glutamate
- GABA
- Epinephrine
- Norepinephrine
- PEA

1) Anxiety and Insomnia Disorders

Commonly result in:
alcoholism, Xanax addiction, Ambien addiction and opiate (Vicodin) addiction.

Biochemical Causes:

Serotonin Deficiency

Serotonin deficiency has become much more common in the American population secondary to lack of crop rotation, and the resultant vitamin and mineral deficient diet consumed by many Americans. Our serotonin factories cannot produce serotonin if we suffer from zinc, magnesium, or B6 deficiency. A recent study suggests that up to 70% of Americans suffer serotonin deficiency due to nutritional deficiencies and chemical toxins created by our industrial revolution.

Serotonin deficiency causes two areas of our brain to become overactive, producing both anxiety and depression. Our emotional center (limbic system) lies in our midbrain and is about the size of a walnut. It becomes severely overactive with serotonin deficiency causing moodiness, irritability, negativity, hopelessness, excessive guilt and leads to anxiety and insomnia.

The other region of our brain, which becomes severely overactive in patients with serotonin deficiency, is the brain’s “gear shifter” and “worry center”. Called the anterior cingulate gyrus, when overactive, this region of the brain causes patients to become stubborn and stuck on negative thoughts, unable to forgive or forget, and seem to worry about everything.

Patients who suffer undiagnosed serotonin deficiency frequently use alcohol, Xanax^®-like drugs, or pain pills like OxyContin^® to quiet or turn down the electricity in their overactive cingulate and their overactive emotional center. When these patients are properly diagnosed and treated, they no longer need to medicate with alcohol, Xanax^® or opiate pain pills (OxyContin^®, Vicodin^® etc.).

Estradiol Deficiency

In females, serotonin receptivity, or the ability of serotonin to attach to and activate serotonin receptors is also dependent on sufficient estradiol levels, as mentioned above. The female with estradiol deficiency develops the same overactive regions of the brain as the serotonin deficient female.

This biochemical relationship explains why some females have severe premenstrual depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms three to four days per month when estradiol levels are at their lowest level. It also explains why approximately 30% of females suffer some level of post-partum depression. This is the biochemical phenomenon where, after delivery of a baby, a woman’s ovaries fail to produce adequate estradiol - usually for a three month to one year period. Brooke Shields is a brave celebrity who unselfishly increased awareness of postpartum depression by discussing it in public forum.

Estradiol deficiency also causes myalgia (muscle pain), fibromyalgia and headaches. Many females who present to Florida Detox^® and Wellness Center addicted to pain pills (OxyContin, Vicodin, etc.) are victims of failed American medical protocols. When intelligent hormonal evaluation and treatment is performed, these female patients no longer require pain medication.

Progesterone Deficiency

Progesterone deficiency causes excessive bleeding, painful bleeding, and frequently anemia in young females. Many middle-aged females who have not suffered anxiety or insomnia in their twenties or early thirties begin to notice these symptoms in mid-life due to progesterone drop-out.

Unlike other addiction treatment centers, at Florida Detox^® we perform extensive evaluation of pituitary and ovarian hormones in all female patients. Our clinical research suggests that undiagnosed progesterone drop-out may be the #1 cause of alcoholism and Xanax addiction in middle aged females. When progesterone deficiencies are corrected with bio-identical progesterone, our female patients no longer need to medicate with alcohol, Xanax, Klonopin or opiate pain pills.

Progesterone deficiency also results in increased electrical current (anxiety and pain) throughout the body: See GABA Deficiency below.

GABA Deficiency

GABA is our major inhibitory or relaxing chemical. GABA “turns down” electrical voltage and therefore deficiency causes anxiety and increased physical pain.

GABA deficiency is often seen in patients with severe chronic stress and nutritional deficiencies. The most common cause of GABA deficiency seen in patients at Florida Detox^® is the female who suffers from underactive ovarian production of progesterone. Progesterone – through three chemical reactions- becomes a hormone with strong GABA activity.

Excess Histamine Production

Excess histamine production is commonly diagnosed at Florida Detox^® and Wellness Institute, especially in females who suffer from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, with candidiasis overgrowth being the most common instigator. Yeast overgrowth is found to be the leading cause of chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and migraine headaches in American females.

Histamine is elevated in response to our body’s reaction to chronic infection and consequently, the abnormally high levels of yeast found in Americans who have been exposed to excessive antibiotics. Through American poultry, doctors prescriptions, and city water contamination, Americans suffer overexposure to antibiotics, which kill the normal flora (good bacteria) in our intestines. Our good bacteria are our bodies’ defense against fungal and yeast overgrowth.

Histamine is a mono-amine like dopamine and serotonin. Excess histamine levels can cause increased electricity throughout nerves in the brain (anxiety) and body (fibromyalgia). Treatment of underlying fungal overgrowth corrects the excess histamine levels, thereby ameliorating anxiety, insomnia, and total body nerve pain. These symptoms, when not addressed, many times lead to alcohol addiction, Xanax addiction, and/or opiate pain pill addiction (OxyContin, Vicodin etc.).

Excess Glutamate Production

Glutamate is the primary excitatory chemical in the human brain. Excess glutamate is frequently diagnosed in our anxious females who present to Florida Detox^® and Wellness Institute for Xanax^® or alcohol detoxification.

Excess Dopamine Production

Dopamine is a brain chemical that activates electricity in the brain. Too much dopamine “turns up the voltage” causing anxiety and sometimes paranoia (over thinking). Some patients inherit overactive basal ganglia (dopamine factories) or suffer PTSD induced overactivity of the basal ganglia. These patients, if properly diagnosed, can be treated with non-addicting dopamine blockers. This accurate diagnosis and treatment negates the need for patients to “turn down the voltage” with alcohol, Xanax or opiate pain pills (OxyContin, Vicodin, etc.).

Many of our patients who suffer from excess production of dopamine, have been misdiagnosed at famous treatment centers. Simply diagnosed as “drug addict” or “alcoholic”, these patients continue to relapse to alcohol or drugs. Stephanie, the first patient Dr. Phil referred to Florida Detox^® and Wellness Institute suffered from a serotonin deficiency and an overactive basal ganglia. She was self-medicating with Vicodin^® and Percocet^® to treat her undiagnosed brain chemistry imbalances. Stephanie is now 3 1/2 years post detox and remaines drug-free.

Excess Norepinephrine/Epinephrine Production

Excess norepinephrine and epinephrine commonly result in anxiety, rapid heart rate and even panic attacks. The adrenal glands become overactive secondary to chronic stress, producing increased epinephrine. Chronic stress also creates an over-electrified brain, which produces increased norepinephrine. Once identified, these imbalances are easily treated with non-addicting medication.

2) Depression

Commonly results in:

alcoholism, cocaine addiction, nicotine addiction, OxyContin addiction,  Xanax addiction

Biochemical Causes:

Serotonin Deficiency

Explained above.

Dopamine Deficiency

Norepinephrine Deficiency

Glutamate Deficiency

Acetylcholine Deficiency

Estradiol Deficiency

Occurs in Females as explained above. The reduced serotonin activity causes both depression and anxiety.

Testosterone Deficiency

Occurs in both Females and Males.

Hypothyroidism

Undiagnosed hypothyroidism is common in American females and can cause severe depression if not treated. Patients then use alcohol and drugs such as OxyContin to treat their depression. Our brain’s pleasure center (nucleus accumbens) runs on dopamine. Alcohol, pain pills, nicotine, and cocaine cause a temporary release of dopamine from brain storage units giving the hypothyroid patients a temporary burst of energy and happiness. Unfortunately, the use of pain medicine, benzos or alcohol to self-medicate depression often exacerbates the depression by suppressing the pituitary output of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), resulting in further thyroid imbalance as well.

Six Week Intensive  Outpatient Optimization Program:

During the six week period following detoxification, our doctors and medical staff work directly with patients and families to educate and optimize brain chemistry while correcting the hormonal imbalances that initially caused the cravings in the detoxed patient.

Continuous evaluation of brain neurotransmitters and hormonal imbalances guides treatment through the six week period. Hormonal replacement therapy and anti-aging regimens are initiated in effort to accelerate repair of damage creating during the substance abuse. We facilitate a state of optimal wellness through diagnosis and treatment of nutritional deficiencies and co-existing medical diseases. These disorders, when left untreated, can negatively affect brain health and stimulate drug craving. The true biochemical cause of craving and addiction is properly diagnosed and treated with medication and nutraceuticals. The administration of intravenous vitamins, minerals, and nutrients further expedite repair of brain dendrites damaged previously.

At the six week mark, patient care can be transferred to a primary care physician in the patient’s home state.