Tranquilizers and Dependence: Why It Happens — the Method’s View

When tranquilizers, antidepressants and other substances come up, the real question is not “is this dangerous at all,” but “by what mechanism does dependence arise.” The method looks past the drug itself to what happens inside the person: are they using the medication to regulate their state, or to dull and dope themselves?

Where dependence begins

The doctor draws a clear line. Dependence is when the working dose stops working and the person needs more and more: “three hundred milligrams give you this state, then you need six hundred, then nine hundred.” If the medication helps, the state is stable, and there is no tendency to dope yourself — there is no cause for alarm.

“If it helps you, then everything is fine with you.”

The paradox: the same substance can both create dependence and break it. The doctor says he uses pregabalin (Lyrica) to pull people off dependence — on cannabis, on opiates. But if a person already has a leaning toward dependence, it “will jump over” onto the new agent too. It’s not so much about the drug as about the person and how they treat themselves.

Why “no-dosage” substances are especially dangerous

A separate trouble is what people take blindly: “you don’t understand what you’re drinking, there’s no dosage,” and you don’t know under what conditions or what exactly you’re being given. Hence the severe, even fatal, outcomes. The method insists this be done in a civilized way and under a proper specialist — not by guesswork.

Dependence isn’t only on pills

The most important turn: the same mechanism works without any medication. You can become dependent “on YouTube,” on biting your nails, even on drinking water. It shows most vividly in bloggers: likes, views, subscribers.

“Likes are a drug. It’s dopamine, dopamine intoxication.”

When a person gets approval, the dopamine system rewards them — a feeling, the doctor says, “like being on coke.” The brain memorizes the action and demands a repeat: “you need to repeat it, let’s do a second line.” That is how dependence on validation is born — living “for the sake of likes.”

The star effect and the danger of growing too fast

The doctor describes the “star effect”: when the numbers climb fast, it goes to a person’s head — they imagine that more subscribers make them smarter. But they’re no smarter. The real danger is the speed: “if something develops too fast, that’s only oncology, cancer.” Then comes “pop” content and the loss of real friends and living contact — life turns into an avatar.

The method’s view: restore inner evaluation

The method rests not on personal opinion but on the laws of nature — hence an honest warning: the more fancy foreign words surround a problem (“dopamine intoxication”), the further you should stay from it, because such pseudo-science often hides a sham. The solution is not a new substance, but switching off the “monkey brain,” recovering, and reclaiming your inner footing.

Practice: a checklist for when “everything has crashed”

1. Switch off the “monkey brain” — run, walk, recover.
2. Sleep enough. If sleep won’t come at all, go to a proper specialist who can choose medication — don’t experiment blindly.
3. Check the dependence line: is the “needed dose” (of likes, views, substance) creeping up? Are you drawn to dope your state rather than regulate it?
4. Limit dopamine stimulation — remove the “coke in the sugar bag from the kitchen,” i.e. the constant small hits of approval.
5. Restore inner evaluation: catch the moment you’re living for someone else’s reaction, and ask — did it actually make you better?