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I had heard many of my friends who are into gambling complain to me about gambling disorder but couldn’t understand what that means until recently when a close associate got into the same mess and need help, but I was helpless because I couldn’t give the right answers to his question. This friend is almost turning into something else and needs help.

Are There Drug Options for Gamblers' Disorderliness?

There no drugs for this problem i think.

The best for your friend to do is seek professional help, i mean this problem is psychological and i think he need to see a psychiatrist.

I'm not an expert on this but i can somewhat relate as i'm also a gambler and just fortunate that i can control myself, gambling-wise.

This is an mental and emotional problem, there's no drug that could help an addicted gambler, he need to reailze his mistake so he can change his bad behavior, this is like being addicted to drugs, one who is addicted will undergo a rehabilitation that would make him stay away from the problem, in a peaceful place he will be lecture and let him realize his mistake.

I experience being addicted, but the problem was not too serious because I realize early and now able to fully control myself when gambling.

old habits die hard. but you just can't add another habit to make the other disappear or he'd be addicted to drugs. thats another problem once again. what he needs is a habit that will make him occupied and forget about gambling like a woman in his life who will help him become a better person. this girl could be challenging to find though.
or maybe a job or a business that will keep him busy. if all don't work then a professional help.

Do you mean gambling additcs? If you mean gambling addicts, it is very difficult to stop gambling, and the more addicts gamble, the more they are losing. But very still possible for him to leave gambling to have right mindset back.

The best you can do as a friend is to tell your him to stop gambling for now, let him know the truth that he is just having false thinking that he can make it with gambling, gambling is just for fun, not a way to make money because losses can result. Tell him to tell his people, this will help him to stop. Also, he can try to see a psychologist about it, this will help.

This person work in the private sector but not marry, he has girlfriends but they couldn't hold him down for long. Sincerely speaking, can it be possible to send into his system malware to crash all his apps: i mean get him frustrated out of this mess?, he's such that doesn't want open games(Table games). Am also considering the laws of the land and means to get the malware, he's almost going destitute.

There is no Drugs to help gambler in their addictions, But i think what they need is Professional Help and not just a Drug.

And also the Help of family , because this is the most important part of His treatment ..


Hope He'll find the way mate because gambling problem is indeed a Big problem.

You are just making it worst for your friend if you or someone else will give him drugs just to control his bad behaviour due to his gambling habit. Might be better to really seek professional health and go to some intervention to help him cope with his addiction. I know the feeling because I also have friends who really went into this episodes in their life and he and his family goes to a doctor.

Very dear, I am concerned about your friend at this time, I hope your friend can recover and live a normal life without gambling.

Therefore, some treatment methods, right away, should be conveyed to your friends who are ill with gambling addiction.
You can see below some of the methods you can do / suggest to your friends at this time.

Diagnosis: Medications, Therapy, Coping, Relapse prevention gambling. (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/compulsive-gambling/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20355184#:~:text=Antidepressants%20and%20mood%20stabilizers%20may,may%20help%20treat%20compulsive%20gambling)

This will affect to his daily life, I think almost people right now are using internet and technology for doing anything it could be for work, communicate with friends etc so I don't think it's good. If all apps were crashed, his phone are useless and can't be used for anything, probably he will more frustrated to repair his phone to fill up his gambling addiction.

Even there's a medicine or drugs for temporary cured his gambling addiction, it's not good for his health if he need to consume it for his daily life. I think it can be cured by professional person or fucked up of his loss, sometime people will learn after realize their past mistakes/bad habit.

I'm not really sure if there is a direct link between gambling addiction and a certain drug to cure it.

However, I might be thinking that addicts in the beginning of their gambling withdrawal should be given like a drug for depression because for sure they will go on this bout. I'm not a doctor though, so it's better to really visit and talk to a medical professional, best of luck to you and your friend.

Thats a wrong information, there is no specific drugs for gamblers disorder. Some extreme cases out of addiction get into hard stress. This can't be bearable, and at those occasions they were provided with sedatives. Maybe those sedatives were misunderstood as specific drugs for gambling.

Man, I am very sorry to hear that your friend is experiencing this situation. Unfortunately, there are no drugs that work against addiction in its general sense. The most effective method that I can suggest is to seek professional help in order your friend may deviate his attention from gambling.

I have a few friends who gamble and I personally witnessed them hit rock bottom on their finances. What made them change their ways was their will to change themselves because it affected their family as well. The first step in addressing this issue must come from their personal realization because if they continue thinking that what they are doing is correct, they will never stop gambling.

I really hope that your friend gets through this difficult ordeal; but not all hope is lost!

A drug surely can be created for this based on how much medical science has advanced but we have not one yet available and I doubt there will be.Gambling is a billion dollars industry and surely they influence the right people for this to never happen.I am afraid we are on our own in this issue and we should learn self control as this is the only available cure we have for compulsory gambling.

There is debate on how effective drugs can be at treating existing health conditions.

A general rule of thumb says pharmaceutical drugs exhibit desired reactions in less than 50% of the population. Differences in genes and DNA cause individuals to react differently to the same drug. Science has not advanced to a point where it is capable of custom designing a drug to suit individual DNA. The best that can be hoped for is a one size fits all approach.

I would urge caution in utilizing any pharmaceutical drug to treat mental conditions. Sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease. Even so called performance enhansing drugs like steroids can be very damaging to a person's health. As can be seen in the large number of unfortunate deaths in WWE pro wrestlers due to heart conditions caused by steroid abuse.

i think gambling addiction is no difference to other types of addiction and i have seen medication and injection given to addicted patients in the rehab not because im one of them but i seen it in the films and tv shows .
gambling disorder is easy to understand because the word disorder means there is something wrong with you but you dont need to be guilty if you cant help because you are not an expert on this .
 does your friend dont have a family ? talk to them so they can take your friend to the real expert .

There is no drugs that can be used to help fix the problem of your friend. I think there might be a drug that can decrease the urge to gamble. It can be fixed but must have undergo some rehabilitation. In your friend's case is mental problem, I think your friend can't control or prevent the urge to gamble that's what I think but rehabilitation is what will help your friend to undergo a therapy.

I think they need to go to a psychiatrist to help solve the gambling problem related to their health and psychics. The gambling problem comes to their mind because they are always thinking about gambling. If that continues, I am afraid they can get the disorder psychiatric sooner or later if they do not get the right. I do not think that drugs can help them, well, maybe that can help them temporarily but that will always appear in their mind many times.

If you want to find it, there is definitely a cure for addicts, but it must be driven with genuine intent and how good it is to get rid of gambling addiction naturally.
And a more effective way, you have to try to get closer to God, close all access to online and offline gambling, look for new activities that are more useful and always think positive, often hang out with family or good people.
You can also find professional people such as good friends, doctors and psychotherapists and so on.

Yes, we are having the same thought here.
I was thinking if they are also in lockdown. This could be the best chance for rehabilitation.
Block every gambling site/games that he always enters and it should also be done in his smartphone.

Find someone trusted who offers this kind of service.
I think it will just need a little tinkering in the internet system to avoid it or an application that can block keywords and sites.
They do this in our office before and we cannot enter social media sites. Good luck.

gambling addiction is not a mental disorder so it does not require drugs...
Your friend must be placed in rehabilitation because if he is still out, his desire to gamble will continue to emerge. it is feared that if your friend is outside then he will commit criminal acts in order to continue to gamble.

Not sure about a cure for gambling disorder because for me, the only way to avoid gambling is to create another activity which will eventually make someone forget to gamble. Most of the gambling players continue to gamble because they have time to gamble, and that is the reason I say gamblers will avoid gambling if the gambler has other activities but of course it must be accompanied by determination. I'm not sure there is a drug that can make gamblers avoid gambling.

I think your friend has a big problem if he suffers from gambling addiction, in fact he needs a psychiatrist to help him get rid of the problem!! And I do not think that drugs drugs will be suitable for his treatment, but rather he needs psychological care, you must take him to a psychiatrist as soon as possible to avoid problems that he may become involved in!!!

I think your friend really need psychiatric help to solve his problem. Her unstable emotion can cause so much anxiety that she doesn't look like herself. At this level, your friend is a serious gambling addict and is causing his health problem and it might get worse if he fail to get proper treatment. A sedative may be recommended to relax her a little (consult a doctor).

I don't think there are any medicines that can cure this addiction because this addiction isn't physical or tangible, you can give medicine for smoking addiction, alcohol addiction and can also cure the side-effects which were built up by those addictions because these addictions are tangible, and are chemical, which can be reversed. While the gambling addiction isn't dependent on the tangible body of the person, rather it resides on his sub-conscious level and for that, the cure can be withdrawing from the addiction very slowly, limiting the activity by time and budget, killing the desire to win big/recover lost funds by being immaterialistic, searching for a good paying job, and physical exercise and having lots of hobbies is also good because they can fill the void of boredom and depression arising from loneliness and can eliminate the need for gambling to find an escape from a reality which can be turned bright :)

Medications can help with anxiety control, for example, but by themselves they don't perform any miracles.
Your friend needs professional support and a willingness to change. Plus a little therapy and can even include forced computer restrictions with limited hours.

I hope he can recover and get out of it, good luck!

The question can only be solved within his inner soul. There is no other way. Drugs have no use in this case or in any case that require a lot of mental strength. Or perhaps he should quit gambling forever. Tell him to think about his wife or his kids and his future. Maybe it will change his mind. Try to be close with him, too. Those people really need someone to help them get out of the slump

Changing the current habits is very hard. He needs to make a calendar for one of the biggest changes in his life. In order to do so, being strictly disciplined is obligatory.

There aren't any drugs that will help one to avoid gambling. Professional intervention and help is what's usually being applied for gambling addicts to help them get up on their feet and avoid gambling. It will definitely cost a lot and there aren't any assurance that one will be able to get rid of their gambling addiction, but it's still worth a try IMO. The cost is, IMO, nothing compared to what can be lost on continuous gambling habits, especially if one is already addicted to the point that they are risking money that they don't have just to fill that gambling rush.

Ask for his/her family's stance on the matter, and advice them to seek help from psychologists regarding his/her gambling addiction.

and i dont think someone will give an advise here regarding meds for anxiety control. if he needs one, he needs to see a doctor first. and then addressing his gambling addiction, doesnt need drugs at all. it needs willpower to change the habits. on his own, he needs to contemplate on why he is changing his habits. no one can dictate him what to do in his life. it should be on his own decisions but he definitely needs support to achieve his objectives.

If you know someone that needs help because of his addiction then it is better to take him to a doctor or a therapist and he can prescribe some antidepressants to help him out. It is a problem some neglect to take medicine and it can create huge problems in their personal life and if he is willing to go through that then he will be fine.

Professional help is what he need.There are no drugs that been invested for such psychological type of problem because this isnt similar to drug addiction where you can take some oral medications
that would help out for such recovery but gambling addiction is a different story.

The thing you could only do is to give out some advise and at least you do show up some concern but the truth is that the only one who could only help is just himself.

He should really snap out of it if he wanted to continue a peaceful living out of the chain of addiction.He must realize things up for him to recover.

Not that I know, this is a compulsion problem, basically he is unable to stop himself from doing something that he knows is not good for him, so despite the differences gambling addiction is no different than drug addiction, alcoholism and many other addictions, the only way for him to stop this is to get professional help with groups which help addicted gamblers and do everything he can to avoid gambling and at the early stages of his recovery avoid all places and people that could lead him to gamble.

Gambling addiction is still a form of addiction, so people who feel like they need to see a professional can seek therapy for whatever it is that they are feeling. I got a few people who got into a very deep mess, loaned a hefty amount of cash and sold multiple properties just to support their addiction, where I suggested they seek medical treatment. So far they were able to come out clean as a slate and are slowly recovering from the mire they have been in the past.

On the time that yourself cant able to help out on getting rid of addiction then the next thing you should do is to seek out help from your loved ones and if this one turns out to be ineffective as well
then thats the time you do consider on finding some aid or help on a professional.This might not really able to resolved out the problem but at least there must be some counselling or some sort
which would really give out the idea on what youre currently dealing with.When you are hooked up with gambling addiction then it isnt something that you can just simply forget and
leave it just like theres nothing happen because this is some sort of problem that cant be easily get rid of,if you dont make out some self realizations
and make actions for yourself then this will really be hard to be solutioned out.

Your best bet is probably getting them medical professional help. A therapist, a psychologist, or a doctor dealing with mental health issues. I doubt the pharma industry will produce a "Gambler's Disorderliness" drug because gambling isn't a disease. They will most likely prescribe him general drugs they used to treat anxiety/depression /other mental health issues. Most of the time it isn't even drugs but just a session with a therapist.

No, you should not recommend any drug even if it is a nonprescriptive drug, if you think that your friend is really in trouble then look or recommend a good professional that deals with gambling issues, let the professional recommend the right medicines, and customize a plan of healing.
There are groups called gambling anonymous that can help your friend to meet a good professional and the group can also help you to moderate his gambling activity.

According into this article: https://www.ukat.co.uk/gambling-addiction/can-gambling-addiction-really-treated-drugs/

doctors believe that gambling addiction – which is usually a behavioral disorder rather than an overtly chemical one like alcoholism or drug addiction – can be helped by drugs,

Simply tells that there are no drug options for this kind of addiction.This one seeks out professional help when someone gets addicted to gambling.

I am not a medical expert nor have I studied medicine. Based on what I read, this is a "gambling addiction/disorder". This has often happened everywhere related to various gambling addiction problems, maybe we can even find a rehabilitation place for gamblers.

In this condition, they usually cannot control themselves to continue playing gambling, emotions, and their addiction to gambling is excessive. Even they can't get away from gambling, even until they've lost many times they can't control themselves to stop. Even worse, they lost property, owed debt, and caused various other problems because of this gambling.

Maybe it would be better if they had entered the addicted or disorderor phase, they should start to do some treatment. Even though this might be difficult to do, it is not impossible.

Try checking the link here, there is some information related to treatments to treat gambling disorder both in rehabilitation and medical treatment. Indeed, there are several drugs that are specific to them, but of course this is not only limited to drugs such as antidepressants, Opioid Antagonists, Mood Stabilizers, and so on. It will but also need rehabilitation so that they are not only based on drugs as well but are really trained to let go or control it, both emotionally and socially.

Sources:
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/537306/
https://www.healthline.com/health/addiction/gambling

Contrary to what many have said here, I can say, that there actually is a drug option for gambling addiction, which is called psychedelic therapy, but in many countries it is prohibited.
I should note, that psychedelics aren't something, that directly cures gambling, but rather they reduce any kind of addiction. Many have said here, that addiction is a psychological problem and it is correct. But it is a misguess, that only things like psychotherapy can help here. Psychedelics interfere with peoples' mental condition, and that's exactly why they have an effect (unlike many psychotherapy treatments, which have no long-term effect).
Now, I don't know what can be said about the legal state of such substances in your area, but at least you should know, that this therapy is being under active research, including research center at Johns Hopkins University for the last 5 years and many findings prove its efficiency.

No, mental help is what he needs. Ask for a psychologist help because it's the one that your friend needs to have. Those professionals in that line knows how to deal with what your friend's problem.
They're specialized in that kind of help.

Getting someone who have a much wider knowledge regarding to your friend's issue is far better than trying to help him out without any ideas,

medications are being recommended by those who knows the problem that well.
Addictions or stress coming from this kind of problem mostly healed by the person's self-will.

No drugs or anything that will going to work without the determinations of the person who are infected by this issue, you can help by keep guiding him/her not to fall for more.

He needs to help his friend before it's too late to do because his friend conditions can become worst if it is not get help as soon as possible. I am afraid that his friend can become crazy because of his problem and it can attract his friend to do the worst thing that we do not know what is the impact. I hope he can control the situation of his friend and bring him to the psychologist at the right time.

Yes there are prescriptions drugs for gamblers it is to control anxiety and depression, but it should be prescribed by professional doctors, there is no over the counter medicines, your friend should seek help from doctors who can give him drugs to calm his nerves, his issue is not isolated, there are many gamblers who suffers from this and are now cured.

I am not a hundred percentage sure what it means, but there are drugs that help you to clear your mind and concentrate. These drugs are not directly for gambling but for kids with concentration deficits. A good friend of mine was using Ritalin before big exams in university. I never tried it myself but he said it helped him a lot. For me the best was just coffee or energy drinks. Maybe also a bit more sleep could help.

Hopefully to see drugs for anxiety and depression control handling this current situation of a friend. Thanks for all who contributed to this helpful thread, alot of teaching and recommendations has been made and will implement. Keep safe and don't get addicted becasue of it danger.