Stimulant Addiction Treatment
Stimulants - including cocaine, methamphetamine, Adderall, and other amphetamines, are among the most commonly misused substances in the United States. MATClinics provides outpatient stimulant addiction treatment across eight Maryland locations, with same-day appointments, flexible hours, and individualized care plans built around your life.
What Is Stimulant Use Disorder?
Stimulant use disorder is a medical condition where repeated stimulant use causes significant harm to your health, your relationships, your work, and your ability to function, and stopping feels impossible despite wanting to. The brain adapts to the flood of dopamine these drugs produce, making it feel nearly impossible to experience pleasure, motivation, or energy without them.
Signs include using more than intended, failed attempts to cut back, strong cravings, neglected responsibilities, and continued use despite clear consequences. You do not need to be using every day for it to qualify. The impact matters more than the frequency.
Stimulant use disorder is not a character flaw. It is a treatable medical condition, and recovery is possible with the right support.
Cocaine Addiction Treatment
Cocaine addiction treatment at MATClinics is built around reducing the intense craving and crash cycle that drives continued use. Cocaine's short-acting high, followed by a hard crash of depression, anxiety, and exhaustion, creates one of the most compulsive use patterns of any substance. Left untreated, cocaine use disorder causes serious cardiovascular damage, mental health deterioration, and a rapidly shrinking quality of life.
Our approach combines medical evaluation, medication support where appropriate, behavioral counseling, and ongoing monitoring. Because cocaine is increasingly contaminated with fentanyl in today's supply, we also screen and plan for polysubstance risk at every appointment.
Meth Addiction Treatment
Methamphetamine addiction treatment requires addressing both the physical and the neurological damage that heavy meth use causes. Meth is highly neurotoxic, disrupting the brain's dopamine system so severely that natural pleasure becomes nearly inaccessible during early recovery. Patients often experience prolonged depression, cognitive fog, and exhaustion in the weeks and months after stopping.
Effective meth addiction treatment at MATClinics is structured, sustained, and patient-paced. We do not rush recovery. We work with you through the difficult early phase, when cravings are strongest and the brain is still recalibrating, with medication support, behavioral therapy, and consistent clinical oversight.
Adderall & Amphetamine Addiction Treatment
Adderall addiction treatment is one of the most underutilized services in addiction medicine, largely because prescription stimulant misuse is still heavily stigmatized and minimized. People struggling with Adderall or amphetamine dependence are often high-functioning individuals who feel they need the drug to perform. Over time, dependence deepens, doses escalate, and stopping triggers debilitating withdrawal.
MATClinics treats Adderall and amphetamine addiction with the same clinical seriousness as any other stimulant use disorder.
How We Treat Stimulant Use Disorder
We work with each patient to develop an individualized treatment plan that is most likely to reduce cravings, minimize withdrawal symptoms, and help prevent relapse and overdose. Unfortunately, there are no FDA approved medications to treat stimulant use disorder but there are some medications that patients report help them. Services to treat stimulant use disorder can include:
Medication
- Vivitrol® (naltrexone)
- Bupropion
- Disulfiram
- Topiramate
24/7 Patient Support Services
Substance Use Counseling, including IOP
Mental Health Therapy
Psychiatry
A Comprehensive Approach to Stimulant Use Disorder
While MATClinics does not require patients to engage in counseling, therapy, or psychiatry, those services are available to all enrolled in MATClinics. There is strong evidence, especially for those suffering with stimulant use disorder, that the combination of medication and behavioral therapy is what treats addiction most effectively.
Why Care Matters
Stimulant use disorder rarely resolves on its own. The brain changes caused by chronic stimulant use, particularly to the dopamine and prefrontal systems, require time, structure, and support to reverse. Without treatment, relapse rates are extremely high. With the right combination of medication, behavioral support, and clinical oversight, lasting recovery is achievable.
How Treatment Works
While no FDA-approved medications exist specifically for stimulant use disorder, several have shown meaningful clinical benefit and are used at MATClinics based on each patient's needs:
- Vivitrol® (naltrexone): Reduces cravings and blunts the reward response to stimulant use.
- Bupropion: Addresses the depression and anhedonia common in stimulant withdrawal.
- Disulfiram: Has shown benefit particularly in cocaine use disorder.
- Topiramate: Used to reduce craving intensity and impulsivity.
Medication is combined with substance use counseling, mental health therapy, psychiatry where needed, and 24/7 patient support access.
What to Expect
Your first visit is a medical evaluation. No judgment, just a thorough assessment of your health, use history, and goals. Same-day appointments are available. Most patients are seen within 24 hours of reaching out. You do not need to have stopped using before your first appointment.
Safety
Stimulant withdrawal is rarely medically life-threatening, but the psychological crash, exhaustion, severe depression, intense cravings, is the most dangerous window for relapse. Your MATClinics care team monitors you closely during this phase, adjusts your plan as needed, and gives you 24/7 access to case managers between appointments.
Outcomes
Patients who engage consistently with their stimulant addiction treatment plan experience significantly reduced use, fewer relapses, improved mood and energy, and meaningful restoration of daily functioning. The brain's dopamine system does recover, it takes time, but with sustained support, it happens.
Stimulant Withdrawal Symptoms
Understanding stimulant withdrawal symptoms helps patients and families recognize when professional support is needed. Common stimulant withdrawal symptoms include:
- Extreme fatigue and prolonged sleep.
- Depression and inability to feel pleasure (anhedonia).
- Intense drug cravings.
- Increased appetite.
- Irritability, anxiety, and agitation.
- Cognitive slowing and difficulty concentrating.
Stimulant withdrawal symptoms typically peak within the first 24–72 hours and can persist at lower intensity for weeks. This extended window is why ongoing clinical support matters, not just the first few days.
We Accept Insurance
MATClinics currently accepts all Maryland Medicaid programs as well as Medicare Part B and all CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. If you don't see your insurance program listed, reach out to us for a full list of programs we accept.
FAQs
1: What is the treatment for cocaine addiction?
Outpatient treatment combining medication support, behavioral counseling, and clinical monitoring. MATClinics offers same-day appointments across eight Maryland locations.
2: How is meth addiction treated?
Through structured outpatient care, medication to manage withdrawal and cravings, behavioral therapy, and sustained support through the neurological recovery period.
3: Can you get treatment for Adderall addiction?
Yes. Adderall addiction is a real, treatable condition. MATClinics provides full evaluation and individualized treatment for prescription stimulant dependence without judgment.
4: What are stimulant withdrawal symptoms?
Fatigue, depression, intense cravings, irritability, and anhedonia. Symptoms peak in 24–72 hours but can persist for weeks without support.
5: Do I need to stop using it before my first appointment?
No. You can begin treatment while still using. Your first visit is a medical evaluation, not a test you can fail.