When a young person has a dual diagnosis of chemical dependency and a. bipolar disorder, most doctors choose to treat both conditions at once. This can be difficult unless the patient is in a hospital or other. residential situation, where presumably he will not have access to drugs or. alcohol. Doctors must also be careful about possible conflicts between. medications for bipolar symptoms and medications used for other. purposes.
3 to 3 hrs in stomach. 6 to 8 hrs for digestion. it stays in the stomach for 2 hours and then in the intestine for another 2 hours. the undigested food goes to the large intestine and the digested food goes to whole body through blood. Carbhydrates and proteins about 1 1/2 -2 hrs. Fats 2 hrs.
Doctors estimate that it takes one to four days for food to go all the way through a person's system. The average time of the trip is about 24 hours. The food must travel through the esophagus, the stomach, 20 feet of small intestine and 6 feet of large intestine before exiting the body as waste.