Posted by Elizabeth on November 19, 2001, at 17:12:19
In reply to Re: Methadone/opiates for depression-shelli, scott, posted by nightlight on November 19, 2001, at 8:05:31
> But, more pertinently, the only way I have gotten thru the past many years was thru the use of an opiate/barbiturate drug that I was prescribed for chronic pain from a herniated cervical disc.
Which drug was that (what were the active ingredients, that is -- the narcotic and the barbiturate)? Back/neck/shoulder pain is notoriously hard to treat. I have relatively minor back pain myself, and one nice bonus effect of the buprenorphine I take for my depression is that it does away with the back pain.
> I am now on a very low-dose narcotic, 60 mgs. stimulent, 2 mgs. klonopin and apotent muscle relaxer.
Again...which narcotic and which muscle relaxant, and what are the doses? (just curious)
> I haave only recently been diagnosed ADD w/endogenous depression,
Did the doctor call it "endogenous depression," or was the exact diagnosis something else. I'm curious because "endogenous depression" is an expression that's not used much anymore in psychiatry. Do you live in the USA?
> Stimulents are what I have needed all along, but, couldn't seem to convince docs why (another story).
For me, opioids act like I would expect stimulants to act!
-elizabeth
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