Posted by J. Backer on July 30, 2004, at 14:33:43
In reply to Re: Opiates for depression » J. Backer, posted by paulbwell on July 29, 2004, at 21:30:29
man paulbwell, seems like your in a heavy situation. i,ve never been bi-polar but i am diagnosed with Chronic Major Deppresion, SAD, GAD, PPD and ADD-I. So i couldnt truly understand how uppers and downers effect someone with it. although, i was on ritalin and adderal for years and they did help me alot but they made my mood considerably less stable. even though im....well, much cleaner then i used to be. I always avoid strait downers (klonopin/xanax/ativan/valume..alcohol) because they also screwed my stability up, even more so then stimulants. and i know im a fairly stable person, mood wise, off drugs. so i can only guess how much they could mess someones mood that is bi-polar. if i were in your situation, i would really try my hardest to do whatever i could before opting to become an opiates addict especially becuse i know first hand how horrible it becomes.
have you given mood-stabalizers a shot? how about wellbutrin?
mabey a combo..moodstabalizer+Anti-deppresant
and i know we have all heard this before, or at least i have and at the time it pissed me off. but drugs arnt really going to make you completely happy. (exception: opiates, although its VERY temparary) you got to be cool inside and its a complete bitch to make that happen when your deppresed. thats why after you get the med situation checked out.....u know whats up
then you could clean-up your diet?
skateboard.....(or any excersize, but i skateboard)
and meditate (i meditate in a taoist method, you have to do it right or your better off watching tv...heh heh)anyway good luck bro, and dont do heroin to fix your problems i did that for years and in the end, it only made me more incomplete and unhappy.
peace, J
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