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Re: is there a time to give up? » fenix

Posted by 4WD on February 1, 2006, at 22:45:41

In reply to Re: is there a time to give up?, posted by fenix on February 1, 2006, at 12:47:20

> Please apologize me if this post offends anyone but I mean no ill.
>
> Have you ever tried a form of opiate (legally) from a doctor? It works wonders for depression (in fact it kind of eliminates it entirely for as long as you are taking it, but then again SSRIs work in the same way in that you must keep taking them for the benefits).
>
> Opiates get a bad rap from ignorance and people that have abused them, but they are some of the most important drugs ever discovered. It never makes sense to me why they aren't prescribed for depression, they work so well and the side-effects are so nominal.
>
> Hmmm, of course, they now replace the centuries old poppy for much more dangerous medicines out there. But such is the law I guess, as irrational as it may be.
>
> Oh yeah, and about that whole addiction thing with opiates, or any other substance. If you have to be taking those kinds of drugs (legally) that are addicting for a very long time (to treat a certain thing), then addiction is irrelevant because you have to keep taking them anyway. You don't have to worry about running out.
>
> People that use these drugs for abuse hurt those people that really need them.
>
> Oh, nevermind, I don't apologize about this post, I believe I stated it for the well being of a fellow man that has tried much but has not found sanctuary from his demons. I really mean this all in the best of Providence. Good luck.
>

I don't think anyone will be offended by your post; there are several people here who use or have used opiates for their depression with good results.

However, with most opiates, the problem is that tolerance builds so quickly. And for me, the letdown that comes going off opiates or when they start to wear off is pretty awful. OTOH I never used them therapeutically. I used them to self medicate and I abused them.

I guess it's possible to take say, 5mg of hydocodone 3 times a day indefinitely and never need to increase the dose but I can't imagine it for me. Buprenorphine, I think, may not cause tolerance so rapidly.

But I tell you what, if I were deeply depressed and nothing else wwere working and I had not been an opiate abuser and my doctor offered to try me on a trial of opiate therapy, I'd jump at it.

Marsha


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