Posted by Quintal on February 20, 2007, at 22:14:30
In reply to Re: opiates for depression HELL NO, posted by flmm on February 20, 2007, at 21:10:45
>I think people become desperate and think opiates will work long term, they do not!
They work as long as any other antidepressant; sometimes a few days, sometimes a few weeks, sometimes a few months, sometimes a few years, and it is a such a wonderful release for the person when they do work for treatment resistant depressives. We are talking about people who have tried nearly everything in the book afterall, not as some faddy new remedy for treating everyday blues.
>Also, when they "poop out" it is not like an ssri pooping out, where it just seems to not work as well.
The flip side to this is that just like with opiates when the SSRI/SNRI poops out you often face not only returning depression and anxiety, but at the most inopportune time you have to endure a nasty withdrawal syndrome to boot.
>It is not an antidepressant, it is merely chasing a high!
How do you define 'antidepressant'? Anything that ameliorates depression is an antidepressant to my mind, but I would argue that opiates are, in truth, more authentic antidepressants than drugs like SSRIs that seem to exert their antidepressant effect most often by reducing the capacity to feel emotion.
>It's called self medicating, and the road goes bleak very soon!
It's not self-medicating if the opiate is prescribed by a doctor. The road of conventional antidepressants has gone blank for many people here already, that's why they are considering opiates.
>Good luck to those that can handle it..............
Thank you.
Q
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