Posted by yxibow on July 29, 2008, at 1:47:00
In reply to Where to go with Morphine?, posted by okydoky on July 23, 2008, at 11:31:10
> I have been asking a lot from this board.
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> I have gone off the Oxycontin I was taking for several years and started Avinza (morphine). For the first week or so I felt much calmer and a bit more motivated. I stopped taking any klonopin or perphenazine. I also stopped taking benadryl with valium and klonopin and valerian root (anything around essentially) all day in attempts to sleep constantly.Is this an attempt to avoid life as we know it? I don't wish to be ad-hominem but if there is this history in your profile, I'm not quite sure how you got onto opiates in the first place. It does ring a little bit of addiction, or at least avoidance of life, which although may feel good, well --- it isn't really a "cure" for depression, since avoidance is one quality. Just a thought.
I cannot start Parnate as one planned option to try if I stay on morphine and it seems like the calming and antidepressant effects seem to be wearing off although the pain management is still better. I have started to feel a total panic in my gut which is the norm for me. I was going to try Subutex with Amineptine. What about morphine with amineptine? I do not think from previous posts to me that it has potential better than with oxycontin? I guess the question is should I stay on the morphine and try to address the trd? It was not in my plans and I am unsure how to proceed.
Best be careful with morphine -- it is primarily used for palleative care (end of life or major trauma). At some point there is no point of return without heroic effort, [usually though on IV drips.]
It's not surprising the honeymoon with morphine has ended. Opiods generally give the giggles for a few weeks for their intended use and gradually become very potent drugs that require withdrawal.I can see where the possibility that it has helped the removal of perphenazine as u-receptors have been explored in schizophrenia.
Bupenorphine and amineptine together seem to be two addictive agents combined. I don't know what would occur when that happens. Best to have a psychiatrist (I hope you do) that is specialized in addiction medication.
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