Posted by baseball55 on January 5, 2016, at 20:14:35
In reply to Re: Why is morphine such a good antidepressant?, posted by Christ_empowered on January 5, 2016, at 18:32:27
Morphine, oxycodone, heroin. Nothing like them for generating a feeling of emotional well-being. I self-medicated with oxycodone for five years. I became depressed only when I stopped. BUT - tolerance is a BIG problem. That's a major reason I stopped. They stop working unless you take higher and higher doses and at higher and higher doses, potential for overdose and respiratory failure gets higher and higher as well. Now maybe you can find a doctor who can titrate your doses gradually as you build tolerance and maybe you, unlike me, can stick to your doctor's schedule and not try to enhance the feeling of well-being by upping the dose. This is assuming you can find a doctor who will prescribe opiates when no physical pain is present and who will not worry about being audited by the FDA when they continue prescribing year after year.
I don't want to get all ethical on you, but for people with psychic pain, the tendency to abuse opiates (not take as directed) is almost irresistible. Also, watch out for the withdrawal if you have to stop. You will experience a rebound depression like nothing you have ever felt before.
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