Posted by ShelliR on January 23, 2003, at 10:41:02
In reply to Re: Inuit omega-3 intake, posted by Ed O`Flaherty on January 23, 2003, at 4:01:56
> Hi Shelli,
> I see you are on methadone.I have seen several patients reduce the dose of methadone they need by going on fish oil and some of them have come off it completely.Perhaps you would enlighten us about your original history leading to the prescription of methadone.
>
> Ed
Hi Ed,If you look up methadone, oxycontin and buprenorphine, my whole detailed story over the last two years should come up. Here's a synopsis:
About two and a half years ago, nardil stopped working for major depression after about twenty years. (Maybe related to perimenopausal changes.) I also had very bad inflammation in my chest, associated with depression for me.
After trying nearly 20 combinations of meds, a pdoc put me on oxycontin for pain/depression. It worked, but I had to increase to a very high dose because of continuing habituation. Over the last few years I have been on and off opiates, decided on methadone rather than oxycontin because it is much much cheaper. Now I'm going to a homeopatheic doctor to treat the depression as well as trying some of the newest treatments (including abilify) so I can get off the methadone. Want to get off methadone because of possibililty that at some time it may not be available for me, fear of not effectively being able to treat another type of pain if that should happen, as well as constipation, and anorgasmic side effects.Shelli
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