Posted by jemma on June 1, 2003, at 19:25:49
In reply to Re: HPA, Atypicals and Opiates?--Cam??, posted by maryhelen on June 1, 2003, at 16:33:40
You might want to try melatonin, which I've found very effective for sleep. Or an over-the-counter antihistamine like gravol or benedryl. They should be pretty safe for someone in recovery, as they're mild and non-addictive.
- jemma
> I am absoultely stunned at the information presented in this post. It would tell me, like myself, you do the research and present it to your pdoc. Thank goodness mine is receptive to this. Others have never been. It is no wonder we have a hard time finding the right medication, if we ever do.
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> However, I am stymied now. I am on 90 mg of Parnate, which has worked well for me until 3 months ago. My doctor augmented it with Lithium.
> Although I was getting an anti-depressant effect, the side effects were horrible. Tremors, twitching, hair loss, but most of all I was dull. I couldn't get things. I told him I was getting stupid. I couldn't type and I am a school secretary. I have been off work for 2 years and was just about to return. I could not go in like that. He then augmented it with Lamitcal. I have been on it a month and am now at 100 mg. I have never felt better, except for ongoing insomnia. I am addicted to all types of benzos, so I really just have to live with it. But reading other posts, I am so scared that it is going to poop out and I will be back at work going into the depression again.
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> I agree 100% that opiates take away the depression. The problem for me was I became seriously addicted and when I didn't have them I crashed into the most severe, suicidal depression I have ever experienced. I needed more and more. Without really knowing the power of the last one I took, Dilaudid, which made me feel fantastic, the withdrawal put me in hospital again certified, to my 3rd substance abuse program and 2 years later still fighting the urge.
> I found out that Dilaudid is 9 times the strength of morphine, used for people in the pain of last stages of cancer. The bad thing is for me is that I have serious back problems with constant pain and I can't take anything for it as the anti-inflamatories do not work.
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> By the way, I have treatment resistant depression, no cycling. Is that the same as atypical depression.
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> Anyway, I am all confused.
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> maryhelen
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