Posted by jerrympls on November 17, 2005, at 18:16:28
In reply to can I say something too.., posted by spriggy on November 17, 2005, at 18:07:20
I think the key is to find an expeiernced psychopharmocologist or get in to seea pdoc at a university because in my experience they are more likely to try off-label therapies like opiate therapy. Gathering research on the subject and taking it to them also helps.
The biggest hurdle is telling them that an opiate makes you feel "normal" without them reacting negatively. In my situation, I had tried so many meds and so many combinations that my doc one day just said in frustration - does ANYTHING make you feel better - and that's when I told her that opiates made me feel much better - even close to "normal." Of course she didn't prescribe an opiate on the spot - she did some research and talked a lot with her colleagues about it before even giving it a trial run.
It's tricky to find a pdoc out there that will do this when everything else has failed. But there ARE docs out there.
Jerry
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