Posted by bulldog2 on January 17, 2007, at 15:34:32
In reply to Re: Do people feel medications help or mask sympto » bulldog2, posted by Quintal on January 17, 2007, at 14:44:58
The pattern of drug use was different but I in many ways I behaved in a similar way as I did when taking drugs of abuse except antidepressants and benzos are legal, obtained from a doctor's prescription and therefore tolerated, but for many years opiates and cocaine were used in a similar fashion and were recommended (and used) by doctors. Are drugs of abuse simply more rapidly acting and effective antidepressants with less abuse potential?
Q
Good point. Drugs of abuse are so rapidly acting that people are more likely to chase the euphoria they may induce. Interesting that you bring up this point. I was talking to someone who was on parnate years ago and he said he felt he was always high on the drug and finally discontinued it for that reason. But even if ads only address the symptoms sometimes one may need them to get over a tough patch in their lives.It's kind of ironice how docs seem to view certain drugs as having a moral stigma attached to them as opposed to certain psychotropic that they hand out like candy.
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