Posted by bulldog2 on May 2, 2010, at 16:12:41
In reply to Re: Just took hydrocodone(percocet)..., posted by ed_uk2010 on May 2, 2010, at 15:56:59
> > Hmm that sounds lame and there is no way for me to get a script anyway, so I'll just have to wait like 3 months to find out lamictal won't do anything either. :(
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> Well yeah, opioids are euphoriants and analgesics, they are not antidepressants. Any improvement in mood is generally very short-lived.
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>Right now the only way to get a script that is ongoing is for some condition of chronic and or severe pain.
I don't agree that mood improvement is only several weeks. Euphoria is only short lived. Opiates were used as antidepressants before the advent of the tcas and maois.
Last year I was on percocet for four months and if you don't chase the euphoria and just dose for pain relief I did maintain mood improvement for those four months.
I've seen studies that seem to indicate that many depressed people have low endorphin levels. Now I'm not saying that taking oxycodone or hydrocodone is the way to go. Perhaps fixing neurotransmitters levels will fix the low opiate levels.But someone who responds to opiates,opioids, may be an indication of low endorphin levels.
There's so much we don't know about the process of fixing depression. I think once one part of the neurotransmitters system get out of balance you get a domino effect.
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