Posted by hyperfocus on November 4, 2011, at 21:18:29
In reply to Re: Viibrid Treatment » hyperfocus, posted by Chairman_MAO on November 3, 2011, at 19:49:23
> If by "sustainable" you mean felt the same way for over two years, then yes, it was sustainable. Receptors don't necessarily automagically "burn out". The lorazepam I was not dependent on because I was only taking it for sleep. I stopped it with one night of insomnia.
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Oh ok, cool. It was more euthymia-like for you I guess? I've felt like crap for so long I mixup euphoria with just feeling normal.> Coming off of Nardil was worse than coming off of buprenorphine. There is virtually no withdrawal with the dose of amphetamine (60mg/day) that I take. I recently had to stop it to start Marplan, and I didn't even have to alter my daily routine.
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> Anyone taking any drug for a prolonged period of time is to some extent physiologically dependent on it; doesn't matter if it's Prozac, Nardil, Oxycontin, whatever.
Yeah you're right. I guess I was thinking more about people who don't have depression or SP taking drugs that target the dopamine or GABA receptors. It's an interesting point - specialists have said for years that people with SP or any type of major anxiety cannot become psychologically dependent on benzos. I suppose the same might be the case with amphetamines or opiates for people with depression?
C-PTSD: social phobia, major depression, dissociation.
Currently: 450mg amitriptyline single dose at night.
Also: Allegra, 1000mg Vitamin C.
Slowly improving.
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