Posted by ed_uk on June 2, 2005, at 10:09:07
In reply to Re: depression and relapse, posted by fuji on June 1, 2005, at 18:38:06
>........*for the most part* I legitimately had been taking opiates..........
Have you been misusing opioids from time to time?? If you have, I can see why you want to stop. Perhaps it would be helpful to have your medication dispensed in small quantities.
>I really just got so tired of being in pain and suffering.
Chronic pain following back surgery is often a serious problem. If possible, consulting a pain specialist could be very useful. A pain specialist could provide a variety of non-opioid pain therapies and/or could carefully supervise long-term opioid treatment if there was no reasonable alternative. It sounds like your depression is quite bad at the moment, a different antidepressant might be helpful. I'm not the worlds' greatest fan of Strattera, a lot of people seem to find that it makes their depression worse. You could post on the main p-babble board and ask for suggestions RE further antidepressant treatment.
Kind regards,
Ed.
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