Posted by FP on April 2, 2000, at 23:55:15
In reply to under the influence...(and hi to kazoo bob), posted by CarolAnn on March 21, 2000, at 10:00:09
1. Anything that impacts postively on on body's enodphin system is addictive. That's just the way we're made.
2. The ARE legal ways get Tylox like products, and I was addicted to them for many years, with - I thought - no seeming side effects.
3. Evenutally they stopped working; then I was up s**ts creek.
3a. They are the wrong direction for a depressive to be going anyway - constantly wondering, "do I feel happy ENOUGH?"
3b. Also, my interest in other people dropped off to zero. I can't tell you how thrilled my wife was about this.
3c. Prolonged use, w/o sleeping pills, will f-up your sleep somehthing serious. Read DeQuincy's "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" for the full monty.
Moral: be careful what you wish for...
FP
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