Posted by cowan78 on October 13, 2008, at 14:51:39
In reply to Re: Need Help Obtaining Suboxone » cowan78, posted by merry-dove on October 13, 2008, at 13:15:51
I'm sorry to hear that youre in a bad way...I'm not a chronic pain sufferer, so I can only offer my sympathy, not my experince. It must be awful to have any type of chronic pain. Depression is, as most of us know I'm sure, also chronic pain, just in a different form.
I'm glad Vicodin has helped both of your conditions, and you are part of a *very* lucky group of people to which you haven't form any sort of dependency on painkillers, and who also do not require an escalating dose to maintain the same analgesic effect. As an augment to a traditional AD, in your specific situation, the Vicodin side effect of a 'mood lift' is a bonus. But bear in mind that it is being prescribed for chronic pain. I think what really hit a nerve with me about this thread was "NEED HELP OBTAINING SUBOXONE" title, which threw up so many red flags in my mind that I couldn't let it pass without seriously warning about the potential threat opiates possess. As a user of Suboxone myself, I can say that, like you, it may 'occasionally' give me a tiny mood boost, but its certainly not long lasting or dramatic. In fact, one of the main attraction of Suboxone for opioid dependence is its lack of typical opioid euphoria.
Again, I'm glad to hear you're reaping some benefit from the Vicodin even after all this time, but I still stand firm in my opinion that opiates should never be used as any sort of mood brightener, except those occasional short bursts when taking a painkiller following surgery, accident, etc...than just enjoy the show for those few days.
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