Posted by chris748 on January 28, 2004, at 23:08:11
In reply to OPIATES IN TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION « LAURA777, posted by Dr. Bob on January 10, 2004, at 17:33:47
I am a 20 year old, who has found opiates to treat my depression better than anything. I have been diagnosed as having 2 herniated discs in my lumbar spine, yet doctors won't prescribe me what I need for their fear of my addiction. I will admit, hydrocodone withdrawls are about the worst feeling in the world, but vicoproufen and Lortab have both contributed to my feeling of the love of life. I build stairs in very exquisite homes in the southeast and have not found opiates to make me less alert when working around saws, but to help me better concentrate and not get bored with what I am doing. I get paid by what I get done, no salary or by the hour. Ever since I have been on the drug, my productivity has almost doubled and I have found myself to be happy with my job. A lot of that has to do with the back pain, because chronic back pain does lead to depression and here recently has lead to severe anxiety. I am only 20 years old, but I have learned an entire, very complex trade while taking this drug. I used to have no interest in what I did and all I knew was that my back hurt all the time. I wish there were more open-minded doctors such as Dr. Bob to do research on these issue. I have been through the whole anti-inflammatory thing, which helped with the back pain, but I was still unhappy. I can take my hydro in the morning and get a great amount accomplished, where when I was on the anti-inflammatories, I still had the lull in my everyday life. It is very depressing to suffer from severe back pain as well as anxiety at my age. Much of the anxiety comes from being an entrepenuer at my age and having to deal with people who doubt me pretty much everyday, when my work is clearly comparable with my fathers work, and he has been doing this for 30 years. The HC just seems to add the spark back.. They try to put me on Effexor and all that other BS, but the way I look at that is that its just something else to be addicted to. I don't understand what the problem is with being addicted to something that helps you as much as HC has helped me. They wouldn't seem to be concerned with an Effexor addiction... I just don't understand. I wish Dr. Bob luck in his research with this topic, because it could prove to be very useful in the future...
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