Posted by frizzaldizzal on June 15, 2006, at 13:49:22
In reply to Re: opiates for depression: Dr. Richelson responds, posted by Dr. Bob on April 14, 2001, at 23:32:57
I took hydrocodone for about 8 years. It was the only thing that would keep me from thinking about suicide. I never went up in the dose, all of the sudden was wasnt working like had been. The depression came back and I was very irritable. I took this med before they had diagnosed me with Bipolar II. I read in a John's Hopkin's University book about Bipolar that Bipolar depression is worse than regular. Since the doctors did not see that I was Bipolar they never put me on a mood stabilizer, and every antidepressant they put me on would quit working, so I always took the hydrocodone to help, even when I was on an antidepressant. I found it by accident. I had surgery and they put me on it, and I realized that it helped and that I was no longer thinking about suicide, so they let me stay on it.
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