Posted by Questionmark on August 7, 2008, at 0:04:37
In reply to Re: Kappa opioid receptors and dopamine » undopaminergic, posted by Crotale on June 17, 2008, at 23:53:37
Couple questions, if I may:
You mentioned personality disorders, and I recall reading about the potential utility of morphine for OCD. Do you (or anyone else) think buprenorphine or another opioid may be noticeably beneficial for extreme obsessiveness and/or detrimentally excessive, detail-oriented (i.e., can't see "the forest through the trees" type) perfectionism? Just curious since thus far no drugs can touch those issues without zombifying you (ok, me).
Also, since you have personal experience with BUP's antidepressive effects, I wanted to ask if it just made you feel less bad or depressed, so to speak, or if there were beneficial effects on self-respect (or confidence, or what have you) and/or energy and/or motivation and/or etc. Cos for example, SSRIs can often make people feel less depressed (or, at least, less "bad" or feel less pain), but they don't do a whole lot in the way of other aspects. Some, to some extent, but not very much. I dunno. Anyway you're thoughts would be appreciated.
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