Posted by fuji on June 1, 2005, at 18:38:06
In reply to Re: depression and relapse » fuji, posted by carlo on June 1, 2005, at 12:16:27
I too have been considering contacting a doctor for bupenorphine to detox off of opiates. What kills me is that I don't take many at all and my body has become dependent on them. In the days of my addiction I stopped everything on my own, never went to Rehab and just went to AA. I never felt withdrawal from anything. Today I called my psychiatrist and asked him to call in Strattera for me. I have wanted to try it for a long time and decided I need something else. He wants me to take Adderall but I am really reluctant to take it. How did the strattera affect you? If you take bupenorphine and are continuing to take opiates, it will throw you into an immediate unpleasant withdrawal. Bupe is also a mild pain killer which is also one of the reasons I wanted to try it. I don't go to AA anymore but can certainly relate to feeling like a hypocrite at meetings. I at least have to be off of opiates during the day before I can return to work. All my other surgeries I would just stop taking the opiates or not take them to begin with. I really just got so tired of being in pain and suffering. I know as clear as anything that I am an addict and it gets me mad. I still believe that if I have pain I can take pain killers. I just have to be honest with myself about the pain. It took me a long time before I would go on antidepressants and at the time I had a therapist who refused to treat me unless I took them. I think they probably saved my life. Unfortunately, I want more than to just not want to kill myself. I have so much more in my life than I ever had before and yet the depression lurks just under the surface like a heavy weight on my chest.
fuji.
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