Posted by Chairman_MAO on May 12, 2005, at 13:45:51
In reply to concerned that my wife may be abusing, posted by concerneddude on May 11, 2005, at 20:06:06
Some of the best advice, IMHO, for dealing with addiction can be found at www.peele.net. You can even email him and he will answer your questions for free!
Insofar as the meds are concerned, once your wife is able to be on the level about what she really is getting out over her drug-taking--"self-medication" or not, it doesn't matter, that's all pharmaco-medico-elitist-speak anyway--and why she isn't getting what she wants, maybe you can find a good shrink and get her on meds taht actually help. I know in the past what I thought I needed (amphetamine + benzodiazepines) wasn't nearly as effective as what I take now (MAOI + buprenorphine) at doing what I wanted. But I never would've been able to break my addictive patterns had I not been able to find a doctor who was sympathetic to my condition and truly wanted to help me achieve remission rather than simply following some orthodox SSRI-based treatment protocol.
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