glennquagmire
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- Oct 12, 2015
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Chronic depression and anxiety has put me on the fast track to become yet another statistic but I just cannot take it anymore. After having tried out many anti-depressants the only drugs that alleviate my symptoms are opiates and I have decided to go down this route. Whether they only mask my symptoms or treat any possible "Endogenous Endorphin Deficiency" is of course subjective and up for debate but what I want to know for the time being is:
1. Is there a ceiling dose with Codeine? Or will I have to increase my dose to ungodly amounts? (like 400-500 mg a day) I am not looking to get really high and nod out all day, all I want is to be functional but have that peace and quite in my mind that opiates so masterfully bring about.
2. Assuming I progress to heroin or other harder drugs, which I will most certainly do sooner or later, will buprenorphine help me avoid withdrawal symptoms?
3. Is it possible to still feel any kind of positive effects years into being an addict? Or will any use at that point only keep withdrawal at bay?
4. Regarding buprenorphine, which I have recently unsuccessfully tried to get from my psych for my depression, would any former addicts who use it say that it makes you feel better than how you felt before you started dabbling with opiates? I read some interesting articles saying that through its Kappa antagonism, it my be an effective anti-depressant.
I must say that luckily I live in a western European country which has a top-notch health system, so I am positive that if my (future) addiction would get out of control, my insurance will cover buprenorphine.
Thanks!
1. Is there a ceiling dose with Codeine? Or will I have to increase my dose to ungodly amounts? (like 400-500 mg a day) I am not looking to get really high and nod out all day, all I want is to be functional but have that peace and quite in my mind that opiates so masterfully bring about.
2. Assuming I progress to heroin or other harder drugs, which I will most certainly do sooner or later, will buprenorphine help me avoid withdrawal symptoms?
3. Is it possible to still feel any kind of positive effects years into being an addict? Or will any use at that point only keep withdrawal at bay?
4. Regarding buprenorphine, which I have recently unsuccessfully tried to get from my psych for my depression, would any former addicts who use it say that it makes you feel better than how you felt before you started dabbling with opiates? I read some interesting articles saying that through its Kappa antagonism, it my be an effective anti-depressant.
I must say that luckily I live in a western European country which has a top-notch health system, so I am positive that if my (future) addiction would get out of control, my insurance will cover buprenorphine.
Thanks!