Newbie here. Sorry about the novel, but I've been reading this site non-stop for the past few days and I'm hoping some people on here with personal experience can help. TIA!
My partner has dealt with MDD since he had meningitis at age 18. He's been treated with every form of anti-depressant on the market to very limited success and what success he has had has been short lived. When he was younger, weed and opiates were how he self medicated to deal with it. We've been together 12 years and he'll do very well for 4-8 months and then hit rock bottom for 3-15 days. Severe depression with major irritability and anger. Nothing seems to break through. Pdoc added Latuda to his current meds (Wellbutrin, Trazodone, Clonidine) about 4 months ago and then put him back on 60mg IR Adderall 2 months ago. He's been on and off Adderall since 2nd grade for ADHD and he says it has helped with the depression post meningitis.
I've been seen a PM doctor for the past 18 months for chronic knee pain that has never gone away after major reconstructive surgery. I get 120 10mg oxycodone. I might take 20 of those throughout the month and I've been giving the rest to my partner since it REALLY seems to help his depression. It's the only time that I really see him truly happy and not just barely content. We've been rocking on like this for over a year mostly doing well. Pdoc added low dose Latuda in February and he seemed to be doing wonderful. Pdoc increased Latuda in April and shit hit the fan. Horrible depression, severe anger...nothing worked because we were out of oxy for the rest of the month. Episode passed after a week and all was back to normal. Between now and then 60 mg IR Adderall has been added. Adderall has seemed to be working with the exception of fairly severe letdown/crash in the evenings. Opiates seem to fix that.
Unbeknownst to me, he got a hold of some Suboxone a little over a week ago from a friend and took it for a couple days. He claims he did not take opiates with it. 3 days later I ended up giving him WAY more opiates than I normally do just for recreation. We ran out that day and then next day all hell broke loose. HORRIBLE depression and anger. Worse than I've seen in years. Nothing in taking the edge off, not even 4mg of Klonopin. Today is the 5th day of this and it is showing no sign of improvement which is VERY unlike him. Could the Suboxone and opiates in that 3 day window have triggered this? His Adderall hasn't worked this week either. Doesn't kick in despite taking 80mg instead of 60mg and the letdown/crash happens about an hour into taking it and is much more severe than normal. He had never taken Suboxone before last week. He claimed the 2 days he was on it completely erased all signs of depression and made him feel normal.
I'm at my wits end. He can get 8 days worth of Suboxone tonight and wants to try that and see if it will break him out of this funk. Is that a good idea or are we seriously about to fuck this up worse? Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
My partner has dealt with MDD since he had meningitis at age 18. He's been treated with every form of anti-depressant on the market to very limited success and what success he has had has been short lived. When he was younger, weed and opiates were how he self medicated to deal with it. We've been together 12 years and he'll do very well for 4-8 months and then hit rock bottom for 3-15 days. Severe depression with major irritability and anger. Nothing seems to break through. Pdoc added Latuda to his current meds (Wellbutrin, Trazodone, Clonidine) about 4 months ago and then put him back on 60mg IR Adderall 2 months ago. He's been on and off Adderall since 2nd grade for ADHD and he says it has helped with the depression post meningitis.
I've been seen a PM doctor for the past 18 months for chronic knee pain that has never gone away after major reconstructive surgery. I get 120 10mg oxycodone. I might take 20 of those throughout the month and I've been giving the rest to my partner since it REALLY seems to help his depression. It's the only time that I really see him truly happy and not just barely content. We've been rocking on like this for over a year mostly doing well. Pdoc added low dose Latuda in February and he seemed to be doing wonderful. Pdoc increased Latuda in April and shit hit the fan. Horrible depression, severe anger...nothing worked because we were out of oxy for the rest of the month. Episode passed after a week and all was back to normal. Between now and then 60 mg IR Adderall has been added. Adderall has seemed to be working with the exception of fairly severe letdown/crash in the evenings. Opiates seem to fix that.
Unbeknownst to me, he got a hold of some Suboxone a little over a week ago from a friend and took it for a couple days. He claims he did not take opiates with it. 3 days later I ended up giving him WAY more opiates than I normally do just for recreation. We ran out that day and then next day all hell broke loose. HORRIBLE depression and anger. Worse than I've seen in years. Nothing in taking the edge off, not even 4mg of Klonopin. Today is the 5th day of this and it is showing no sign of improvement which is VERY unlike him. Could the Suboxone and opiates in that 3 day window have triggered this? His Adderall hasn't worked this week either. Doesn't kick in despite taking 80mg instead of 60mg and the letdown/crash happens about an hour into taking it and is much more severe than normal. He had never taken Suboxone before last week. He claimed the 2 days he was on it completely erased all signs of depression and made him feel normal.
I'm at my wits end. He can get 8 days worth of Suboxone tonight and wants to try that and see if it will break him out of this funk. Is that a good idea or are we seriously about to fuck this up worse? Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
