Posted by ShelliR on February 25, 2003, at 13:53:48
In reply to Re: ECT. » ShelliR, posted by Greg A. on February 24, 2003, at 14:37:19
Hi Greg.
<What was (is) your physical pain like? >
It's very heavy pressure in my chest, sort of like someone's stomping on me. I can't totally separate it from depression since many people feel tightness in their chest when they are depressed.
<Why methadone? What does it do for depression?>I started using hydrocodone (vicodin) and found that it totally took all my pain away, both physical and psychological. Then a new pdoc (new for me) decided that since vicodin was working, he'd prescribe oxycontin since it lasts much longer. Unfortunately I kept having to go up on the oxy until I couldn't afford it. So that's why another doctor (a pain specialist) is prescribing methadone instead. But I wish so much that I had just stayed on the vicodin because it did the trick without me having to keep going up. Now I have to use so high a dose of any opiate to help, even buprenorphine.
Just curious if you've tried nardil. That's the MAOI I'd been on for years, and it was very successful for me. Finally, it lost its effectiveness, but I'm grateful that it gave me a more or less normal life for almost twenty years.
I think the nardil probably stopped working because of serious changes in hormones, etc.Opiates are great; you just have to know that chances are that you will have to keep increasing your dose over time. That bothers my doctor more than me. I read an article on opiates and pain from a doctor at NIMH who said that increasing is almost inevitable, but it's still not difficult to get off when you're ready, as long as you do it slowly.
Shelli
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