Posted by KarenB on March 22, 2000, at 17:45:43
In reply to under the influence...(and hi to kazoo bob), posted by CarolAnn on March 21, 2000, at 10:00:09
CarolAnn,
I agree. I take Ultram for chronic pain and also use it to self medicate when the AD meds aren't completely doing their job (I'm just starting on new meds so I trust you know what I mean by that). It takes care of the pain and also smooths out the rough edges. It's not a narcotic and is non-addictive so my rationale is that it's better for me than, say, Xanax or Valium for anxiety. It makes me calmer, in a non-drugged, non-sleepy way yet is sedating. It also gives me a good kind of base energy (hard to describe) that allows me to force my sluggish butt do my exercise video, even when depression has me physically exhausted for no good reason.
I wonder if my pdoc would think I was nuts for asking if he could prescribe this for anxiety. Probably. He's a real by-the-book kind of guy and that's starting to get on my nerves...
K
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