Posted by JahL on August 21, 2001, at 23:59:35
In reply to Re: Another Question for Elizabeth » JahL, posted by shelliR on August 21, 2001, at 22:25:42
Hi Shelli.
> Don't think there's any problems with the drugs you're taking and temgesic, but I don't really know anything about sulpride.
Sulpiride is v. selective for D3 & goes with practically anything.
> My pdoc today increased my oxycontin [LUCKY YOU!] and started me on wellbutrin tomorrow.
I'm about 10 days into Wellbutrin. No problems so far. A little extra insomnia maybe.
>I brought in all this stuff about buprenorphine because it was obvious that I've become habituated to the oxy, but he made a comment about if you're going to use opiates, use opiates. I'll try to ask him more when I see him on Thursday, what exactly he meant.
I'd be interested to know. I want yr doctor! :-)
> I did read a small study out of Johns Hopkins that says buph can be abused, but I also had an article from a pdoc in Utah, saying it does not give you a high. So I don't get why anyone would want to abuse it.
Nor do I. Tried it today. Maybe felt a little high/giddy to begin with but soon felt weak & light-headed. No niceness. After about 4 hrs I felt nauseous & extremely tired. Also felt kinda stoned/dumb. It takes about 12 hours to wear off & I'm glad it's outta my system. I don't see the point in continuing. It's my understanding that opioids should yield their benefits in mins/hrs, not days? Time to get some *real* opioids. No time left for messin about...
> Anyway, I'm really anxious to know how you're doing on your first few days. I have a netfriend in Canada, that is not doing well. He has a lot of the symptoms you do, so please let me know if it's working out well for you., so I can pass on the info. I hope so. Tomorrow is my first try with wellbutrin, I only bought ten pills (I'm such an optimist). But I could have a yard sale with all my bottles of unused drugs if it wasn't illegal.
I could open a pharmacy.
Something that may be of interest to you. I got in touch with this country's 1st specialist 'Depersonalisation Unit'. Looks like I may get to talk to a few clued-up academic types (as opposed to the psychoanalysis-obsessed frauds I'm used to). They're looking into pharmacologic treatments (& psychotherapeutic ones, but I'll overlook that...) for DD & associated dissociation disorders (which I believe you have?).
They've got some interesting things to say. Apparently those with endogenous depression AND *severe* depersonalisation (ie ME) "may be less responsive to ADs & may require pharmacotherapy directed at the depersonalisation" (Nuller 1982). This makes sense in my instance & gives me a novel way of approaching my problem. I hear they're having a lot of success with Lamotrigine which of course helps me some. All v. interesting...
Here's hoping the Wellbutrin's better than the Parnate (couldn't have been much worse, huh?).....
J.
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