Posted by Cecilia on October 31, 2001, at 5:10:37
In reply to Percocet stuff » Hattree, posted by Elizabeth on October 30, 2001, at 23:14:07
> > Um, a question. Doesn't everybody get high on narcotics?
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> No, not at all. Some people even become dysphoric on them, and others are indifferent to them. I'm not sure what percentage of people like opioids, but it's far from 100%. (There's a researcher in Boston who's been able to breed rodents that like morphine and rodents that don't like it. Interesting stuff. It must take an amazing degree of patience to do that sort of research.)
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> I've never gotten high on opioids, they just produce in me a feeling of contentment (although that may just be because I haven't ever taken a high enough dose).
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> > I'd like to go through life on percocet, myself, and on the rare occasions I am given some, it does not lounge in my medicine cabinet for long. Is this saying something about my stripe of depression, or do I just like euphoria?
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> (Doesn't everybody like euphoria, by definition? < g >)
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> I'd say it says more about your response to oxycodone (and probably to opioids in general) than about your depression. Have you taken Percocet when you were depressed, and if so what effect did it have?
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> -elizabethI agree with Elizabeth-I think only a minority of people respond with euphoria to opiods-if not cancer patients would all be full of joy instead of seeking out books like Final Exit. The leftover Percocet I had from surgery 5 years ago is still in my cabinet-it wouldn`t even occur to me to take it for psychological effects, which were non-existent.
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