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Alcohol, Valium, and Codeine -- Long

Posted by Simcha on June 18, 2003, at 0:37:06

Hello all,

Here is my current med mix for MDD:

AM Dose:
40mg Celexa
200mg WellbutrinSR

PM Dose:
600mg Neurontin

Recently, actually last November, I was diagnosed with Asthma. Currently my condition has been down-graded to Moderate Persistant Asthma. I take Azmacort (3puffs in the am) and Albuterol ihaler as needed to control tha Asthma. I use medications daily to control allergies that might trigger the Asthma: Allegra (120mg/day "60mg X 2") and Flonase (2 sprays in each nostril). Both Azmacort and Flonase are corticosteroids.

Anyway, when I had Bronchitis in February, my Doctor prescribed Promethazine with Codeine syrup to control the cough. I took it mainly at night because it made me feel drowsy. Also it made me feel really good, I mean REALLY good.

With all the darn medicine I'm taking I feel like a druggie anyway.

Well, recently I've taken to having marguerita occasionally in the evening. It relaxes me and I enjoy the flavor.

I've been off of Klonopin for five months now but I kind of miss the stuff. It really helped calm me in ways that the Neurontin is not. I've been considering Valium at night to calm myself occasionally when I have a hard time sleeping. My perception is that Valium is shorter acting and occasionally taken, it is not a bad thing?

Also, I'm wondering why the Codeine cough syrup made me feel so good when I took it at night. I kind of miss it. I'm not sure I'm really addicted. (I don't have anymore so I haven't had it since I had Bronchitis in February.) It's just that the stuff made me feel so good and calm while I was going to sleep. It felt like I was melting into a nice sweet dreamy sleep.

Am I a druggie here because I enjoy the effects of an occasional benzo, the occasional drink, or an opioid drug? Could this be that there is some anxiety I have that is unresolved?

Also, I get concerned as it is with all the medication I take. It seems like it's a lot for my liver and kidneys to handle. Yet, I want to be a normal 33 year old man and I enjoy the occasional inebriation.

Well, any comments or concerns would be welcome. I'd like a reality check.

Thanks,
Simcha

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