Posted by Chairman_MAO on January 31, 2004, at 8:18:30
In reply to Re: OPIATES and Effexor withdrawal, posted by justjustine on January 30, 2004, at 18:54:36
> i'm not sure i understand - amphetamine and marijuana helped you withdraw from effexor? or from heroin? thanks.
From Effexor. I've never had to withdraw from an opiate; they've always had too many side effects and were too physically debilitating for me to use chronically. Most people that have to take opiates to ameliorate crippling pain or depression do *not* enjoy taking them. In fact, most healthy control subjects given IV morphine find it unpleasant.
I once asked the best psychologist I've ever had--I might as well call him my "guru"--how people could enjoy being cokeheads. He replied, "No one enjoys being a cokehead; they just don't like coming down."
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