Posted by BarbaraCat on August 3, 2004, at 12:02:19
In reply to Re: Opiates for depression » paulbwell, posted by jerrympls on August 2, 2004, at 19:44:50
> I have researched meds and my own depression for 12 years (I'm 32 now) and have figured out that my dopamine system (very general term I know) is out of whack. Hydrocodone and other opiates are very well tied into the dopaminergic system.
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**Hi Jerry, if you have anything pertinent to opiods and dopamine, let me know. Otherwise, I'll just do a google search. I've often felt there was a dopamine tie-in because of the activation I experience from Vicodin especially (not so much oxycodone). I too felt akathasia, anxiety with Wellbutrin so perhaps another dopamine pathway is getting hit. Also, the euphoric effects of opiods may smooth out the jittery primarily dopamine meds. - Barbara
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