Posted by BIGDaddyachmed69 on March 17, 2006, at 23:47:50
In reply to Vicodin questions............, posted by fairywings on March 15, 2006, at 0:57:52
Looks like you've already gotten a fair number of responses, but I figured I'd throw my two cents in. Vicodin's power stuff, Percocet, Oxycontin, they're even stronger. Very addictive. I've heard benzo withdrawal is just about the worst, next to alcohol. But you don't wanna get hooked on this stuff, as calm and collected as they make you feel. No doc's going to prescribed Vicodin for depression or w/e, but I'm sure you already know that. Talk to your talk about trying something "non-habit forming". I don't know if I'd bring up the fact that you've been taking Vicodin for migraines. In my experience, you're automatically labeled an addict when you mention taking meds of any kind for reasons other than they were intended to be taken. Either that or escalating the dose.
> I noticed after my last couple of migraines, that if I took Vicodin I wasn't as prone to get ticked off at my kids when they're doing things that annoy me - like fighting and then carrying on excessively.
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> So, yesterday and today I was a bit depressed, pms-ing and really irritable, but didn't have a migraine. I took Vicodin to see what it would do for me, and I was calm and not irritable at all.
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> I've been more depressed and more irritable lately, but I'm not on an anti-depressant right now. Is there an anti-depressant that will make me less depressed and less irritable, but not sleepy or lethargic, help with the irritability, not affect my cognitive abilities, and not cause weight gain? Ah, the perfect med. right?
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> Should I tell my pdoc what the Vicodin did for me, or would taking it when I didn't have a migraine be a no-no? I mean rationally, I know I shouldn't take it when I don't have a migraine, but does it help to know it affected my mood like that? I'd hate to lose the one thing that really helps when I have a raging migraine.
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> Any thoughts?
> fw
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