Posted by naughtypuppy on November 19, 2006, at 13:14:31
In reply to Being High VS not being depressed, posted by Tom Twilight on November 17, 2006, at 10:50:04
> > Probably because it's not an antidepressant. You're high, that's why you feel better.
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> What is the difference between something that makes you "high" (pejorative term) and something that stops you from feeling depressed?
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> Surely the polar opposit of depression is being High i.e. happy!
> Just because something makes you happy doesn't mean its nessecerilly bad!The point I was tring to make is that the goal is to cure the depression instead of mearly masking it. It is much better to releave the pain of a broken arm by having it properly heal that to mask it with narcotics and keep reinjuring it. Wouldn'it be a hoot if it was true that there was a disfunction of the opiate system that caused depression. Funding for depression reasearch would dry up so fast that the mental health organizations would have have bottle drives just to run themselves. Look how long it took them to take seriously that dopamine could be asociated with depression since it was considered a "bad" neurotransmitter unlike serotonin, since it was involved in the activity of substances such as methamphetamine and cocaine. PS, just thought I'd stir the pot up a bit since people get really touchy about this topic for some reason beyond my comprehension.
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> Its just unfortunate most euphoriants we have have such horrible side effects.
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> The idea that anti depressants can't make you happy has led to the widespread use of horrible things like SSRIs
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> Sorry for slight rant, regarding Opiates Hedweb is a good suggestion.
> I've heard of people having long term success on Buprenorphine for depression.
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> Its a pity JahL doesn't post much any more, he was interested in Opiates for depression.
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> He had some success on Methadone
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