Posted by highhatsize on January 11, 2010, at 14:17:02
In reply to Re: Are These Meds For Real? Ad's????, posted by casse on January 11, 2010, at 11:32:19
> He is of the opinion that the intestinal contractions and pressure I've been having are from anxiety and depression related to post accute withdrawl syndrome after quitting opiate pain meds.<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At the risk of ridicule for proposing a simple solution to diarrhea that you have probably already tried, I have found that Pepto-Bismol taken prophylactically prevents symptoms due to the discontinuation of narcotics. When I have to go out, I take a slug of Pepto-Bismol and have been untroubled. If I am at home for a few days without taking it, I can expect a period of frequent and urgent bowel movements. It has been about four months since I discontinued Norco (10 mg. hydrocodone / 325 mg. apap) and my symptoms have remained constant. I don't expect them to improve anytime soon, but the Pepto makes them manageable.
I don't think that the diarrhea has a psychological cause. Rather, I think that my body adjusted over time to the narcotic's depressive effect on peristalsis. In order to keep digestion moving, peristaltic contractions became stronger. Now, in the absence of the inhibiting narcotic, the contractions are too powerful.
Parenthetically, thanks for the update on Stablon. I am following your progress attentively. If this remedy has legs, I will discuss it with friends for whom the SSRIs are effective but which have debilitating sexual side effects.
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