Posted by jay2112 on December 2, 2020, at 16:09:36
In reply to Re: Strange fx....answers???, posted by undopaminergic on December 2, 2020, at 5:50:23
> > Well, I have now tried both Suboxone and Methadone for about a month each. I tried them to kick a Tylenol3 habit. I seem to have a *really* hard time tolerating these meds! They both seem to depress me, as well as make anxiety worse (the depression I get...these are depressants..as all opioids....but the anxiety is crazy!!)
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> That's weird. In my experience, opioids are the best class of medications against anxiety.
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> They may technically be depressants, but that is not in the sense of (clinical) depression, but it refers to their calming effect on the central nervous system. Indeed, opioids often induce euphoria, or in other words, the opposite of depression.
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> -undopaminergic
>Yes, I do agree...all of them except methadone and Suboxone quell anxiety greatly, for me. I don't know....it could be a dosage thing, or something else.
Jay
I was brought up to believe..
Belief that's failed me now
As Life goes from bad to worse
No philosophy consoles me
In a clockwork universe..........
~Neil Peart (1952-2020)
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