Taking Hydrocodone For Depression (Page 12)

I am wondering if anybody else out there has taken Hydrocodone and noticed that symptoms of depression are alleviated? I find that many of today's anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs come with unpleasant side effects, whereas while taking Hydrocodone they aren't there. The caveat to all of this is that yes, I know that Hydrocodone and opiates in general can be addictive. So long term use would result in withdrawal symptoms. I'm just wondering who else might agree with me on this?

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kkh-only percocets and lortab type have all that. There are many opiates that are wonderful as antidepressants and also do not have any other active ingrediants in them

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Constant debilitating pain is depressing. Not ever feeling like doing anything is depressing. Knowing that the medical community and doctors have abandoned their patients in pain is depressing. People who are taking cymbals can never stop. The final withdrawal is too terrible and the manufacturer does not make low enough doses for safe withdrawal. So, people are stuck.
Hydrocodone worked very well for me. After the rescheduling to stop all of the abuse my doctor refused to prescribe it. Throw in the NID and all of their addiction talk, the CDC, the FDA and people end up suffering needlessly. Go figure.

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I've been in hydrcodone for 3 yrs due to chronic back pain which happened at my job. I've had laser surgery..didn't work. I've done EVERYTHING the dr's have told me to do with no avail. The only thing that works is Hydrcodone. I didn't ask for this but I'm trying to deal w/it the best I can. I can get up and prepare meals, go to the store, go to Mass. In other words, I'm like a regular person! Without it, I'm in the bed, pain is crazy and I can't do anything. I've tried Tramadol which does absolutely nothing. Now, my Dr has me to take it with the hydrcodone... That works. Before my accident, I was vibrate, working each day, etc. I'm now on Disability which will take me into retirement.... I'm truly blessed but I just pray this pain leaves my body.

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You can cut the pills in half to stretch out the better feelings. I have spinal stenosis and osteoarthritis. Hydrocodone is the only thing that works. Get mris or catscans of your back and eat lots of fruits and veggies.

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Now the cdc just came out with guidelines for prescribing opioid for chronic pain. They are so worried about over prescribing, this is going to have a very negative impact on those that truly need them.

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This whole war against pain medication is ridiculous. The result is going to be,people turning to the black market. People will do whatever they believe necessary,to find relief from pain.

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The other part of this is you can only get pain meds for 3 days after surgery. They wean you off even if you are still in pain.
This is now a 3rd world country.

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I'm pretty sure that they have not even considered the fact that people will have liver damage and stomach damage from over consuming Tylenol and ibuprofen. These medications will be used in dangerously high doses by people trying to find relief.

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Hi Jobe, can you tell me what other guidelines they have for chronic back pain? I've done and tried everything... From surgery to all kinds of meds. As I said in my earlier note, Tramadol by itself does nothing...its like you have to take 2 or 3 just to get a little relief. However, if I take Norco and Tramadol, it works greatly! And don't run out! It's pure hell...I also have sciatica and Norco gets rid of both of them! My Dr is great and he helps me...he knows the pain Im in. I went to a pain clinic and they told me the pain was in my head! I told them I feel pain in my back and legs, not my head! They tried to give me Balcogen, I took it for a week...did nothing. I went back to Norco. Thanks for listening!

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Hi Lucy, back in the late 90's there was a huge push by chronic pain patients and doctors in general to recognize pain as something that should be aggressively treated with what works best for the Patient, especially opioids. They still are required to rate your pain on a scale of 1 to 10. I am providing this history, as all the sudden these experts are saying that is not the way to handle pain. You are smart doing things your prescribing doctor asks you to do. This will allow him /her be able to continue to treat pain. These are only guidelines, but a federal agency especially the cdc holds tremendous power. This is really going to affect the way new docs are trained, not so much those that have been around for 20 yrs. They will make sure that they cover themselves. If you want to read on this just Google 2016 cdc opioid prescribing guidelines. Best wishes

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I wanted to add that this is going to be a very individual or group practice thing. Of course anyone needing a new doc is better to search for an internal medicine doc instead of a general practitioner. Mine has "suggested" seeing a psychologist in addition to his prescribing, thus I already have an appointment made this coming week, more for his benefits, but I am hoping to get some new skills in dealing with memory decline, anxiety, depression in addition to my cp issues. In reading the new guidelines, this is one of the "suggestions" I've been with my doctor for many years and have a great trusting relationship, however I understand his need to do anything additional to protect himself.

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So I keep coming back to this hoping someone has created an antidepressant with similar properties to hydrocodone, but nothing. I am like everyone else here, I am on Zoloft and wellbutrin and have no motivation and have no interest most of the time. I have taken a loritab on occasion and I feel good not high but social and happy and extremely motivated, but of course my doctors will not prescribe me any even when I was in pain. I am so tired of being depressed.

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As a physical therapist I can tell you that after treating patients for 3 decades I have never had a patient overdose on NSAIDS. M.D.'s are varied in their viewpoint regarding these types of pain meds. If you research anti inflammatory medications you will find that you must consume a MASSIVE amount of mg's to enter a life threatening situation. However, these drugs do thin the blood, and should you suffer a wound, blood loss is a concern. This is rare. I recently went to the E.R. for pain and received Vicodin and Motrin 800's. I did not require both. Had I taken as prescribed I would have ingested 4,500 mgs of NSAIDS. A far cry from the 12,000 mgs that lead to an overdose. Most M.D.'s are more conservative. For what reason? I have no idea. In most cases we can take anti inflammatory meds on our own as needed. It is the opiate that gives us the pain relief. Is there a problem here? Yes.

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Hi Mickey, very sorry to hear of your needless suffering. Two thoughts. First, how about searching for a new internal medicine doc??? You interview them. It's not easy and there are ways to increase your chances of finding a compassionate doc. Namely, if you have a good relationship with a pharmacist, you could ask who they might recommend. Not all will provide you with this info but some will. Secondly, have you ever had a benzo (ativan or similar drug) which may help allivate some of those feelings. I hope you can get the help you need. Best wishes

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Mickey I've done some research and they are doing that. One is a ketamine cousin and others with opiate base also. Google it and use physicians sites also

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In the Opiate Hey Day in UK and America, back in the good old days of Opium Dens run by kin of the oriental railroad workers; you could get opiates for just about everything! There happened to be an unfortunate gent by the name of Mr Thomas I believe. It seems smoking opium got the best of him and he pawned all he had for more. He came to his senses and started a crusade against this evil potion. He grew anxious, irritable, sweaty, achy and other fun symptoms of w/d. His poor daughter noticed how dreadful dad had become and simply said, " it seems that if you are so horrible without it and feel so much better with it, you should do it more often."

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Roxi don't have tylonile. It pure oxi

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Hi Jobe! I thank you for ur response and I googled opioids...very interesting! It feels like they are trying to control what a patient takes and that's not fair. But I would like to know what can a person take for pain if one runs out of Tramadol and Norco?. Thank you

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You're very welcome, Lucy. Are you looking for over the counter meds, or other narcotic pain medications? I would suggest Tylenol 4 as taking one of those is about equal in pain relief to a hydro 10mg. The benefit to your doctor is it's a schedule 3, so can be called in and not as tightly regulated.

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I do agree however the withdrawing of hydrocodone is pure hell. Went through it and it took a long time, almost a year of total depression. Being clean and realizing how much better life is without the dependence and big money wasted.......I will never go there again.

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