Taking Hydrocodone For Depression (Page 16) (Top voted first)

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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Some people handle opiates and narcotics way better than others. I don't get sick or nauseous. So it depends on the person. The Puritanical nature of the AMA and the general culture will never let the drugs God gave us to relieve pain and depression, like opium, coke and marijuana ...be affordable and accessible. Christian Nazi Care.

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Hey Lucy, see my response from 4/12 for a response to your question.

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Good afternoon, Lucy. I completely agree with you. I'm glad your getting the relief you need. That should be all that matters. Glad you have an understanding doc that puts his patients relief first. So many are not able to get the legitimate help they need. Take care and have a nice day

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Yes, I have taken my pain med also for depression at the rate of 6 a day for 6 years and have never felt it necessary to raise the dose. Unfortunately I am only prescribed 4 a day so my docs only last for 7mos to a year before I am dismissed and need a new doc. I would think that just never needing to raise the dose would be a good enough reason to let me do that amount since addicts take more and more to their detriment.

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To all that feel Hydrocodone helps with depression, I hope none of you live in the state of NY. New laws regarding prescribing controlled substances may prohibit your ability to continue with present medications. All prescriptions are sent directly to pharmacy by computers. The directions for dosing are determined by "drop downs" in the program. This will eventually be adopted by all states in a federal attempt to reduce the prescribing of controlled substances which in theory could be shared or sold with others. It's scary of those posting here that depend on medications to get through the day.

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Just asking Spyz, what do you do when you run out? Will the Dr give you another script or must you wait until the correct date to ask for a refill?. However, I do understand why you take them like that.

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Lucy, i wait till my next appt. every month, for one week I am out of meds. At first it was so horrible with restless legs, lethary, crying, freezing while sweating and of course no sleep..i started rotating when to be out of meds. Since I knew it would be,one week, I chose the week so as not to fail ua's or pill counts, then i split the week. Take three days without any meds, take my meds for a few days, then skip three days and by time it was time for doctors visit, my urine level was good, as well as my pill count. I ruined it last month when I realized that fentanyl and other extended release opiates caused my hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency. I weaned off the patch by keeping one 50mcg/h on for a week, then going a week without before replacing it. Of course my breakthrough use increased and I was at the mercy of intense withdrawal and couldn't pick when to abstain. I used them and ran out and well....out of pills was okay since it was time for refill but clean urine of course means im selling my pills, to doctors anyway.. I explained and showed them the two extra boxes I had of the patch and she just rolled her eyes and two days later I got my discharge letter. So basically protocol is more important than patient safety.

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Hi, I also have taken/tried SO many antidepressants. Currently take Zoloft and Welbutrin. Some days I am still so depressed, that I don't get out of bed. Nust in the previous month have noticed that taking the hydrocodone prescribed for pain relieves my depression. SO glad to hear this from others.

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Hi Cynthia, so sorry to hear that you lost your doctor. Don't give up, they are good, compassionate ones out there. Hang in there. Take care

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I commend you for ur strategy... Sometimes we have to do what's right for us. I will never understand how the doctors appear that they don't care about their patients quality of life. It hurts me to see how much some doctors have changed their way of thinking. I tried the pain patch.. It did nothing! Taking Tramadol along w/Norco...that's cool but taking Tramadol by itself is worthless. I have to take 3 or 4....and that doesn't really help. It's rough. I do hope you can locate a Dr who truly cares and wants to help you....take care

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Hey Linda, Lucy Hooks and everyone. As a 30 year, disabled person dealing with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and chronic pain I've been through many political changes as well as (the new recommended guidelines via the cdc regarding the prescribing of pain meds. We are all different, and to my knowledge none of us are medical doctors. We simply are sharing what has worked for us individually. My concern is for someone to come along and see postings of things that are not true, get so discouraged that could put them over the edge. I know and share things that have worked for me over the years that my treating physician has advised. PLEASE DO NOT STATE THINGS AS FACT THAT ARE OPINION. MEANT IN THE SPIRIT OF HELPING ALL!
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Yea pray to god not to let this countries thieving gov. and ins. companies continue to get away with murdering me n torturing me in unnecessary inhumane pain and loneliness since im in so much pain now. I pray to god to just take me now. 11yrs keep getting worse now future of pain relief . Yes it would help depression if i could get out of my house without someone wanting to call 911.

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Hi Lucy, good to hear from you. It is good to examine the opinions expressed by others. One of the best ways to understand where others with varying view points arrive at their conclusion. Have a nice holiday!
Jobe

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P450 Oxy and hydrocodone's main alkaloid/enzyme whatever is Thebaine....Thebaine is the only NONNARCOTIC property of the papaver somniferum and is in fact a stimulant.....not only that, oxycodone raises T levels increasing Thyroid function thus enhancing mood and energy......extended release/abuse proof opiates suck the adrenals dry causing Hypothyroidism and straight Oxy or Hydro will help restore it (once you remove the foul extended release/Abuse proof opies)

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My whole family thinks it's criminal that ins. n Gov. took buy out, even say people in end of life pain r drug addicts. n have taken what little life we had taken away to live in inhumane what used to be criminal pain. Yes it would help my whole families depression if they could see me be able to take care of myself again without the debilitating pain i'm forced to die in now.

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Leelyn, you're one of the lucky ones that was diagnosed with treatment resistant depression and it took you (I'm not going to say only 3 months because someone who is diagnosed with your type of depression, 3 months could be a lifetime) 3 months to find antidepressants that work for you. I have tried most antidepressants, mood stabilizers, an insane amount of ECT procedures, hospitalizations, residential mood disorder facilities, EMDR, and I continue to suffer. I have never went the opioid route, and I don't plan to. I'm looking into checking into a research hospital like Johns Hopkins. There has got to be something that can help and maybe they have something up their sleeve. It might come down to me embracing and accepting my illness and learning to live with it. I don't see that as being a success, but one never knows. I'm happy that you found something to help you. That kinda gives me hope. Stay well and stay strong.

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I feel your frustration about the Drs. Starting you off on pain medicine and like you was finally getting some relief then they start taking away the only thing that made me feel somewhat better I was a more pleasant person to be around my family was glad to have the old me back again. Then my pain mgt. Dr started cutting my dosage down from 4 IR 30 mg oxycodone down to half that nothing for break through pain and now I feel like I'm slipping back to where I was before I was before I got the meds that helped me in the first place when I ask him he said the good ol DEA was watching everything the Pain Managment Clinics are perscribe to there clients. Now this is a legit Dr. And legitimate prescriptions I had a bad car accident and have several injuries to my back neck and pretty much ruined my knees I've had several operations, and the MRIS. To back my clams . What do we do when the DEA dictates what the Drs. And Pharmachys can't fill the medicine that works for the people who are suffering from chronic pain and tearing apart families. I'm not talking about the Killet drug Fentanal, that's what's killing people not a couple of pain meds taken as prescribed. Anyone got any answers

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My daughter suggested I try cannabis. My state does not allow medical marijuana so I'm screwed in that department. I would have to get it illegally and, besides not knowing how to go about getting it that way, I wouldn't want to. I feel like there is absolutely nobody who cares or wants to help me. Most of the psychiatrists aren't up-to-date with the meds and/or procedures that would possibly help. The politicians are no use because they're in the pockets of big Pharma who run the show. And don't get me started on the FDA. They don't believe in treatment resistant depression. Everyday I wish there was a way I could die to get away from this pain. I'm too afraid to do it myself. I went so far as to research ways that wouldn't hurt if I did try to kill myself. I was raised a Christian and it was drilled into my head that suicide is a mortal sin and I would go to hell. I used to think the pains of hell couldn't be as bad as the pain I endure every day with this disease. I used to pray and plead with God on my knees crying tears of pain, asking him to lift this burden. Not even to be cured. I would be happy if I just received some relief so I could feel joy and have some peace. People used to tell me there's a reason God gave me this burden. There was a time I believed in God the Father and that his son, Jesus, was our Lord and Savior with all my heart. I don't believe anymore. How could God who is supposed to love all his children ignore the constant prayers and pleading from one of his children who believed in him and his son and felt as though she would be saved by that belief, allow her to suffer to the point of wanting to end her life? Besides being afraid to do it, the only reason I don't is because I couldn't do that to my husband, children and grandchildren. I can't bear knowing they would be left with the guilt and sadness if I did kill myself. I just want the pain to end. Fighting everyday to stay alive and trying to believe that someday there will be help for me, is a lonely and exhausting fight...and now I don't even have my faith to fall back on. I'm so tired of thinking someday someone, somewhere would recognize this is a true disease and not something that was made up or that I'm just lazy. Someone who would care enough to at least seriously try to find something that would help give me my life back. Not one of these clinical trials that go on for years without any success or studies that show some promise, only to be shot down by the FDA. Deep down I know it's futile because to understand the constant unbearable pain, you have to go through it and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. So I guess I have to continue fighting until I have no strength left at all and just die. I wish my family didn't have to witness my deterioration. I feel like I'm a cancer patient except nobody will give me the medication I need to survive.

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Seriously, Levo? What kind of a moronic answer is that? How old are you? 12? This is a serious website with serious, grown up questions and if you don't have the maturity to answer with empathy and constructively, you don't belong on here. Think about that and how your answer could affect seriously ill fellow humans.

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Agree, i just had 2 teeth ripped out by my dental surgeon 3 days ago and could not get antibiotics again.. But he did prescribe me 5mg hydrocodone for pain. I have been unable to get medication for 2 years now since Gov. n ins. co. playing Dr. i only got 15 5mg tabs for pain of surgery but i finally have been able to move n im stretching them out as far as possible. My pain is worse in the morning plus i have a business that has been put off for so long. I can only take 1/2 a pill in the morning. My stitches still hurt but at least i can move with out falling down pain for sometime. It just gives me hope if we can stop the murdering thieving liying Gov. n buy off by ins. co. I can get my pain management specialist at least by next year if the pain does not give me a heart attack. I keep getting sent to hospitals which do nothing because my blood pressure is at stroke level. No s*** that's what pain does.

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