Taking Hydrocodone For Depression (Page 19)

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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Been giving serious thought about checking myself into John Hopkins Hospital. My hope is that they would give me a full assessment and either try different meds that are promising along with ECT or TMS. If anyone or anything can help me, I have a glimmer of hope that John Hopkins can. Their psychiatry and mood disorder departments have been ranked number one. I have to do something. I can't continue living like this. If I had a choice of dying or to live out my life the way I am, I would so much rather die. I want to live very badly, but not like this. I've read that some people have used opiates to relieve some of their depression. Would anyone know if my psychiatrist would be the one to prescribe them or would I have to go to a medical doctor? It's just a thought because I'm not very sure I would want to go that route. Some of the comments about other people's horror stories scare the s*** out of me about using opiates. God! Why don't the powers that be just let us have marijuana?

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yes it's true but once you stop the hydro....watch out...depression through the roof

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Some people are not helped by all the high dollar antidepressants. Darvon was the best until the FDA and Big Pharma, insurance companies and the politicians decided to stop it in one day, ask your Dr what the medical profession thinks of that move. Hydrocodone manufacturers paid enough to get this done. Hydrocodone does help with treatment resistant depression and puts some people in perfect balance (not euphoric). But stick to a small dose. If you are a Baby Boomer they want to be rid of you.

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Hello SADIE,sorry that you are having such a rough time right now. It has been my experience that yes,you would need to see an md, you might even have to go to a pain management dr.wishing you much, much luck, HOUSE

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I sometimes take just a half Vicodin, and that helps my depression as well as taking a full one. I don't feel high; just normal and happy.

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Hello HAPPY, and isn't just " normal and happy" GREAT!

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SADIESURRENDER Baltimore eh? My home town! Good ole Hopkins! They were the first to recognize vertigo in me instead of seizures...ask them if they acknowledge EDS Edogenous Deficient Syndrome--read the article Ignorance Kills...there is a self assessment and things to look for in folks who don't respond to antidepressants.... It's like Chemical Pica, some of us need an external source of opiates due to low production of our own. I wish you well at JHH and let us know how it turned out

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Because the powers that be want you to continue to buy alcohol and Tobacco. They fear if marijuana is legal you will go and spend your money on high grade marijuana instead of alcohol and Tobacco.

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I do, but the judge in Drug Court laughed at a girl that said she was taking hydrocodone for anxiety and depression.The judge said of course it's going to make you feel good and addict you also. Anyway you can't be on opiates in Drug Court so that put a stop to the discussion of opiates versus depression.
I've also have seen a doctor give opiates to a girl that had a severe rash or allergy that wouldn't go away. They try everything under the sun to cure the skin lesions.

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You feel better because your hooked up and don't know it yet.

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Hi Spyz, it's Sadie. Have been in a bit of a funk...you know how it is. Anyway, yeah I've been thinking about going inpatient at John Hopkins. I'm may be grasping at straws, but who knows, maybe the "Almighty" John Hopkins is a bit more advanced with their knowledge of mental illnesses and treatment compared to other hospitals that make us weave baskets all day. Lol Everything is supposedly approved. Just waiting for a bed I will certainly let you know what happens. Thanks for caring.

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I am very afraid for people taking opioids for depression. This is scary and it is a very slippery slope to drug addiction and illicit drug use.

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I would much rather spend my money on Marijuana. It helps with anxiety so much better than the crap the doctors give us. Don't even get me started on antidepressants. They don't work, many have side effects that are intolerable and withdrawal symptoms are so bad that people start taking the drug again because they can't tolerate coming off them. I swear antidepressants are addictive. At least pot is non-addictive, it works (so I've heard..lol) and I'm more social. It's a plant. It grows in the ground. Marijuana should be legalized, at least medical Marijuana in every state.

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Heart, I am a baby boomer. Over my dead body will anyone get rid of me. The medical profession and Big Pharma better get their acts together. There are drugs out there that can help. They have been approved to treat other conditions, but not chronic depression. People who suffer from this debilitating disease, are allowed to continue to suffer because I feel that the FDA and the DEA or whatever organization oversees and makes the decisions about medications, don't believe that treatment resistant depression is not a diagnosis of a real disease. I wish one of those a**holes who make the decisions that affect the lives of millions of people, especially by withholding medications that would finally give us our lives back, could walk in my shoes for one day. They wouldn't make it through the day, but I'm expected to make it through the rest of my life like this. No wonder there's a high suicide rate for people with this disease that sucks the life out of you. Would the docs allow someone who has cancer to remain in pain? I think not. Yet we continue to get pushed to the curb. Depression is a fatal disease and we need help before it's too late. Why can't these people see we just want our lives back, to feel joy again. That's all I want. I don't care about the big house, fancy cars, or traveling the world. I just want to wake up in the morning and be able to look forward to the day, not dread it. I want to be able to leave my house without feeling like a basket case. I want to smile and laugh again, but most of all I want to stop thinking of ways to kill myself. I wouldn't do it, I hope. I'm afraid what may happen if things got so bad that I don't have the strength to fight anymore or the willpower to keep going. I've lost so much hope, I don't want to become utterly hopeless. Maybe these drugs that are not approved for depression would actually work.

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Bird it's only been illicit for 70 years! Opiates are known as Gods gift to man, since they were the first natural antidepressant..WHICH they used to be prescribed for! Notice how everybody is bi-polar? HOGWASH! It's first generation endogenous deficiency! Addiction is nothing more than Chemical Pica--using an external source to supplement what the body lacks....

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How can you be dependent but not addicted? Please pay attention!
You are going through withdrawal.

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I don't agree at all. No matter hard you work, you can't change your brain chemistry. I have struggled since I was a young child. I am not blaming anyone for my depression or sitting around feeling sorry for myself. I'm just working to get by like everyone else. But for me, as well as many others, depression/anxiety is a real disability. And worse yet, it is an invisible disability.
I have recently discovered hydrocodone. All I can say is Wow! I've often wondered if I feel normal. I've always felt a lot of guilt for my failures and lack of motivation and focus. Now I know why others succeed and I fail.
I just don't know how i'll get more.
Does anyone know if research is being done on this?

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yes being unable to go anywere without people saying can i call 911 because they see me so doubled over in pain. Its inhumane n used to be criminal to take away years of a persons life in suffering pain . I had hope for the only 2years before Gov. Scott took away my PPO ins away. it take me hours o get dressed n i hAVE TO CHOOSE TO GO WITHOUT FOOD TO MUCH PAIN. Sure would be nice to be able to leave my apt.. without someone wanting to call 911 the humalition is criminal.I am depressed i have twin daughters i cant go to there wedings now graduation from college , n to much pain when i get grandchildren just because ins . co playing Dr.

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I only take half a pill for bad pain since the next morning the hydro nervousness arrives. Tramadol extended release is a god send which counteracts the hydro withdrawal.

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Cat,
I'm not disputing your perception of next morning nervousness especially from a half of pill taken for bad pain but By compounding that with er Tramadol in fact may accentuate that spiral of pain and anxiety. You may want to discuss this with your prescriber to see if a more appropriate pain control protocol is better suited for your condition.

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