Taking Hydrocodone For Depression (Page 23) (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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S. Lee, for me, hydro takes care of ALL of my pain!! For me, my quality of life is much better...I can cook, clean whatever needs to be done in my home, I can do. Yes, i m sure I'll have withdrawals when I have to stop taking them but that will work itself out too. I've been with pain mgmt clinic and I've tried meds and I stopped them because they kept me like a zombie! I don't want to sleep my life away. They gave me Balcofen.. Horrible! I was dizzy, and I slept for hours! I never took it again. Norco doesn't do that for me.

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Okay I have a problem. I take Norco 10/325 for chronic back pain and sciatica. I just got a refill of 90 and I've used them...all. I was in pain and they didn't work at all. I can't get a refill til 3wks. I can get Tramadol but I must take like 4 or 5 and that's not a guarantee they'll work. Pls help. Thanks

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yes it is so nice to not have crippling pain.n to stay house bound because everywhere i go i scare people now they see me in so much doubled over pain n adhesions in my chest specaialist instead of looking at my medical records n listing to any thing i have to say about how much stronge i was when i had my pain med.they keep calling abulance on me n denying me any treatment anymore.

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Hello good morning to all spyzs just curious my doctor ran my t4 levels and for the first time in 5 years they came back at a high level and yes my energy level has risen tremendously unfortunately I cannot do much because of what the consequences would be after. I was concerned I might have a thyroid problem on top of everything else in 5 years I have been taking the norco the test came out normal could it be the manufacturer ? My doctor will re test again as soon as he comes back from walking out of his office for good have to find another doctor in the mean time I have to pray and worry I don't have cancer or a thyroid condition have a blessed day

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Trust me on this. The addiction risk is absolutely not worth any relief from depression you may get. I have had a three year addiction to hydro and despite several attempts can't beat it due to the withdrawal symptoms. More so to your case this is what you are likely to experience. Initially you may get relief from the depression but eventually your tolerance will grow and you will require more for the same effect. Then you’re likely to require it every 4 to 6 hours around the clock to avoid withdrawal. Worst of all, at this point the euphoric feeling or relief from depression will go away and your no longer taking it to feel better you’re taking it instead to avoid feeling bad. And if on it long enough, depression will become one of the symptoms, among others. I battle depression constantly as a result of the physical and psychological dependency. Of course, if one does eventually get off it, depression is one of the most common symptoms of withdrawal from it. Short term and often long term. Bottom line the depression your fighting will likely be worsened if any type of dependency or addiction develops. Not to mention the even worse risk of it leading to use and abuse of other if not worse opiates. It can easily be completely destructive to one’s life and simply should not even remotely be considered for that purpose. I say that as a person who can vouch for the addiction battle this drug can bring.

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Speacilist that could not even graduated Univerisity of Phonnex. Should know pain casues high blood pressure then heart damage then death. Thieving ins. co having fun getting away with turture n murder yet . Seems to be.

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John Hopkins said i need Flexeral n Hydrocodone for end of life pain. Since obama don't care act n Gove. prick scott in FL says everyone on disability is just on it for a free ride. Any way it only took 1/2 of hydro. after having two teeth extracted the dentist gave me prescription for 5 mg for 1 week. I'm breaking it in half. My daughter was so exited that ive been able to get more done even with the pain of surgery, now that i got a temporary prescription for tooth surgery. Yes i feel like im gonna live again.

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The likely long term scenario that I would be concerned with is once you become physically or physiologically addicted the depression will become worse as well as when coming off after the withdrawal phase. I just now recovering from a near ten year addiction to opiates. It was a life crushing, brutal hell filled with severe depression among other horrific symptoms and life altering consequences.
In short, it typically places out like this when trying opiates based on my extensive experience and observing countless others. " they work until they don't then things get very ugly ".
It's not as simple as do they work short term. It's a matter of the hell you may find your life in once addicted. And I mean HELL!. Opiates lure ya in with feelings of relief or euphoria then tolerance grows as does dosage taken then physical dependence then drug seeking behavior to source more drugs all the while depression and other emotional disorders developing along with the addiction.
It took me eight years and over a dozen attempts at treatment to get off opiates as well as the financial losses and major pain the experience caused my family.
Again, today's relief can lead to tomorrow's hell when dealing with opiates.

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JD, I have been on adderall for 4 years. In the beginning it was wonderful. I felt energized, I could talk to people again, I could go out and best of all it lifted my depression. Then after about a year I developed a tolerance to the drug and my doc prescribed a higher dose. I'm taking 80 mg per day. I felt great again, then the famed adderall crash started. I was getting extremely high anxiety, heart beating out of my chest, crying, no motivation, severe depression, fatigue, suicidal, paranoid and agoraphobic. I decided to stop taking it but the withdrawal is unbearable and I felt worse than I did when taking it. After speaking with my doctor, I started taking it again. I take it for ADHD and depression along with antidepressants. Adderall is a wonderful med for ADHD and it also helps depression, but not for long. I wish I never started taking it. I'm sure I'm addicted to it, because once I stop, I crave it because my body has been conditioned to feel "normal" when taking adderall, which it's not. If you decide to take adderall and you start to feel anything like what I've described, please speak with your doctor as soon as you can. I don't want to see you go through what I did. Stay strong.

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I too try to educate myself about new, old and off label medications that might be able to treat refractory depression. I search the Internet for any clinical trials that research the effects of new medications and experimental treatments that I may be able to participate in. I've applied for a couple of trials and so far I've been unsuccessful. Everyday I research approved medications that I haven't tried yet. During my appointment with my shrink, I give him the list of the meds which, I'm sure he's never heard of, or just never thought about trying them out. Usually he has to look most of them up in his drug book. I also tell him about the clinical trials that pertain to my illness. He likes when I do all the research because then he doesn't have to do it. With all the medications I've found, he has never prescribed one. He keeps talking about the usual antidepressants which do not help me. BIG PHARMA makes tons from antidepressants and I believe they push the doctors to prescribe medication that does not work for many, many people. Antidepressants are dangerous. Patients definitely become addicted to them because the withdrawal symptoms are so bad, you feel like you're going to die. I've never used illicit drugs before, but I've heard from several people in my support groups that struggled with opiate addiction that antidepressant withdrawal can be just as bad. And we have to endure horrifying side effects. I don't even know what the hell I'm saying or thinking anymore. I wish BIG PHARMA would start considering the well being of the minions who suffer from this potentially fatal disease and start pushing the FDA to approve medications that have been proven to alleviate depression symptoms. They won't because those medications will not make a huge profit for the BIG PHARMA fat cats. I'm so at the end of my rope and lost all hope of any type of cure or, at least, some type of relief from this pain. I pray everyday I don't find myself on the wrong end of that rope. It just gets harder and harder everyday and they just don't care. I'm thinking it might be time for another in patient hospital visit. Usually being in the hospital doesn't help all that much, but I'll be safe.

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Once again Spyz, you hit it right! Hat's off to you sir!

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SADIE I have a Brussels and poor thing only goes out during the day if I have enough meds....otherwise she has to wait till evening when roomie gets home and walks her.....she seems to know when Im stuck on the couch...

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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 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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I just want everyone who read my reply to the patient whose Doctor wanted to treat the patient's depression by prescribing Hydrocodone. I admit, I did include an opinion based statement, which illuminated the absurdity of a Doctor prescribing Hydrocodone, a highly addictive form of synthetic codeine, to a patient suffering from Depression! Not to even mention that this quack was not a Psychiatrist! From what I gathered, he was the patient's Primary Care Doctor. Then, there was not any background information on the type of Doctor that he or she was. As far as I am concerned it doesn't even matter! What this Practitioner of Quakery was proposing was criminally negligent, at the least, and that is giving the man or woman the benefit of the doubt. I believe there is a very good chance that this “Doctor's" true motive was greed. It is well known that getting your patients “hooked" on Narcotic Pain-Killers is a good way to bring in easy and very steady money.

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It seems that you have to find a pain management specialist if you have chronic pain these days. Regular primary care docs will not help because they do not want to risk their licenses, which is understandable.
Anyone in chronic pain which is untreated might be depressed. I encourage anyone with untreated chronic pain to seek a pain management specialist. I have had 3 epidurals this year, performed by an anestheologist. They perform these often on women in labor and know what they are doing. Don't be afraid, just go for it.
What do you have to lose?

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Brian, I am with you 100%. For one thing, it makes me wonder if these people are Dr. shopping to get these many hydrocodone pills. Since I have been through, I am highly against it now. I agree with you 100% on what you said. Thank you for posting!

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Well Lee, an epidural involves "a drug injected into the epidural space of the spinal cord" so there are some serious risks. And the drugs they typically use are very powerful opioids and/or corticosteroids. (Of course we know bad things only happen to bad people, right? So no worries.)

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They are doing trials right now on a medication for treating opiate addiction called Suboxone/nalaxone for its uses for depression. It is an opioid antagonist which clings on very well to the Gaba receptors in your brain. These receptors are the ones that make you feel the affects of opiates. The interesting thing about this medicine is that it will give you that opiate sensation up to a certain threshold and after that you will be able to feel any increase of even if you tried to take it with any other kind of opiates, in fact you would most likely go into withdrawal.
I have been on this medicine for maintenance for 5 years and have also suffered from major depressive disorder for decades. I noticed right away that it greatly helps my depression symptoms. As far as I know it can only be prescribed for opiate addiction maintenance and step therapy right now. It is still an expensive medication even though there is a generic for it called bupernorphine/nalaxone and will most likely need a PA from your doctor for your insurance to cover it. Hydrocodone never made me feel better one way or the other, but after a severe knee injury and surgery I got to the point that I was taking two 30mg instant release Oxycodone 3-5 times per day just to function. Not to mention the 2mg Alprazolam (Xanax) as needed. Now I've been clean for 8 years and my depression is well managed.

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Toll of opioid related deaths:

wsj.com/graphics/toll-of-opioids

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