Question by bookeys: I have depression and anxiety, and i think im addicted to a narcotic do you know a medication that can help me?
I was just wondering if there may be a medication thats for depression and axiety that can also help get me off the narcotic..and its percocete by the way. I’ve tried to quit myself..I can’t. Please help!
Best answer:
Answer by max’smom
Methadone…is for addiction . It it may be you are depressed because of your addiction. Because you can not have an endless supply so you have to worry about running out and being sick. And just the addiction is problems enough. Once you resolve that it may help your depression and anxiety.
What do you think? Answer below!
Go to see your Doctor/GP.
Do not get addicted to these drugs, they do more harm than good…enjoy life, mix around and live life to its fullest rather than to take such horrific medication that will eventually kill you and numb your senses… it’s just not worth it to indulge in drugs really.
It is a good thing that you have just admitted and the first step to getting clean if you are addicted to these. I think the first thing to do would be talk to your doctor, tell him/her just what you said and they will find a way to help you. You could also talk with someone at a detox centre. Percocets (oxycodone) will also bring on depression and anxiety and/or make it much worse. How many a day are you taking and what is the dosage? If you are taking these as prescribed there should be very little withdrawal. There is medication available to help you but again you will have to talk with your doctor. Wishing you well and hope everything goes okay for you. You can also email me anytime.
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Alternatively: I believe the Percocet is opioid based, so consider taking codeine as a substitute when slowly weaning off, over several weeks.
Chamomile herbal tea (no milk, or cream) is said to help withdrawals, as is Ginseng.
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This is a journey….not a quick fix. The trick is staying positive and surrounding yourself with positive people. You are capable of great things! I believe in you. Best of luck.
If you are prescribed the medication I suggest going to a pain specialist, usually they work with a pharmacist that specializes in specific pain medications and work with you to titrate you off of the oxycodone to a weaker med, then titrate you off of that until you no longer need the medication.
Narcotic addiction is kinda tricky, however. If you have been on the medication long enough you will always be addicted to it. The doctor uses methadone (I know there is a new med out but I don’t recall its name.) Anyway, the doctor pretty much get you addicted to methadone and works with the levels until you get a baseline dosage where you don’t crave narcotics and you don’t feel a narcotic effect from the medication.
I have what you have and I also was addicted to a narcotic. I went to see my doctor and really didn’t find much help there at all.
It’s been years now, the best advice I can think of is to look in the phone book or online for some type of addiction specialist.
Getting off the narcotic was one of the hardest things I have ever done, you need to find someone that knows what they are doing when it comes to helping you.
I would try to get some information from narcotics anonymous.
Be good to yourself and find the right help, don’t let embarrassment stop you, there is no need to suffer withdrawals when someone out there knows how to make it easier for you.
There are a couple medications to help you wean off percocet but you need a doctor to help you.
He needs your health history. And he can recommend follow up action. Narcotics Anonymous is a great support group to help you – and it’s free.
Just be honest with him, they deal with it all the time
Get help. go to the doctor tell him your problems and they can refer you to an addiction specialist that also works in the mental health area.
Seek professional advice for both.
Be an informed person so you can choose your healing route well. Be really aware that the conventional treatment for this can be horrendous and you can go on for years with no improvement and massive damaging detrimental side effects from meds . Do read this very carefully and try and understand the principles behind what is being said .
Evaluate all of this info well –this info will save you years of suffering —years if you apply it ..
This will educate you on our health care system and its dire limitations
All treatment recommended by the doctors should be tested and approved and quite rightly so.
That makes sense right .it costs millions to test and approve treatments because of the possible damage to people..
Drug companies Fund most research and will only and I mean only look at treatments, which show the promise of good deal of a profit, –they will actively dismiss any therapy which does not have profit potential— thus your doctor will only recommend therapies with profit in them.
Despite The fact that some of these other therapies mentioned do have overwhelming benefits some, which have saved needless amputations, needless pain and trauma, and much loss of life. Drugs are not the answer for depression with mind altering chemicals or any other mental illness. This is a fundamental principle and unless you grasp this fully –you could /will have years of suffering ahead of you .
This does not help you though when you are ill and suffering—not hearing about therapies which can help from a person you look up to and trust Have you heard your local doctor recommend, Massage Spiritual healing, Herbs, Light therapy,Colour therapy,the violet ray therapy, Osteopathy, Electrical Frequency devices.
These therapies will work for many complaints of a so called mental nature
we have thousands of testimonials and results showing years of successful applications
Do this and I will guarantee improvements to you inside a day its that simple, of course getting these things in place can be much harder. Each therapy can have a very beneficial influence on you.
Print this all off save it and enact it and share it — of course someone to help you get these therapies in your life is invaluable but do not be swayed by them trying for short cuts ….
1,get someone to massage your back and legs at least 3 times a week use peanut oil or a mix of 50-50 olive and peanut oil.
2 use the violet ray machine an Edgar Cayce device google search this — 3 times a week on the other days especially on the spine….we use it every day with very positive results
3.get a tent sleep out side 3times a week utilising earth energy – nature can help big time especially with how you feel how much energy you have
4 study and apply good nutrition– adequate minerals all of them particularly calcium and magnesium iron essential fatty acids omega 3 6 9 protein etc
5 ensure your thyroid is working well
7 ensure you do at least I hr per day some kind of voluntary work when you are able..the reasons you are ill , or poor or have allsorts of bad things happen to you is because of karma —–usually from past lives but some from this one –voluntary work will offset your mistakes— how much it offsets well that is down to god and how much you do. Healing us is in direct proportion to the help we give others ie your healing comes with helping others achieve theirs so if people are doing very little in helping others —they suffer more and longer…and if they are doing a lot they get well faster….so now you know what to do ,,and like a lot of us are already doing being of service.
8 be amongst people who are giving, friendly who have time for you who love you , choose your friends well
9 be or get to a place which personally love or like
10 get and do some work which you like or love
11 ensure you do no acts which hurt or inflict on anyone –don’t want to add to your karma do we !!!
12 spiritual healing yes and reiki -.
13think good positive thoughts, laughter, look at comedy, play good uplifting music,
14 avoid at all costs exposure to violence, murders, suffering ,death ,tragedies, -feed upon good things uplifting things, things that feel like a breath of fresh air..
15 Positive affirmation- that’s right programme your self in the mirror , thoughts are things words are things actions are things , all have influence, few people realise these things can have an effect on themselves .
16 a detox —— toxins can influence how you feel big time
17 hugs get plenty of them in your daily life you would be amazed at how people feel after a few decent hugs….
18 loads of exercise running walking climbing but something which you enjoy
19 rid yourselves of all aspartame laden foods and drink and many additives get back to a wholesome organic diet diet
A total cure however is tied up with karma so you can imagine just how important is the voluntary work.
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