Oxycodone for anxiety or depression

Oxycodone has taken away my depession. i have been using it for 9 monthes

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I've been so depressed having been on Paxil Gabapentine carbamazepine..Trazadone at night..But came across a tiny blue pill a 30..mil..Will I feel better if I take one today..Just one..?..I am familiar with Morphene Oxy..but haven't taken that for over 4yrs..Thank you..Please reply..

Just left a message..re Oxy..30 mil little blue pill..

I have sufferd from clinical depression

I find it really annoying when other prop like yourself assume everyone has the addictive potential equal to or less that yours and the will power of a rodent. You are not the world so dont go don't around and assume everyone's life is going to become a disaster like your because you didn't educate yourself on opiates or practiced any self control. 

I would have been dead from suicide years ago if it wasnt for progressive forward thinking doctors and opiates. I have used a consistent dose of oxycodone for 3 years. I am a brand new person with purpose and joy in my life and no reckless hedonistic junkie is going to take that away from me. 

What does ""self control" have to do with anything re addiction and depression? I am so depressed and have not yet found a Dr to whom I could talk to.I stopped Xanax a year ago and I stopped drinking..I mean I was hitting the bottle hard 2013-2015..You cannot knowthe torment of lonliness despair panic unless one goes through it..Some ask me ""how do you feel?"..meanwhile if I answered the? they wouldn't know what the hell I was talking about they us cannot grasp what depression is all about..the take their pain killers and assorted anti's or alleged anxiety..living aborin life cause they're used to crappy living..they can't miss what you never knew. need a magic elixir..I know what it ..but now I cannot obtain it and it's not the "H" word or Oxys..Then again wish I was content without anything but let's not get crazy..ha Thnk you there's ore but 'll wait..

I am on this medication for chronic pain with severe degenerative disc disease and accompanying other phenomena as a result in neck and back, deabilitating to say the least. I have also suffered from depression on and off for most of my life. I have also found this medication to help with the depression, researching for more info on it and found this so far. I am wondering though that if others are also experiencing these benefits it could also be attributed to the fact that when the physical pain is relieved, one's mood might generally improve from that alone. So it could be that when we treat our physical pain it lightens the mood as well. Combined with the fact that I believe some depression is due to the inability to do things due to the chronic pain, again if we are able to do things we need and want to do , we in turn will feel better. I am reluctant to use antidepressants and feel it is better to try to find the root cause of depression, and feel antidepressants just mask it and one then might not tend to things they might otherwise. I've also had bad experiences w/ anti depressants with withdrawal syndrome as well as side effects and un natural emotions, more or less. At least the oxycodone though it is not intended for this benefit, does not have those types of issues, but it is very addicting physically and it is best to avoid that unless , in my view, one absolutely needs this strength of opioid for physical pain relief. Not sure if the Dr's are going to delve into this as there is already such a huge problem with people abusing this drug, which is sad, because it ends up being a much needed medication that actually works better than those being aggressively marketed with negative side effects. Addiction is not to be taken lightly though, so a strong warning. It is hard to resist medications that actually do work for ailments that are so deabilitating without any treatment, as we know depression can be fatal too with suicide so in that sense, one I think must weigh the entire pros and cons of their own particular situation and do what works best with the least side effects (negative).

I have a doctor who prescribes me anti-depressents as I have very severe depression. He does not give me enough medicine to last. I also want to know what you say to a doctor to get a doctor to prescribe you some of these pain medications. I take Norco now which helps but he does not give me enough. And when I am almost out, I cry because I know my depression will come back. I am with Kaiser. Do not know if this makes a difference. Pls help me and give me some advice. Thank you so much.

I beleave everything you just said I take lexapro for anxiety and it seems to work but I haven't been on it but 4 weeks so it really hasent got in my system, but I sometimes take a oxycodone 15 mg it just seems like they make me not have any fear or worry about everything but I really liked your thoughts.

You need to always say your in bad pain in order to get pain meds. I went from Vicodin to Percocet and to be honest the Vics worked better. Just remember.. Tell your doc you have bad back pain or if you have broken a bone before sau that been hurting you and over the counter meds dont help. You might even need to go to ER a few times so it shows the doctor your SERIOUS and need proper pain meds.. All you usen them for depression and whatnot..thats fine but just watch it.. Like someone else said you build up a tolerance and you have to take more and more. Try and skip days sometimes to give your body a break so they continue to work for you.. Life sucks sometimes and its nice to free your mind for a bit or need to get some sleep trust me i know.. Take care and Good luck :)

Hey I know your article is very old, but very similar issues here in my late 40s. I am seeing a new do soon and hope he can do something. All the other meds seem to be pretty much useless and I am so tired of cycling through meds. The only time I ever felt good was when I had some Percocet for a few weeks after my surgery. Funny thing is I felt normal for those 3 weeks, more normal than I ever felt. I think many people and doctors fail to realize that there are people that do not work well on all this other c**p and whose endorphins do not respond at all. For someone like you and myself, since I have also been depressed since a child there is a product missing from our bodies. For me when I was on the meds I did not take them as prescribed, I was to take 3 a day and I took 1 and stretched it out since I felt so well on them.

of course you would you are a drug seeker. Oxy is for severe pain your abuse is making it difficult for real pain patients to get their medication because the DEA.is now treating everone with suspicion because of Junkies like you

I believe that injected street heroin will also help your depression why don't you go and buy something on the street Junkie

I take Prozac and Ativan, which work wonders for my anxiety and depression issues. When I'm really stressed out to the point where I have trouble functioning, I will take a quarter of an Oxycodone pill. I limit myself to only one quarter per day, and will not take it two days in a row. After my rough spots have passed, I can go a long time without any Oxycodone. I've been doing this for years, and have never come close to feeling addicted as I have felt with some other drugs that are specifically made for A/D. It's all about keeping it to the bare minimum and developing coping skills that can be be used along with, or in place of, the Oxycodone.

This works for me personally: Cut the oxy tablets in quarters, and only take if your anxiety is so bad that without medication you will say or do something really stupid that day. Be strong and don't take them every day.