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Suggest Treatment For Withdrawal Symptoms Of Hydrocodone
Question: I have been taking hydrocodone 10/325 for years. When I do stop taking them, I don't have any withdrawal symptoms. The only thing I have is extreme fatigue and no energy. When I start them again, I have energy and desire to do things. What causes this and what do I need to be do to have energy without the meds?
Brief Answer:
UHOH
Detailed Answer:
NARCOTIC comes from the greek word NARCOS... meaning sleep. The same word is used in Narcolepsy (uncontrolled falling asleep). While over 90% of people LOSE energy and get sleepy on NARCOtics, there is a small number who get more energy and more awake when taking them. The risk of addiction is five to 10 fold higher in this group.
People who get this response are not guaranteed to become addicts BUT if they then seek out this feeling anyway they can and start getting narcotics outside of the medical establishment, if they start taking them just for the energy and then get feeling REALLY bad when they stop (sick) then they are addicts.
So, the first question is whether one would rather have a bit less energy and work on it with exercise, more sleep, weight loss and put up with not feeling quite as good as when they are taking a narcotic OR
if they want to have everything messed up with becoming truly dependent on taking drugs to function at all ?
Addiction is predominantly a thought disorder so a sign of addiction is getting mad at or arguing with or defensive at or greenly not hearing when someone is giving the truth about narcotics. even when they say it is general information and cannot be directly said to be about you in particular without being there for a direct examination.
UHOH
Detailed Answer:
NARCOTIC comes from the greek word NARCOS... meaning sleep. The same word is used in Narcolepsy (uncontrolled falling asleep). While over 90% of people LOSE energy and get sleepy on NARCOtics, there is a small number who get more energy and more awake when taking them. The risk of addiction is five to 10 fold higher in this group.
People who get this response are not guaranteed to become addicts BUT if they then seek out this feeling anyway they can and start getting narcotics outside of the medical establishment, if they start taking them just for the energy and then get feeling REALLY bad when they stop (sick) then they are addicts.
So, the first question is whether one would rather have a bit less energy and work on it with exercise, more sleep, weight loss and put up with not feeling quite as good as when they are taking a narcotic OR
if they want to have everything messed up with becoming truly dependent on taking drugs to function at all ?
Addiction is predominantly a thought disorder so a sign of addiction is getting mad at or arguing with or defensive at or greenly not hearing when someone is giving the truth about narcotics. even when they say it is general information and cannot be directly said to be about you in particular without being there for a direct examination.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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