Hi Again,

The posts here about other meds are interesting. I have had a theory for a long time that almost ALL meds are "addictive" in the sense that there is withdrawal. Someone here talked about effexor wd being bad and I agree... I have seen it. And there IS a craving for it, because the person I knew who was prescribed this med got really manic and happy when taking too much! So, she'd go on shopping sprees.

If the recommendation for the med says "do not wd immediately", I consider it to be physically addicting. There is something wrong with all of this... drug companies perking docs to push certain meds (like who would ever rather have a patient take percocet than tramadol... the acetominophen rips up your stomach and the percodan is a narcotic... ridiculous). Of course, taking too much is too much, but at least tramadol has that seizure thing to kind of keep use in control and it does not have much of that "get high" thing. One just feels less painful and less depressed.

One day, if this world is still here, they'll figure it out and do the right thing. Right now, though, we are all on our own and it is good to help each other with experiences and solutions as often no one else will.

skytalker