I am a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. I used AA to get and stay sober. I was only ever addicted to opiates for a short time and while the withdrawal was hell it didn't last long. Like only a couple of weeks. Vicodin.

I have to say Vicodin was the best antidepressant I have ever found. Most recently while in a severe depression I had a root canal that got infected. They game me Tylenol 3's, like 4 days worth. Poof the depression was gone. I have used it at other times in sobriety for kidney stones, back pain and so on. not very much though. best damn drug there is. Problem is that I know it is not a long term solution. I want to stay sober.

In my opinion it does not affect the antidepressants. The problem is the antidepressants don't work as good. You will have to stay sober and get through the withdrawal and then see how the AD's are working. Maybe they have not been working at all and you will need to change things up. It is really to hard for a doc to treat when we are not sober. To confusing and to many factors. In my experience my depression was worse and much harder to treat after I got sober. I never want to give up my sobriety though. I just have to treat the depression the best I can and deal with life sober.