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trippinmickey said:
If you take a pill and it makes you happy it usually not good for you I had to learn that the hard way.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">That's such an interesting statement. I tend to agree, almost like I have some sort of deep-rooted puritanical tendency--"feeling good is bad and sinful." I think a lot of people take psychoactive drugs because they do want to feel less unhappy, depressed, etc. Does that make those drugs not good for you? (trippinmickey, I'm not challenging your statement, just throwing out thoughts, because it is a very interesting question to me.) Last year I was prescribed buspirone, which made me feel so good for the first couple of months. It had all these great effects that I hadn't been warned about, although it didn't really address the problem for which it was prescribed (anxiety). I just enjoyed it thoroughly. I didn't tell my doctor about any of these side effects or mention anything to my therapist. I was afraid they might say, "hey, you're not supposed to feel good, stop taking those things!" After a couple of months, my body adapted to the drug and I no longer got these benefits. So I stopped taking them. I miss those days....

Vicodin--it has been a lifesaver to me for sporadic use for intense pain. I used to carry it everywhere in my purse "just in case." Now my health problem is fixed so I no longer need it. I never felt like I was tempted to become addicted. I think my brain biochemistry is not prone to classical addiction. It is good to know if that is the case for yourself or not, so you can be very vigilant against addiction if need be.