Hi,
I had read your message about your boyfriend thinking of trying Revia, but I didn't know anything about it. I am sorry if you felt alone in anyway.
My boyfriend detoxed in April of 2001 and he is still clean. They gave him Buspar to help with the cravings and his anxiety. He told his doctor over and over that it did nothing for him, but the doctor told him to keep taking them that it would 'build up' over time. When he went back months later and asked to be switched to my anxiety/LSD flashback med (Seroquel), the doctor took him off of buspar and his sleep med (Atavan which is addictive, stupid doctor) and put him on Seroquel. He then told my bf that Buspar is pretty much a placebo.
Anyway, let me know how things are going. I'm in sort of the same spot as you it seems and I'd be glad to talk with you.

Natema


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Participating in real life is not so hard. Ceasing to
pretend that there is something better we could be doing is a
little harder.
-Tao of Enlightenment

thanks for the info. i am familiar w/ buspar and no, it didn't do anything for my depression 8 yrs ago.

the revia is good. there are some side effects. my sweetie is touring later this spring. hope it helps w/ the self control. it seems (to me) like his physical symtoms are fewer and less pronounced.

thanks for the info. i am familiar w/ buspar and no, it didn't do anything for my depression 8 yrs ago.

the revia is good. there are some side effects. my sweetie is touring later this spring. hope it helps w/ the self control. it seems (to me) like his physical symtoms are fewer and less pronounced.

do you ever tour with him, even for a little while? or is that not possible? does he have supportive people with him on the tour?
Hope you're still doing well. I'm worried about my baby because he's just had surgery on the 5th and of course they gave him painkillers. It's not his drug of choice, but it can be a gateway. It's hard knowing there's nothing I can say. That he has to do it all alone, his fight and all that. I used to meddle until I realized what I was doing and refused to be codependent, now I know it's not my place to do anything but support him, the rest is his to figure out. So you ever think about any of this?

Natema

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Participating in real life is not so hard. Ceasing to
pretend that there is something better we could be doing is a
little harder.
-Tao of Enlightenment

hope that all is well w/ you. i'm ok. it has been a very long week. hope that your sweets is mending well. not too big of an operation, I hope. as far as my gent's tour, i will try to hit a few shows on the weekends and such. have to keep myself at work. rent etc...

i think my man's mood is down. so is mine. not sure who started it. oh well, it will be summer soon.
i hope you are well.

Hi,
I just read this and your post to 'i'm in love with an addict'. As for meds, he has his own since he's (obviously) been depressed. We actually take all the same ones. He's finally off of the addictive sleep aid (Ambien) that he was on, but it was a fight. I think he was starting to get really dependent on it, but I'm proud that he quit it.
I don't know much about Revia, but I'll have to look it up on the net later. I'm sure it would be hard to convince him, though, since the last medication they gave him for his cravings was a placebo.
You know, some people on this board seem kind of cold-hearted. When I made my 'addict' posting, I felt like they just kind of jumped on me. "Leave him! He's manipulating you! You're blind!" that sort of stuff. Whatever happened to sticking by people you love? If someone had held out a hand to me while I was doing drugs and being stupid, it would've meant a lot and helped me quite a bit just to know that someone cared. Not to do it for me or enable me or whatever.

Catch you later,
Leah