Opioids can have a calming and relaxing effect on some, much like that of benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium, etc). That's probably why you felt better while you were on them. I have a similar reaction and unfortunately ran into some problems with addiction because I enjoyed the medicated state more than I should have.

Ditto above. I was on Percocet for two weeks, and unfortunately the addiction issue is a serious concern.

Tho' in my case, I'd be overjoyed to just get any damn pain med, since pain and PTSD don't mix, but hey....

A lot of people who are active addicts turn to opioids and benzos precisely because of that effect---the damper of emotions, particularly the strong anxiety type ones.

Peace,
Leo

Percocet are strong narcotics and I have no doubt you felt better. In a sense it was like self medicating. I always feel better, eat better and sleep better when I drink.

Got to be careful with those, self medication is a huge problem with PTSD.

Quadritto, here.

But you don't want to go down that route of addiction.

Better to do other things that make you feel like that... Like yoga! : )

Yeah, the original opiods were over the counter, like cocaine, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, because they really do the job of making people feel good.

Then the downside of addiction became apparent. Tempting as they are, they do more harm than good in the long run. I've been really careful with them because they do tempt me as they work in the short term. Then comes the long term and, well, addiction is totally as bad as PTSD and adding it you have 2 big problems, not just the 1st one. I can only handle 1 at a time, myself. I had a close friend who tried to handle the 2 at once and I was a pall bearer at his funeral, for real. Really taught me a lesson in my life.

Opioid addictions are evil, evil, evil.
The drugs themselves are nice.
Getting off them is a great way to lose a lot of weight in a very rapid fashion, along with sweats, chills, barfing, and a bunch of feelings slamming into you at once...
...my fianc, prior to becoming my fianc, fought heroin for 3 years...and it took a horrid case of food poisoning at the very last.

(He was too sick to make it to the dealer's without his butt exploding, and the guy does not do house calls...and don't think immodium helps, nope, uh-uh..)

Damn I knew there was a reason I stayed away from pain meds. Well thanks for the info. I did not know it was a Opiod. Reminds me of Johnny Depp in From Hell.

I take tramadol for my arthritis, it works, and is not a narcotic