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ok, im not sure why..but i have discovered a bit of a depression for myself. it sounds really odd, but when i was on the (narcotic) pain pills recently, i found myself craving cigarettes, and even a drink, like CRAZY!!! im not sure if it just awakened the addiction or what!!!! i also felt really sad, to the point of tears, when they would wear off...could there be a connection or is it just the winter blues..? im not sure if there is any response needed to this post, i just felt like venting a bit..i hate feeling like im in a hole and i thought this would help. i may bump up my "mood booster" post cuz it made me happy to read some of the things on it..thanks for the ear guys!
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I've never actually eaten it myself. But it occures to me that we could probably solve world hunger if every spam post was a can of food...(...or maybe not...I've looked at it, and just have never been able to bring myself to try it.)
so keep your chin up lots of smiles, sending love
Hope you are feeling better soon. Narcotics can most certainly upset your emotions - they make you high and then when they wear off - you kind of crash and burn. This is why they are so highly addictive. That feeling of coming down "hurts" and you the you feel the need for more meds to make it go away. Methinks this is the core of the depression.
If you are not taking the meds anymore, the emotional imbalance can last for a while. Good news is that this will wear off.
In addition to the after effects of narcotics, there is an emotional hangover relating to surgery. The anxiety and pain that has built up from the surgery need to leave your body - and they cause some emotional imbalance in the process. Even if the blues hang around awhile - they'll pass in short order. You'll be good as new soon.
BIG HUGS~RW
PS - I read your mood buster post and it reminded me of a funny story about self-tanning lotion. A few years ago, I ordered this fancy tanning lotion "of the stars" (yep - I was a sucker - they said Madonna and JLo use it so I figured I was in good company - although trust me - no tanning lotion is gonna turn this chick into JLo!!)
Anyway - I put the self-tanner on and in an instant I was beach girl. It turned me beautifully browned in seconds. I went to my friend's pool looking really well-bronzed like I spent two weeks on an island beach. I RARELY go outdoors (I am like Lilith from Cheers - totally milk white and I prefer the great "indoors" for sure). So my best friend was shocked to see me so tanned and said she was jealous of my beautiful brownish glow.
Well - a while later I went into the pool and OMG - all the tanning stuff starting dissolving off me like blood in the water. It looked like a shark attack - FOR REAL - the stuff came off me in swirls of reddish brown that people could see a mile away!! My friends near peed their pants watching me turn back into Casper.
Oh well - I was 'buff" for a while at least. Needless to say - the rest of that bottle of tanning lotion is now in a landfill somewhere!!!