I’m confused.
Someone please enlighten me as to how a ^mental illness^ cause pain severe enough for an opiod. Thanks.
Everyone over 20yrs old has had periods of extreme pain.
Not everyone ends up addicted.
Self medicating to treat the illness, not the pain. Same reason people with mental illness often abuse other drugs. Trying to feel “normal”.
I have a friend who is bipolar, and in the past had this pattern.
Mental Pain. It makes them happy.
Since you aren’t terribly bright about this ( I blame the schools not you) then I will.set you straight.
Injuries to the brain cause not only pain, but impaired thinking at the same time.
The reporter (and evidently a good sized portion of the posters on this thread) was never taught this.
Someone please enlighten me as to how a ^mental illness^ cause pain severe enough for an opiod. Thanks.
Opioids stimulate the Endorphin system, the “Feel Good” areas of the brain. They also relieve, temporarily, the symptoms of Depression. Unfortunately, that effect is subject to Tachyphylaxis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyphylaxis
The rapid development of decrease in response to a drug after its administration. The patient initially feels much better, but the finds themselves taking more and more, chasing “Effect”.
Additionally there is a parallel loss of the brains innate ability to modulate pain and mood, making them more dependent on the drug, just to restore their prior baseline.
It's a trap, and a particularly vicious one