I used to have a Vicodin prescription that I would use for major pain. I never felt "good" after taking it unless you mean that the little men working the cross-saw on my shoulder joined a union and started slacking off. Lack of pain GOOD.
As for energy it just made me want to sleep.
More and more I am coming to the conclusion that addicts are perhaps physically different from non-addicts.
Because I have been on some very powerful stuff and it just takes the pain away and makes me (a) tell the person who gave me the shot that I love them and (b) take a nap.
Me too, I take pain pills and I go to sleep, no pain in my sleep. I have reactions to all medicines like this. I went to the Eye DR, she dilated my eyes, and the were dilated until bedtime from 11 AM.