 [ Symptoms ] my father has had many rounds of chemo for colon cancer and is now filling up with fluid is there anything we can do [ Disease ] hydrocodone is a potent pain medication that is highly addictive it would not be likely that a medical professional would prescribe this opiate as an antidepressant or so that you can feel euphoric and more energetic any more than a medical provider would give you an amphetamine to speed you up even people with chronic pain should be wary of addicting themselves to opiates never is this used as an anti depressant narcotics are quite the opposite they cause deptession however getting rid of your pain would be enough to make you feel better but you may find over time you will need to increase your dosage is the addiction to narcotics a fair trade off depends on the pain and you need to follow your physicians instruction to the letter do not increase your dose without talking it over with your physician