So I don't know...these past few weeks I've been feeling pretty blue. I thought I might go talk to someone at my student counseling center about it...but I was just wondering...could this be related to my back injury? I'm in pain pretty much all the time. I mean sometimes I hvae good times where I don't feel much pain at all, but most of the time there's at least a little bit.
Along with that I've been sad pretty much all the time...sometimes there are bright spots..but mostly it's just dull. I'm even down about getting back into the water nowadays....which just doesn't seem right given how much I like to swim....
Any ideas?
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DEMAND to SEE a PAIN MANAGEMTN Dr!!
Not only does chronic pain bring depression but it builds chronic pain. Something about nerve function changing. Back pain is a common type of pain there are things they cna do to treat the pain and they are used to the depression too. Your body is sending out all these "broken" signal of course they mix up your emotions. I had to see someone for chronic pain this last year. They convinced me I needed mini-vacations from pain. This inlcuded nerve block and cortisone injections and some pain killers and some topical lidocaine patches that really help. They also understand about the mental aspects and can help or refer you to someone to help. The pain treatmetn didn't cure the pain but it did get better and I learned other ways to deal with it. I now use some topical treatments (and a lot of swimming). You won't find this kind of help anywhere else.
I was warned repeatedly that staying in pain could cause my body to contiue to create pain signals later. So please see if you can get someone to treat the whole pain system, mental and physical. If you can't get that, treating the mental should give you some help. I understand sometimes anti-depressants can treat the pain and certainly mitigate some of the emotional stress caused by pain.
If its okay to go in the water then try some easy stuff, I did stretches in the Jacuizzi, floating on my back and stretching, aqua jogging. Just getting out to the pool was a nice change but i was furstrated to keep starting to rebuild only to be stopped agian. You might want to take up something else for a bit (I relearned to play my guitar). Wishing you pain free days soon!
DEMAND to SEE a PAIN MANAGEMTN Dr!!
Not only does chronic pain bring depression but it builds chronic pain. Something about nerve function changing. Back pain is a common type of pain there are things they cna do to treat the pain and they are used to the depression too. Your body is sending out all these "broken" signal of course they mix up your emotions. I had to see someone for chronic pain this last year. They convinced me I needed mini-vacations from pain. This inlcuded nerve block and cortisone injections and some pain killers and some topical lidocaine patches that really help. They also understand about the mental aspects and can help or refer you to someone to help. The pain treatmetn didn't cure the pain but it did get better and I learned other ways to deal with it. I now use some topical treatments (and a lot of swimming). You won't find this kind of help anywhere else.
I was warned repeatedly that staying in pain could cause my body to contiue to create pain signals later. So please see if you can get someone to treat the whole pain system, mental and physical. If you can't get that, treating the mental should give you some help. I understand sometimes anti-depressants can treat the pain and certainly mitigate some of the emotional stress caused by pain.
If its okay to go in the water then try some easy stuff, I did stretches in the Jacuizzi, floating on my back and stretching, aqua jogging. Just getting out to the pool was a nice change but i was furstrated to keep starting to rebuild only to be stopped agian. You might want to take up something else for a bit (I relearned to play my guitar). Wishing you pain free days soon!
