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Hi Lyssie,
I wanted to respond to what you stated about the depression being so much worse with pain.
My back has stabilized over the many years I've had problems (30?) however I did find at the very height of my problems I definately was plummeting into deep depression. Especially when the pain was such that it so severely affected my mobility.
Many people think that use of pain medication is "weak" tho I think that one uses what one has to get by the best they are able and still function reasonably (or try to).
I hope your psych meds are helping with your "swingy-ness." As Mark stated you do have a full plate altho many people do with mixed medical and pychological diagnoses so one has to do the best they can and generally that's with the assistance of some major pharmaceuticals it would seem.
Hope you are able to get your pain fairly well controlled and that at least that in itself will be a lesser component of the depressive part of whichever condition you actually have.
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