Pain and Depression

Roblin · #1 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 01:44 AM

I found an interesting article that links pain and depression and thought I would share it with those of you who haven't seen it before. Here is the website: http://www.health.harvard.edu/newswe...n_and_pain.htm Best wishes! Roblin

fuzzy · #2 (**permalink**) 05-31-2008, 06:44 PM

A well known fact, I think.

I was offered antidepressants a few times to treat my pain. ...

wendy · #3 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 08:24 PM

hi
thanks for that but the way i read it is if we cure your depression your pain will go away? i am not saying its not correct i think its a hand in hand thing you get the chronic pain then the depression will sneak in at some point its bound to but i am a natrually happy person and i know if the pain wasn't there i'd get the happy me back immeadiatly so its just treating the symptoms not curing the problem!
but as i said interesting reading as i too have been offered anti d over the past few years and maybe if i had of took them i would have been numb when they said i had to live with it/or when they said the pain was in my head, which was later proved not true and something can be done and there is something wrong so where would anti d haved cured it?
wendy

mmglobal · #4 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 09:01 PM

After years of chronic, severe pain, I became pretty depressed. I too have always been a naturally happy person, but all the good reasons for situational depression, plus the double whammy of the chemical changes that occur with chronic pain took their toll. I avoided AD's for a long time, but as the depression worsened, it became clear that I should try them.

They did not make me numb. They did not help with the pain. But they sure helped with my ability to cope with the pain. I was much more functional and able to enjoy more of life. They helped me a great deal.

Mark

mmglobal · #5 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 09:03 PM

For me, it was the opposite if what wendy said. The recovery from surgery made the depression and need for AD's go away. The AD's just helped me live a better life when I was dealing with years of chronic pain... but there is no AD that could have made my spine and the pain it was causing better.

Eddie G · #6 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 08:38 PM

My PM prescribed Zoloft for me. I don't think I'm depressed but I do get sad when I think about living the rest of my life in pain. I think sometimes the AD's are used to treat chronic LBP so hopefully it will help. Im waiting....

Still WAITING..........

How 'bout now?

Still waiting!!!!! OW!!!!