LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN WITH ANNA AND MAX

Tag: mental-health

  • Chronic pain specific therapy. Is there such a thing?.

    I have been doing some research lately because I was curious if there are therapists who specialize only in chronic pain. When I went to reddit, I saw a post 📫 where someone had mentioned a doctor like that.
    However, when I went to youtube, I didn’t see anything similar.
    It appears to “my knowledge” that there isn’t any therapy specialty that is chronic pain specific or living with chronic pain specific.

    I also asked my psychiatrist, and she said she had never heard of this either,so I suppose the lady on reddit was misinformed.

    While it is certainly true that a regular therapist can help you with your depression and anxiety surrounding the issue, I myself believe it would be quite difficult to find a therapist who really understands the condition

    As an example, I worked with a licensed clinical social worker about a year ago, but only for a few sessions. I, of course, told her all about the condition, but even so, it seemed by her conversation that she just could not understand the concept of being in pain all the time.

    I had mentioned to her that many simple things are difficult for me due to the condition. As I continued, she seemed to have not particularly like what she had heard, so instead of asking if I possibly needed a medical nurse for help, she threatened to call a mental health agency instead.

    This was certainly quite unfortunate 😕

    So, in conclusion, it appears there are no therapists who only deal with chronic pain. Perhaps I am wrong, but to my knowledge, I dont know of any.

    However, possibly by trial and error, you can find one who understands and is caring about your condition.

  • A deeper dive into loneliness and  chronic pain or illness. 

    Another thing the sufferer might do is grieve

    Lonliness and chronic illnesses can sometimes intertwine themselves with each other.

    If you have ever known someone who might be battling a chronic disease or perhaps you have had one yourself, then you will most likely be able to understand this situation.

    Certainly, one of the things that leads the sufferer to a dark place is that after a period of time ⏲️ people can stop calling 📞 or even coming by for a short visit.

    They may  feel that after so many years they have become overwhelmed 😕 In the beginning, they were happy to offer a listening ear 👂 but as the sufferers illness showed no sign of stopping 😢  possibly it seems to them  that they have given all they are capable of as far as support. In some ways, even though they love you, ❤️ they have their own lives to lead



    In some cases, if the sufferer happens to be a woman 👩 it is a possibility for a husband or boyfriend to leave because they are tired of playing nursemaid. and they want to go on with their lives with someone they can actually do things with.



    Perhaps the sufferers’ parents or grandparents or siblings live way out of state, and therefore, they are most likely left out of many holidays.

    This can drive the sufferer into a deeper depression. Not only having the challenge of their illness to continde with everything but also having the soul crushing feeling that this abandonment is somehow their fault.

    Also.feeling like there is nothing to look forward to anymore 😕

    On a personal note 📝 along with the pain, I have taken strong medication for depression and anxiety for most of my life. At some point, after taking these meds for years and years, they began to stop working. Once that happens, you only take them as a necessity to prevent psychiatric drug withdrawal even though they no longer have any medical benefits.



    A therapist can sometimes be a useful tool. However, in my experience, therapy tended to do more harm than good. The doctor had no empathy for what I was going through because she had never been in the same position.
    Another thing the sufferer can naturally do is grieve and grieve for the things and activities and lives they once had. It can be quite difficult to come to the point of acceptance 😌

  • MY PSYCHIATRIST HAD BEEN VERY NICE PRESCIBING MEDICATION THAT SHE THINKS MIGHT HELP

    As, I mention here in the video. I have done a lot of research on my own. I do take five psychiatric medications. I have read where certain medications are supposed to at least alleviate some of the agony.

    Lamictal was one. Which I am already on a low dose, but I’ve been on it for years and if it was going to work..I think it should have by now.

    Also a low dose of Cymbalta (30) mg However Cymbalta is one of the hardest drugs to come off of.. so I don’t need the medication. I just can’t get off of it. But it is one that is supposed to help also.

    All of these doctors that I have seen over the years well some have pushed gabepentin on me. I have been on it before. But the dose you must take is greater that 700 milligrams and unfortunately everything hurts my face. Every psychiatric medication I take. So it would just be intolerable to try.

    my psychiatrist has been very nice. She keeps wanting to try something that might work..but all I usually end up with is another bottle of pills that we have tried.

    perhaps this isn’t Atypical face pain. Perhaps it’s some type of rare headache. I know there are cluster headaches that are supposed to cause the worst pain known to man. And there is also a rare headache that apparently never goes away.

    if only the neurologist in the hospital could have told me something to try.

    but I’m thinking I don’t know how many more psych meds I want to try. Especially if they aren’t the right medication for me.

    i would like to say.

    i am so sorry if you have chronic pain as well. I can’t even explain how excrusing the pain is. I really didn’t think pain like this could exist. I really didn’t