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Magnate
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Mar 21, 2007 at 11:41 AM
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I have chronic back pain due to a work related injury in 05. This injury has totaly changed my life as I once knew it. I have become so depressed because the future looks so bleek. After the injury my company perm. laid me off so now i have no income and in a position to lose everything. My relationships with my husband and my son have suffered. My social life is practically nonexistant. My whole world has changed. I live with constant pain and with constant fear of doing anything that may trigger worse pain.
I have frequent panic attacks. The pain, the stress, the anxiety, and the depression are too much to bare sometimes. I take meds for the pain. And just started meds for the anxiety and depression. I'm just not sure where my life is headed. Right now it seems to be going nowhere fast. |
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Grand Magnate
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Mar 21, 2007 at 01:08 PM
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Hello and welcome to Psych Central.
I am very sorry for your pain but we have a really good time at Psych central in chat at 2 PM and you are more than welcome to join if you wish. Everyone in chat is very understanding and supportive. I hope you can join us at 2 PM talk to you then.. Take care Soidhonia __________________ The Caged Bird Sings with a Fearful Trill of Things Unknown and Longed for Still and his Tune is Heard on the Distant Hill for the Caged Bird Sings of Freedom |
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Mar 21, 2007 at 02:38 PM
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I know how you feel recluse. IM in unrelenting pain also. Every step i take feels like im walking on broken bones. Sometimes its bad and sometimes it worse..haha.....my social world has shrunk and im no longer working also. I have pretty much what you have except i dont have panic attacks. Its good that you are starting to take pain medication and antidepressants so that you can reduce the pain to allow you to have the best life you can. Antidepressants are actually used for pain also. I dont really have any answers for you but can point you in a few directions. There is a forum Neuro Talk that has a spine b oard and a chronic pain board. Have you applied for SSDI? If youhavent the sooner the better to protect the amount you would be entitled too. There is also a post about explaining pain to people around you that is floating around over there that i could track down for you if you wanted......hope you are feeling better soon.
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Mar 21, 2007 at 06:46 PM
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(((((((((recluse1)))))))))))
Not going to say I understand chronic pain, but I'm sorry it's so hard to deal with. welcome to pc. __________________ 
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Mar 21, 2007 at 07:35 PM
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recluse1 said: . I live with constant pain and with constant fear of doing anything that may trigger worse pain. That fear of triggering worse pain was a big one for me. Even now when I have a lot of pain free days a month, I am still in almost paralyzing fear that something I do will bring back the continuous pain. It is a difficult way to live. I hope you will find some relief from your suffering. Meta 
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Mar 21, 2007 at 08:18 PM
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i also have chronic pain. i just lean into it and try to ignore it. but that really isn't possible, is it? i may have some elective surgery soon that will help me. i'm trying to figure it all out.
i wish there was something that i could do for you. i make a mean sour cream cookie!!! xoxoxo pat |
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Mar 23, 2007 at 01:47 PM
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Thank you so much for the information and encouragement. It's hard for the people around me to understand what it is exactly that I am going thru. A person that hasn't had to deal with constant pain doesn't really understand the physical and emotional toll it takes on a person. I hope we both can find the answers we are looking for.
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Mar 23, 2007 at 01:54 PM
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I really can't say much ... as your situation triggers memories of where I've been.... now 20 years disabled from an industrial accident.
Hang in there. Try to do day by day only. (((gentle hug)))
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