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Depression and Anxiety at an older age
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@gingerw- Good morning Ginger. What a beautiful response to @parus. It seems very timely that I came across a couple of articles about the connection between pain and depression. Although things aren't settled yet about the true connection and implications just knowing that there is a physical connection soothes my mind a lot. I say this because it's no longer just "in my head".
That being said there still needs to be much more research for a final ideal solution of non-addictive pain control.
I will look more closely at my patterns and look to see if there really is anything that I can do, myself, to offset these two enemies. Do any of you see any of these patterns?
@karen00, @pearlbaby7 please join in on this too.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/expert-answers/pain-and-depression/faq-20057823?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=managing-depressionhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/the-pain-anxiety-depression-connection
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494581/
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@merpreb I just read this article as I search my thoughts I realize that when I'm in pain I don't want to do anything but when I do exercise my pain is to a dull ache or gone ,when I'm depressed over something if I push myself to go to water aerobics class I feel better As I have interaction with others, and you know with fibro the drugs are antidepressant so it is a interesting article glad there will be more research on this topic.
@merpreb For me the depression first manifested in high school. Mine is caused by a brain chemical imbalance that will require me to be on my medication for the rest of my life. The RA started right after high school. Depression creates it's own pain: physical, mental and emotional. I can see chronic pain that presents initially without depression can lead to serious depression when the pain doesn't respond to treatment. What makes it worse (no matter which came first) is the lack of understanding and support from medical personnel, family and friends. Then when strangers start attacking you or telling you what you should do, like you're just too stupid or lazy to fix yourself you just want to scream or go to sleep. Or scream then go to sleep. I'm sorry if I sound harsh today. This morning I had my second go round for the week with my eye surgeon. It's easy to get tired of trying to find a doctor, etc., who will finally be the right one. Sometimes you have to take a break but knowing that it's only a break. You have to keep going because it could be the next doctor or the next or the next that truly listens and can help. They are also continually making advancements in depression and pain. It wasn't until the 2000's that they started using biologics for rheumatoid arthritis. All we can do until we find the right doctor and the right treatment is to take care of ourselves the best we can, ask for help when we need it and hold on to knowing that at some point in the future there will be significant advances in treating pain and depression. Oh, and keep supporting each other.
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@merpreb You're right, this is a timely article! I am not sure about having to know the details of connections between pain and depression, but I know there is and that's enough for me. Yes, that's pretty simple but that's as basic as it can get. Treating both pain and depression is understandable. Not sure that we need to know which came first. It is kind of like the chicken and the egg theories.
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