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Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 3, 2023 | Replies (123)
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@jimhd Ugh, I hope this doesn't mean you won't get to bed until after the car appt. I do know you are kind of a night owl. I get up between 2 and 2:30 am central time and you are often one of the few posting in the neuropathy discussions when I hop onto Connect usually by 3am or so. I responded to your post over in the depression discussion. Your descriptions so far of what you live with are pretty mind boggling to me. I will leave any further responses to you about this over on that other discussion. I really appreciate you Jim for being so open. I have come to appreciate you more generally as well. It's truly amazing how much fondness one develops for others here. Best, Hank
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@jimhd @jesfactsmon Guys, your frankness about your depression has helped me very much. Jim, your eloquence in describing yourself just blows me away. I have a history of OCD, and I know severe depression. I had years when I could not control my repetition of thought processes, and some were utterly senseless. OCD can make for very odd thoughts that do not want to leave, and it can be torture to have. Oddly though, I never thought I was basically a depressed person. I thought I had a brain that didn't work right, and a good psychiatrist taught me the ways in which it didn't. Now, due to the Neuropathy, I have entered more of a pure depression, not OCD. It feels very different. Now, my depression is due to pain beyond my pain threshold tolerance. And Jim, I hover at a 5, very often. Sometimes, even a 4. Very frightening. I loved life before sickness, and I keep hoping that my pain will improve. Who knows. Lori Renee