Has anyone eer woken up and felt emplty, completely empty for no apparent reason? you know just like you aren't yourself anymore? Like someone has come and taken your soul?
Maybe I'm being melodramatic. It just doesn't feel like I am. It doesn't feel like I'm even alive.
Yes people with depression can feel that way, the secret is a positive attitude and knowing when you need help and support.
Do you have any idea why you are feeling the way you are, have you talked to your GP regards this problem.
How can we help
BOB
Yes my GP knows I feel this way. He puts it down to a combination of my Gender Dysphoria and Personality Disorder. I'm a psychologist, I know that is possible. It just doesn't help me feel better you know?
I think I just need someone to talk to. Someone whose been there, lived through it.
Robin
I understand you are a disabled, chronic pain Sufferer, Are your medications not working.
Have you been seen by a Pain Clinic ? I find they are always a good start. For pain medications and other medications to control our conditions
I am disabled myself I have PsA and need to take all the medications as well, Do you use a TENS, I find sometimes the resulting treatment seems to jut suppress the pain for a time, some people say the sensation seems to relax if they get the varying pulses just right.
You say you are in a wheelchair, what treatments are they giving ?
Have you tried Pain Concern another site on Healthunlocked Sometimes I do use that site and contribute.
I go through flares and I am taking steroids every now and then they seem to calm the flare a bit although I am having to have two operations on my hands soon. Generally I always find that this time of year can be a real bitch and I always feel more low at this time of the year
BOB
I've tried pain clinics all my life. They just discharge me. They won't touch it because I've got a heart problem. They just don't see it as a risk worth taking. I'm also allergic to opiates, which i don't think helps.
I've had millions of ops (about 30?) which is part of what's got me into this mess to begin with. No previously I wouldn't have even able to walk at all, but in someways that is preferable.
(I know, I know).
I've never really sat down and looked at pain concern. I hardly have time.
What I need (this may seem silly) is a friend who you know, fully understands?
I know that's not possible but someone who I can turn to and say "actually, I can't cope".
Have you tried acupuncture or meditation ive heard people say its helped them immensely .
Hello Robin
Mindfulness is the new technique for relaxation, could you talk to your GP and ask to see an Occupational Therapist or a Mental Health physio, When I was first Depressed by my Chronic disability, she helped me with various coping techniques including the Maxwell Technique, this relaxation technique allows you to relax in a cluttered environment, where normally relaxation would be taxing.
The other technique of course is the Alexander Technique and that does stand secondary to the former. If you could just try, start and try relaxation that may help.
You say that you are unable to take Opiates, under those circumstances the us of a V TENS may help a little way, many now are using Pain Pens to mixed results. The Physio
may help in this
We are of course here to chat when you feel low, Pain sometimes becomes a hard taskmaster and we all need to try various techniques that will help you.
Exercise does not need to be climbing ropes or playing with weights or the use of rubber strips, techniques can be arranged around your condition and swimming or exercise in a pool may help your spine and neck etc. I am unable to use the pool a the water sets of my skin. We are all different and have complex needs.
Pain Clinic, and Pain Concern may be able to support you on your journey. As said I sometimes contribute to Pain Concern.
Has the GP tried any alternative pain medications, some mix and match sometimes works, what are you taking for your depression ?? Are you taking steroids to reduce your pains.
BOB
Hi, pain comes in different ways... sometimes physical pain becomes emotional and sometimes ur emotional pain is so, so strong u start having aches and pains. I`m 39 and have had my ups and downs in life... These past few years more downs than anything else. I had had a nervous breakdown at 19 and thought it would b like having a broken leg: the doctors will fix it soon enough... I moved to England a few years later and was ok by then just needed... something different, to b away from memories... but they have caught up with me and things haven`t been what I thought they would b. And I blame myself, i know i messed up because sometimes I feel im going insane and... well, no one ever helped. My friends turned their backs on my. My partners left, i left the job i did for 10 years without thinking of the financial consequences.... I dont keep in touch with my family as Im too embarassed to tell them they were right and I wouldnt cope looking after myself. I havent seen them in over a decade because im afraid it will just make things worse... for me... and deep down I dont want them to see what a mess i am and suffer for it.
Ive seen doctors, waited for referrals, attended meetings, group therapy, medication.... but no one really listens. They tick a box and move on. Some days, as i`m driving, i think i should just accelerate and steer the wheel towards a cliff or a wall. Or take the monthly supply of sleeping tablets and not wake up in the morning. Sad, hey? This past week it`s been scary. Right now i just want to sleep for as long as i can and hope to only wake up when things feel better... But i have to go to work and look "normal", talk to people, do paperwork... when all along theres a darkness in me. Think positive, u hear people saying... How? How the hell do u pick urself up when u cant even find the missing parts? Im sorry u r not well either. Hopefully this makes u feel less bad... Sometimes i also wish for a friends but mostly i think im not good enough to deserve one. Apart from this I dont think i can tell u anything that may make u feel any better.
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