Pain Is Getting To Be Too Much

[Rebel Girl]

Can't use my right arm without it swelling up and aching, rendering it useless in minutes. I'm in constant pain. Suicidal fantasies were always my main form of relaxing. I've been trying to stop that but right now my meds aren't doing much and I don't know how to make the pain stop or distract myself without my hands.

 

[joeylittle]

Does listening to music or watching something on TV/the computer help you at all? I'm really sorry to hear about your arm - I remember how bad my depression got when I couldn't use my leg.

 

[Rebel Girl]

It helps a bit. Being able to do something and distract myself at the same time makes a big difference, so it is a lot harder. Thanks.

 

[Friday]

I hate pain. Might seem like a no brainer, but it truly does just make everything harder than it already is.

Do you take an anti anxiety med in addition to your pain meds? One of the odd things I've found is that on bad pain days, when nothing touches it, often my pain response and anxiety response somehow get jumbled up. My brain reads anxiety as physical pain. So if I take an anti anxiety med? Pain drops to manageable proportions.

Don't know if this is at all helpful. Aside from pain meds, disassociating, and distracting, the only other trick in my bag is Xanax or Valium.

 

[Rebel Girl]

Yep, have anti-anxiety and anti-depressant meds. Had PTSD/panic attacks long before I developed chronic pain.

 

[Rebel Girl]

Just lost like 16 hours and I was awake for a lot of it. Didn't know pain could disrupt your sense of time.