Re: Chronic Pain & Depression

[Guest guest]

Thank you Dorothy!

wendy

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> Chronic pain will usually result in depression.

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> Whether it's thoughts of the pain itself or thoughts of a reduction

in

> activities we did enjoy and can no longer enjoy. It could be our

lack of

> mobility in some cases, having to quit working, financial stress,

stress in

> marriage due to illness, increase in weight leading to a lowered

self-image,

> boredom or a feeling of aloneness. It can be a direct result of

certain

> medications.

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> Dodge just posted about the high level of anxiety before a visit to

a pain

> doctor. The list goes on and on. I know that I have almost all of

the

> reasons I listed!

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