Guest guest Posted May 28, 2002 Report Share Posted May 28, 2002 Dawn, Maybe you could ask your doctor to increase your dose of Prozac, or maybe tell him it is no longer helping, and ask him to try something else. No, I absolutely don't believe that fibro is caused by depression, and don't you either! There are enough doctors out there who will try to convince you it's all in your head, or you're a hypochondriac. We don't need to tell ourselves that too. I believe, and quite a few other group members do too, that the depression is caused by being in continual pain. How could you not be? I just had 3 totally pain free days in a row, and it had been so long since I have had that little pain, that I honestly coud not remember the last time. We have to live like this. How could we not get depressed or stressed over it?! Yes, I work a 40 hour work week, as an administrative assistant. I also train horses 2 nights and one weekend day a week. And I do yoga, and a low impact workout(I have bad knees( I'm also not doing my complete workout right now with my flare so bad)). Sometimes the only thing that keeps me going is sheer determination. And stubbornness. But when things are really bad, I start dropping the extras. The workout. Cleaning. Trying to be social. I try not to drop the horses, because it's the one thing that truly makes me happy, and when I'm riding, I forget all about the pain. It's hard to motivate myself to get there, but once I do, it's ok. Getting up for work right now is the hardest. I get up at 5:30am and have an hour commute in rush hour traffic. But like I said, I'm finding it much easier to keep going since I've gotten on the Zoloft. I'm not cranky at work, I'm not getting upset so easily, and the pain isn't bringing me down so bad. i still don't feel like adding extra things into my schedule, but at least I feel i can handle doing the laundry once the weekend rolls around. Keep trying Dawn. don't just seelte for the help you have. Ask others here. They'll tell you what has worked for them, and what hasn't. Ask your doctor to try different things. If he won't, find another doctor. Help yourself. Take care, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2002 Report Share Posted May 29, 2002 , Wow.....You must be sucha strong person to do all of that with the way you feel. I couldn't. I know what you mean about the animals though.....my golden retriever and two long haired chihuahuas are the only souls that can make me smile when I feel bad. I am going to take your advice and see if the doctor is willing to increase my dosage of prozac. How long have you had this disease? The thing is....I have been tired like this since childhood....and had leg pains that I would just cry. (my mother told me they were growing pains) I never grew! I'm 5'2 " !!! It took being bed ridden for someone to finally diagnose it. thanks for being so nice, Dawn --- In @y..., " kithain " wrot > Dawn, > > Maybe you could ask your doctor to increase your dose of Prozac, or > maybe tell him it is no longer helping, and ask him to try something > else. > > No, I absolutely don't believe that fibro is caused by depression, > and don't you either! There are enough doctors out there who will try > to convince you it's all in your head, or you're a hypochondriac. We > don't need to tell ourselves that too. I believe, and quite a few > other group members do too, that the depression is caused by being in > continual pain. How could you not be? I just had 3 totally pain free > days in a row, and it had been so long since I have had that little > pain, that I honestly coud not remember the last time. We have to > live like this. How could we not get depressed or stressed over it?! > > Yes, I work a 40 hour work week, as an administrative assistant. I > also train horses 2 nights and one weekend day a week. And I do yoga, > and a low impact workout(I have bad knees( I'm also not doing my > complete workout right now with my flare so bad)). Sometimes the only > thing that keeps me going is sheer determination. And stubbornness. > But when things are really bad, I start dropping the extras. The > workout. Cleaning. Trying to be social. I try not to drop the horses, > because it's the one thing that truly makes me happy, and when I'm > riding, I forget all about the pain. It's hard to motivate myself to > get there, but once I do, it's ok. Getting up for work right now is > the hardest. I get up at 5:30am and have an hour commute in rush hour > traffic. > > But like I said, I'm finding it much easier to keep going since I've > gotten on the Zoloft. I'm not cranky at work, I'm not getting upset > so easily, and the pain isn't bringing me down so bad. i still don't > feel like adding extra things into my schedule, but at least I feel i > can handle doing the laundry once the weekend rolls around. > > Keep trying Dawn. don't just seelte for the help you have. Ask others > here. They'll tell you what has worked for them, and what hasn't. Ask > your doctor to try different things. If he won't, find another > doctor. Help yourself. > > Take care, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2002 Report Share Posted May 29, 2002 , Wow.....You must be sucha strong person to do all of that with the way you feel. I couldn't. I know what you mean about the animals though.....my golden retriever and two long haired chihuahuas are the only souls that can make me smile when I feel bad. I am going to take your advice and see if the doctor is willing to increase my dosage of prozac. How long have you had this disease? The thing is....I have been tired like this since childhood....and had leg pains that I would just cry. (my mother told me they were growing pains) I never grew! I'm 5'2 " !!! It took being bed ridden for someone to finally diagnose it. thanks for being so nice, Dawn --- In @y..., " kithain " wrot > Dawn, > > Maybe you could ask your doctor to increase your dose of Prozac, or > maybe tell him it is no longer helping, and ask him to try something > else. > > No, I absolutely don't believe that fibro is caused by depression, > and don't you either! There are enough doctors out there who will try > to convince you it's all in your head, or you're a hypochondriac. We > don't need to tell ourselves that too. I believe, and quite a few > other group members do too, that the depression is caused by being in > continual pain. How could you not be? I just had 3 totally pain free > days in a row, and it had been so long since I have had that little > pain, that I honestly coud not remember the last time. We have to > live like this. How could we not get depressed or stressed over it?! > > Yes, I work a 40 hour work week, as an administrative assistant. I > also train horses 2 nights and one weekend day a week. And I do yoga, > and a low impact workout(I have bad knees( I'm also not doing my > complete workout right now with my flare so bad)). Sometimes the only > thing that keeps me going is sheer determination. And stubbornness. > But when things are really bad, I start dropping the extras. The > workout. Cleaning. Trying to be social. I try not to drop the horses, > because it's the one thing that truly makes me happy, and when I'm > riding, I forget all about the pain. It's hard to motivate myself to > get there, but once I do, it's ok. Getting up for work right now is > the hardest. I get up at 5:30am and have an hour commute in rush hour > traffic. > > But like I said, I'm finding it much easier to keep going since I've > gotten on the Zoloft. I'm not cranky at work, I'm not getting upset > so easily, and the pain isn't bringing me down so bad. i still don't > feel like adding extra things into my schedule, but at least I feel i > can handle doing the laundry once the weekend rolls around. > > Keep trying Dawn. don't just seelte for the help you have. Ask others > here. They'll tell you what has worked for them, and what hasn't. Ask > your doctor to try different things. If he won't, find another > doctor. Help yourself. > > Take care, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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