Re: They think I'm depressed.

[Guest guest]

Clare,

Time to try something other than the generic prozac.

Sometimes - in fact most of the time, when you have chronic illness, you also have the increased pain and insomnia.

The problem with that is that if you don't get the rest you need, your body can't heal itself. If you're not sleeping, your brain chemicals get all screwed up, the seratonin and norephinerine, and you end up depressed.

Pain also enters into the picture, because if your seratonin and noreprinephrine are out of sync, then your body is sending messages to your nerves that you are in more pain than what is really happening, and that heightens the pain response into overdrive, and your body goes into flight or fight response-- and this triggers more adrenaline, as well as the other hormones to fire off- and you now have a pain cycle with depression going on.

We know you are not "depressed." But you do probably need something to get the seratonin and norepinephrine balanced. That would be an anti-depressant.

Clare, I've done a bunch of posts about this-- and if you look up Depression and Pain Control in the ARCHIVES-- there is a bunch of info.

Hope this helps,

Tracie

NS Co-owner/moderator

************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracie, I guess I will have to ask the doctor for another type of anti-depressant then. Boy that might be a chore. >grin< I will check those archives you mentioned. Thanks for the info.tiodaat@... wrote: Clare,Time to try something other than the generic prozac. Sometimes - in fact most of the

time, when you have chronic illness, you also have the increased pain and insomnia. The problem with that is that if you don't get the rest you need, your body can't heal itself. If you're not sleeping, your brain chemicals get all screwed up, the seratonin and norephinerine, and you end up depressed. Pain also enters into the picture, because if your seratonin and noreprinephrine are out of sync, then your body is sending messages to your nerves that you are in more pain than what is really happening, and that heightens the pain response into overdrive, and your body goes into flight or fight response-- and this triggers more adrenaline, as well as the other hormones to fire off- and you now have a pain cycle with depression going on.We know you are not "depressed." But you do probably need something to get the seratonin and norepinephrine balanced. That would be an anti-depressant.Clare, I've done a

bunch of posts about this-- and if you look up Depression and Pain Control in the ARCHIVES-- there is a bunch of info.Hope this helps,TracieNS Co-owner/moderator**************************************See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles.Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.