Could all this REALLY be in my head?

Chronic Pain
#1

I'm starting to wonder that.... is it just in my head?  Is it just my depression?  But I hurt EVERYWHERE some days... this is getting soooo f**king old!  I just wish and wish that some day I'll wake up and not hurt.... I'll wake up and have the energy and bounce to my step that has been long gone.

Is my doctor going to treat me like a child making up a long twisting tale of how bad my days are?  Should I kick him in the shin the way a child might?.... or better yet, kick him in the nuts? 

As he's laying ont the floor holding himself, I"ll say, "now multiply that times 1000 you bastard, and then you'll know how I feel on a day to day basis!"

#2

It is absolutely not "all in your head".  What does a person have to gain by saying that they are in pain and obviously can't get out of bed sometimes because it is so bad.  I know folks do abuse narcotics, but I've never known a chronic pain person to do so.  Who in the world would want to live like that?!? And besides, real true addicts take far more at one time, than you would ever want to!  Be kind to yourself, because obviously your doctor isn't being kind to you. Sorry, I know it's hard to find the right one, and sometimes it's hard to find a pain management doctor in some areas, but the right one can make all the difference in the world.  s

So give yourself a break, Sue.  It's isn't you.  You have real physical problems that are causing your pain.  I think we all think this at one time or another (usually when some doctor screws us by not giving us the pain meds we need), but again, I know I would certainly choose a life without pain if I were given the chance!

Brightest Blessings,

Debbie

 

#3

I have had chronic back pain for 3 yrs and have had phyisal therory injections and everything but surgery my pain specialist more or less told me its in my head and I told my regular dr what he said and that I would never go back to him again he was upset with him to because its not in my head I have geneative disc desease and arthriitis and a buldge disc all around the S1L5 area and always in constant pain I to wish it would go away.

#4

No, it's not all in your head, or my head, or all of us here.  Do they even think for a minute that we'd be on here seeking support from other people with our disabilities if we were just drug seekers?  I don't think so.

I'd get another doc!  Funk him.

#5
#6

YOU WOULD REGRET THE DAY YOU WERE BORN IF YOU EVER WENT TO 100MGS OF
METHADONE PER DAY FOR PAIN.i HAVE BEEN THERE AND AM ON MY WAY BACK BECAUSE
THAT FUCKING CRAP IS POISON.THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE HORRIFIC AT THAT LEVEL.I DO
NOT HAVE THE TIME OR ENERGY TO GO ON ABOUT IT OTHER THAN TO SAY TO GET FROM
A 100 TO WHERE YOU CAN SWITCH TO MORPHINE TAKES ALMOST A YEAR;SO GIVE IT A
LONG THINK BEFORE YOU TOUCH THAT NAZI MADE POISON,YES IT WAS MADE BY THE
FUCKING NAZIS BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ACCESS TO MORPHINE AND WE ARE STILL USING
IT AS AN ANALGESIC.

On 4/18/07, JustSue chronicpain-cpt2182@lists.careplace.com wrote:

#7

For so many years I heard LAZY  CRAZY and ATTENTION SEEKING  hell ya I was seeking attention I was shitting blood (sorry to the sqwimmish) for days at a time and puke after almost every meal for months at a time… If my child was so out of it I might think of atleast seeking some mental help…nope SHUT UP and quit being LAZY and by the way keep those CRAZY THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF…!!! I heard that BS almost all of my teenage years and some of my childhood… today I know I was suffering from symptoms of crohns disease tough to diagnos and treat but the scars those wounds left by the hate filled words much more damaging… especially from those you are suppose to go to for comfort and protection …I am working on the bitterness I feel here…a work in slow progess I must say. 

#8

Sue,

I think the same thing sometimes. I get to the point at lease once or twice a month, AT LEAST, that I have a break down, and it usually involves that exact phrase. It's not all in your head, your in pain, you can't help it, the pain causes depression, and if you already had depression it just adds to it. Doctors are just a$$h**es who always ASSume things, we all know that and have all been there and unfortunatly will probly have to go there again, and again throughout our lives.  Keep your head up everything will get better it always does, at least that's what my husband always tells me ;o)