RSD/CRPS

[sparkey]

Hopefully the doctor gave you something for depression. I myself have been on Cymbalta since all this has happened to me. I lost my career, and not able to ride the brand new harley i bought a few months before my injury due to my throttle hand. I am depressed and cry at a drop of a dime when on the subject of my career. I wanted to be taken off the Cymbalta as i have so many drugs i am on from the pain clinic i go to monthly. They are certainly wonderful people at the clinic that try to get your pain under control. They will offer you different meds to relieve your pain, and just be honest if you still do not think they are working. That is what they are there for. To change your meds till you get some relief.

Alot of meds have side effects of course. Like i state on here many times, i loved the methadone for pain. Unfortunatly i sweat so bad and ended up with a rash and itching so bad i had to come off them. Maybe you will want to try them when you get to the pain clinic doc. I went through so many drugs before them and i truely can say it worked the best out of all. 20 mg was all i took daily.

I too use to lay in bed curled up in a ball crying in pain and not wanting anything to do with life before i got my meds under control. The pain is undescribeable as you know. I will tell you that thinking about leaving this world is the wrong idea. Some meds make you think that way, and if you are on some that are causing you to think that, you need to get off them RIGHT AWAY!

Your family needs you, and you will get your pain under control. Just give it time and hang in there for you and your family. This time of year is very depressing for alot of people. I look at it as just another day. Somehow people forget what xmas really is about, and only think of the commercial side of it. Buying gifts etc. Xmas is really a time of being with the people you love and care about dearly. Remember that and take care of yourself. Your family loves you and needs you more than anything. I wish you and your family a very Merry xmas and happy new year.

The new year is comming and now you can make a new year resolution that you will be in pain management and get your pain under control. Start the new year fresh with taking care of " YOU ".