Depression and back pain

 Hi everyone, I haven't posted in awhile due to having to work alot and a lot of stress.I've been in mail count for the past 30 days and still in daily back pain. The three epidurals i had done only provided temporary relief.I'm done with that and still in alot of pain in my lower back seems all my drs. are passing the buck so to speak they do what they can weather it helps or not then advise PT. I really don't think pt will help and i'm really in the dumps. I work for the postal service and my route lost 3.8 hrs. What that means is now instead of working 5 days a week and having the weekends to rest up i'll have to start working 6 days a week twice a month. This really has me depressed because i was having a hard enough time holding up to 5 days a week . I just want to scream and find a place to hide and just stay there seems like nothing goes right and now i'll be in more pain due to the increase in my work schedule Sorry for the rant but maybe by talking about this will help some with my depression. I hope all of you are doing well thanks for putting up with me. 

             Kay

Awe Kay, sure sorry to hear that you'll have to work on Saturdays now..I know how much you look forward to the
weekends..Any chronic illness and depression go hand and hand, it just harder somedays...Those injections are
usually a temporary fix, the next procedures they try is Radiofrequency Ablation (RF) The go and try to burn the
nerves they think are causing the pain, maybe that procedure would work better for you..Anyways...I hope you
get a low pain day soon...
Lots and lots of soft HUGZ
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Keep us posted, miss ya and the others in the chatrooms, no one is ever there anymore!

auntkay,

Oh, I so do hear you.

It's like they have you on a hamster wheel. It's brutality. I'm sorry.

Tell your doctors flat out that PT injures you. If you do so, I believe you won't be required to go. I really was injured in PT.
(Several times)

Be very clear to your doctors about the amount of pain you are in. For years, I didn't like the idea of being a whiner
so I didn't relate my true feelings about my pain number. I felt that they'd think I was a hysterical woman, a drug seeker,
or crazy. So what do I do? I'd rest all day long in preparation for my apointment. I dress in my very best. Make up and
nails done to my satisfaction. And ... then I'd go in an definitely undereport my pain.

Even here on this forum, you can hear some voices speak of people who are whiners or that we never have anything cheerful
to say. Burns me up.

This is the place where we can come and tell our truth as it is at a certain time. Maybe the next day it will be better. We
speak in the moment.

And this honesty that we share sure helps me. Now, sweet lady, you go share your pain with your doctor. Tell him like it is.
You gotta be careful because of your job but he's required by law not to tell your secrets ... (self-harm secrets are under
mandate, I believe)

And then, come and share with us. We'll try to help.

Pamela