My depression hurts

Hi all, I haven't been on here for a while as my therapist suggested I stop using internet forums, but just looking for a little support at the moment as times are still tough.

I've recently gone through a switch of anti-depressant so my mood has been all over the place, my 8 year relationship broke down a few months ago and has only really just hit me and I miss her terribly.

On top of all this I am in considerable pain most of the time. I get pains in my bowels, nausea, and then chest pain either in the centre like heartburn, or in the sides, radiating outwards and into shoulders. My back muscles hurt too to touch and I get periods where I just feel very exhausted and unwell.

I think my chest and bowel pain is related to my digestive system, as it always changes when I eat or drink something, after I eat I am almost guaranteed that the chest pain will get worse.

The pain is really getting me down and my anxiety is also quite bad. Sometimes I am scared of eating, other times I am scared of moving around as it can worsen the pain, and over the last few months I have been housebound crippled by nausea and anxiety over going out and feeling worse. I have recently done well I think to get over this, I can now walk around and move about when I want to. Though I still get some anxiety, I no longer let it control me I think.

But times are just so tough when I feel like physical crap all the time. And when I do have moments of the physical pain easing, then I either have to deal with the anxiety over the pain returning (which often just brings back the pain psycho-somatically, yay) or I then have to actually deal with being depressed and feeling no reason to go on with my life.

I've had pretty extensive tests over the years and the pain doesn't really have any explanation, and it doesn't scare me that it is something serious, but it scares me that it will never go away. People say that depression causes all sorts of pains and I think I have come to accept that its all probably caused by my depression, but now I just feel I cant break out of the depression when I feel so crap. How do other people deal with this? Has anyone got out the otherside and feeling better?

Does anyone else deal with such physical pain and exhaustion brought on by depression?

Do you ever worry how you will get better, and improve your mood when you are constantly hurting?

Yes I worry all the time about why I feel the way I do, it's miserable most days.

www.mindful.org/meditation-may-help-with-anxiety-depression-and-pain-study/


Hope helps someone.

Peace
Trina

Just a thought...Thoracic Outlet Syndrome can cause chest pain. Assuming that one 'curls in' from pain, this can pinch the nerves and blood vessels in the shoulder/pectoral muscle area.

Folding a towel in half and then rolling it up, placing it on the floor and laying on it so it runs from the neck to the lower back for 2 minutes opens the space up and improves blood flow.

It's easy to try. If it helps, its a great clue for the doctors.

andy1986, MC is misdiagnosed as IBS 99% of the time and also causes gastritis and gerd, please read the forum.

the mashed potatoes dont give you pain because of its creamy consistency which doesnt irritate your gi tract, try other foods pureed it they reach the same texture as mashed potatoes once pureed. Carrots w/ brown rice pasta for ex. poached eggs too or egg custard w/o milk just water/other milk.

you should also look for food intolerances theres the best lab in the world for this enterolab, once you find them out you cut em off and the inflamation goes down, they can even test for potatoes(nightshade) intolerance.

does your gi symptoms get better or are they worse? i hope they get better at least with what what you are doing i honestly dont know much about antidepressants srry.