I had surgery about
3-weeks ago and the pain is worse than my original back pain. It is said to be better in 6-8weeks, it is going right through the pain medicine and making me very ornary. I am emotionally, physically and mentally stressed. I feel like I cannot take it anymore, I want to be positive, but it's like it just pulls me deeper into a depression. I do not want my life to be like this, I was happy and carefree before all this happened, but now I am in constant pain and getting more depressed as the days go on. My Dr. started me on Zoloft over a month ago and it seemed like it was helping, but now I feel bad all over again. Does anyone else face physical pain and depression as a sympotom of it? If so do you have any ideas to cope I am on hydrocodone, but the pain is still going through it and my dr. is not happy about
giving out pain meds so I don't think he will do anything else. I do not know how to cope with all of this. I am out of work right now because the pain has been so persistant since my surgery I have to be on ice packs almost all day I am on one now. I was also in pursuit of my nursing degree which I can no longer do because of my back. I think part of my depression is giving up nursing for another career, which I can't even decide what to go to school for anymore. I am not much of an office person, but I think medicine is where I belong. How can you make a descent living in medicine, if you have back problems? These questions just go round and round. I would appreciate any advice any of you have and thank you for letting me vent.
Afloat~~~