Control the pain - improve the mood
You can’t escape from pain? When it comes hot and fast, you want it to go away. But it doesn’t go? Once you’ve experienced real pain, you fear of its return. If it seems like it’s always there and always going to be there, it affects your mood. The blend of fear and defenseness wears you down. The cause is irrelevant. It can be a problem in the joints or it can be non-specific. There can be a known diagnosis or your doctor is guessing until more test results come in. It’s at this time that some doctors suggest you take an antidepressant. This is not a judgement on you as a person. Some may be stronger than others. In the end, pain gets to them all. So, you’ve been taking a steady dose of Ultram to keep the pain within manageable limits. Now is the time to add one of the tricyclics. They also act like sedatives which helps you to sleep. When you are better rested, you have a more balanced view of your condition. Painkillers like Ultram can only treat the physical symptoms you feel as pain. Painkillers are not a cure. Equally, antidepressants are only intended to help you understand that you can regain mobility and control over your situation. It just takes the strength of will to make it happen.
