In Chronic Pain? You Might Need Psychotherapy

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Agreement of such a treatment

Chronic pain is just Like insomnia,at the beginning you may suffer from insomnia because some affairs happen to you recently, but after u dealing with these affairs, you still can not fall asleep easily. This is because of the function of psychology.

Psychological intervention can mollify the negative feeling of your past pain, and make u feel less pressure.

Pain

I've been in chronic pain for over 3 years.

It's horrible and all the therapists I've seen have suggested I get on anti-depressants. Never advised on biofeedback, hypnosis, meditation-NOTHING.

Re pain patients needing psychotherapy

I agree that many, if not all pain patients could benefit from psychotherapy. If being in chronic pain for years at a time—often while being told “it’s all in your head”--doesn’t drive you insane, nothing will!

The comments posted here testify to the extreme difficulty so many people with disc problems have. I was in the same boat myself, disabled for years by what turned out to be undiagnosed ruptured discs. The solution is to “test drive” doctor after doctor after doctor until you find one capable of treating your particular problem. A doctor is a service provider. If yours is not able to provide the service you need, you should have no qualms about moving on to another.

Bonnie Boots

www.PainHealthNews.com

Chronic Pain - Acceptance

In 2002, I was the victim of an 10-car MVA (motor vehicle accident), was thrown from the vehicle, dragged and pinned underneath a car and landed on top of an exhaust. I received Multiple injuries; head (3), fx-L-shoulder, fx-pelvic (6-fxs), fx-rib, back (L4-L5), fx L-leg, and lots of scars, cuts and scratches. The pain has never stopped. I have received great medical treatment while in complete denial of the actual injuries that I received. I was trying to be the 'healthy' person that I was prior to the MVA. Today, I am ready to accept my new self, and say good bye to my past. I must find the best natural way to provide healing comfort to my aching bones. I have sought out the legal and medical specialist. Know that I was the seat beat wearing insured driver with full auto covereage; but now, (6 1/2 years later) the auto insurance co. is denying payment for medical treatment. Stating that my continued treatment with ortho, chiro, and plastic surgeon is not related to the MVA. So, my case is in litigation and I look forward to advising the insurance co. that my/their policy includes: PIP coverage; look it up if you are not aware of what benefits are supposed to be payable by the insurance company. In short, they are to pay all medical expenses related to the treatment of the accident injuries for life.

Chronic Pain Drs. Need to Listen

I had been severely injured in a traumatic accident and had multiple injuries. My back, legs, neck feet, etc. The Drs. worked on my back for 2 yrs. for the chronic pain, but I kept telling them that my left thigh was in a lot of pain. There answer was that it was referred pain from my back herniated disks (5 of them). I told them I didn't think so, because intitially a neurologist had told me it was caused by something called Meuralgia Parathesthetica of the left peripheral femor nerve and I had had nerve blocks which are placed under the left pelvic bone which had relieved the pain for about 3 days at a time. But when I had gone to the Univ. of CA at Urvine Med Cntr for follow-up treatment for the rest of med care, they ignored this. Now it was 2 yrs later and nothing had been done about the femor nerve. They had given up on my back and told me there was nothing else they could do to relieve my pain, I would just have to live with it, go home and accept it. I said no. Find me some one who can help me. They sent me to the Chief of Neurosurgery at the UCI Med. Cntr. He said he didn't understand why I was in so much pain and was going to send me home. I thought I must be a wimp. But then as an after thought he said he'd have his partner see me. His partner looked at me & knew the problem. Did surgery on the femor nerve. It was the original diagnosis of Meuralgia Paresthetica of the left peripheral femur nerve & he said it was the worst he had seen. The nerve was stretched, kinked & and extreme amount of scar tissue had entrapped the nerve. He said no wonder I was in so much pain. All the other doctors were looking in the wrong place! Thank God he knew what he was doing or I would have given up and suffered forever. Unfortunately, because it took 2 yrs to be resolved, there is permanent damage, but my leg muscle isn't constantly jerking & cramping $ spasming with charlie horses all the time like it was before & I can sit down for more than 5 min. a day, which I couldn't do for 2 yrs. I've been going thru chronic pain for 19 yrs. now...But it could have been worse, without Dr. Israel Chambi of UCI Med. Center, in Irvine, CA Thank you, doctor Chambi you saved my life! I have never forgotten you. :0)

cronic pain

Well, I tried all the ideas mentioned.10 years ago, at the Mayo Clinic no less. Their Drs checked me out pretty throughly but could not determine the source of my pain. It took a pain medice specialist in San Antonio Tx to discover that I have 6 herniated discs, along with a torn right rotator cuff.

FYI, the treatments from the Mayo Clinic did not work. Yet some pain meds + exercises + some other meds whose primary purpose is not pain relief, work great. Every person is different and just because a doctor works at a prestigious Clinic or hospital does not mean they have all the answers