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I am desperate for some help,since early Dec I have been hit by a major depression.I am finding that I am worried about absolutly everything from money ,state of my house,failure to have anything to provide for my daughters even as far as worrying about old age.over last couple of weeks things are spiraling in the sense of not sleeping barely eating,I'm also getting episodes of feeling my heart racing and just feeling totally panicked.last couple of days I don't even feel like I can face getting up as I then see everything is such a mess and that makes me feel even worse.I am desperate to feel better.my gp thinks this has all been triggered by a recent hospital admission for phneamonia during this admission all my medication for chronic back pain was changed leading to a nasty fall in shower and tempory worsening of back pain.back pain is more settled now but the depression and anxiety is awful I'm begging for some help
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stephx mummypaula
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everybody has diffrent things i belive to help though so think back to something that used to make you happy and even though you dont feel like doing these things just thinking about them improves .
sorry if i have not been much help and i hope you feel better soon you can always go on meds aswell to try to help x
tonya46846 stephx
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johnb24 mummypaula
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debi62095 mummypaula
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lorz mummypaula
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We have 3 things in common chronic back pain, pneumonia and depression!
My back started off as sciatica when i was 22. I had a disceptomy at 26 and unfortunatly my spinal cord was punctured during the op. Luckily i can still walk but ive been on painkillers for 20 yrs now. Ive stuggled with depression for yrs and i put that down to abuse i suffered in childhood. 2 yrs ago i nearly died of pnuemonia, weeks in intensive care and to crown it all off i can now add agraphobia to the list.
Where your meds changed due to the pnuemonia? Being on painkillers for so long has also given me a hiatus hernia. Have you got a pal that could help you with the house? I feel worse if house untidy but i no what a struggle it can be.
I hope you can get some help and remember you are not alone. x
mummypaula lorz
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debi62095 mummypaula
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lorz mummypaula
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I am asking this because i was taking 8 Dhydrocodiene a day for 17 yrs for my chronic back pain and when i was admitted with the phnumonia they started me on morphine and i have been on it for 3 yrs now. I have also suffered asthma all my life and take steriod and ventolin inhalors.
If you had been taking pain relief for some time and it was all changed rather quickly this could certainly be why your so down. Take things slowly and even if you can just manage a bath tomorrow then youve done something. If things dont get any better maybe you should discuss with your doctor.
Feel free to get in touch tommorow if you need to talk x
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