[dexter]

My depression was triggered by many serious events in my life starting two years ago, and one major contributor was the onset of arthritis which significantly changed my lifestyle.

Now that I am suffering from severe clinical depression (I've been unable to work for 3 or 4 months now) I do constantly "appreciate" the connection. The arthritis makes it hard to get out of bed, hard to move, hard to leave the house, fearful of "committing" to a job, fearful of "committing" to a relationship, and greatly affects my hopelessness for a possibly happy future. The depression of course does the exact same things, and I'm sure the stress from depression aggravates my arthritis. Often the arthritis keeps me awake at night which makes me tired, frustrated, and even more depressed.

They definitely feed off of one another. Currently the arthritis has been very bad, pretty bad pain in both legs, makes it hard to get anything at all done around the house.

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[krzyk101]

DEXTER,

OMG, do I ever know how awful arthritis is. I am only 31years old and have it so bad. I have bone spurs on my cervical spine, which the doctor wants to wait untill I am older before the neurosurgery. I dont think people realize the amount of pain and discomfort that comes along with arthritis or chronic pain.
I never imagined that I would have this horrible never ending pain along with my mental illness. I get upset because of my age people look at me as if there is nothing wrong with me and tink I am lazy, I have learned not to push myself too much on a good day when the arthritis is not flared up as bad, because when the pain eases I try to make up for all of the household chores which I have neglected due to the depression and pain. I have the most difficult time with such simple things like running the vacuum cleaner, And I am by myself so many hours everyday, I create so much clutter that housework becomes my full time job. It is so frustrating. June Cleaver sure as h@#% didn't suffer from chronic pain or depression. I guess that is why she was always so happy.

Take care

KRIS


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[dexter]

did the depression or the arthritis come first for you?

in my case it is one of the major contribuing factors for my ongrowing depression (there are 3 or 4 major things that happened to me all at around the same time two years ago and that's when my depression began) mostly because of the change of lifestyle. i was never very athletic, very "outdoorsy" or very "active" in general but one of the great passions of my life was riding rollercoasters (see my website at http://www.idexter.com

[krzyk101]

I've had the bipolar (depression) first when I was 21, then in my late twenty's I started to have muscle spasms in my neck. Now that I am 31 is has progressed to the chronic pain. I have always struggled with depression but these last two years I have been battling this pain issue and my depressions are so much more intense than ever.

I guess I just never know which one is acting up the worst, the depression causing my flare up of pain or the pain which intesifies the depression. Earlier I was very sad and upset, now I feel less depressed and notice more the pain in my neck and shoulders, which gets really bad when I am typing or raise my arms for along time. When they both get going full force at the same time is when I just want to scream at the top of my lungs. And cry at the same time. I used to be active, now active to me is going to the market, and getting things put away in the same day. My pain and depression go hand and hand causing challenges in my everyday living. I have been to cedar point years ago, I went on the "demon drop" I dont remember any of the others. I have been to "Kings Island" a few times and rode alot of coasters there the king cobra, and the "Beast" and the Racers. Those were good times, Now id be doing good just to make it to the Darn entrace from the parking spot. I feel I have been "robbed" of all this cause I had this same mental illness then without the physical pain.
sorry so long take care

KRIS


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So sorry to learn that your suffering from these things.

Have you done any reading into vitamins? I mean foods are curing all types of health problems these days. It might be good reading to pick up a good health book which outlines food types and the benefits from the vitamins they contain.

Hope this gets better for you soon!

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