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Depression and pain

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Is anyone experiencing depression related to physical pain. I was curious if anyone is up to speed on issues related to this article:

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/11/40123
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Haven't read the article yet. but... but with the info i do know already,.....pain and depression can go very much together. will read it thought.
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Haven't read it. But when I have bouts of migraines and must call off work because of them it certainly doesn't help my depression. Makes me feel useless and sickly.
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Star...the article is about a new pain med delivery system, I was wonder if anyone had any experience with it, since i have a new med assessment coming up on Wed.
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I think anything chronic can trigger depression. Excessive stress triggers it for me. I know cancers can bring on depression in other people. I am sure many things can do it, even things that are physical.
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Interesting. I'll read about it, but unfortunately, I'll probably have to stick with herbal cures. This Wellbutrin is emptying my pockets.
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Star...I was fortunate. My migraines ended when I was 30. the stats were that men usually end their cycle of migraines as they approach the 30 year mark.

Mine were so bad that I used to bang my head against the bathroom sink just for a diversion from the pain.

I hope you get some relief.
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Hmm. Wonder if mine will go away someday. So far I can only get relief from taking New Chapter's Headache Take Care and then sleeping it off. Which isn't very conclusive to pleasing your boss.
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Star...what helped was dealing with my blood pressure. At that time it was quite high and 2 of the meds helped alot.

I also changed to UV lighting at work over a year ago. While I haven't had migraines in years, the minor headaches stopped when I changed from flourescent lighting.

I also have read that environment (carpet odours and cleaners) etc can exacerbate migraines.
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