Depression sucks.

[unixronin]

And there's not a lot more than that to say.

My parents know a psychologist who does disability evaluations in Spokane, Washington.  When the subject of my foot trouble and the continuous pain came up in connection with applying for disability, he said, "Of course he's depressed.  Everyone who's in constant pain is depressed."

I hate that it's so hard to find joy in anything any more, or find sufficient motivation to do things.

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Er..... Take <s>2</s> <b>3, DAMMIT</b>

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

dakiwiboid, unixronin does indeed think that he shouldn't take anything for his pain unless it is so excruiating that he can't think, move, eat, or sleep.

This is a bit of an oversimplification. The problem is that most of the regular over-the-counter painkillers seem to have become ineffective on me -- or maybe it's just that they aren't strong enough to do the job -- while prescription painkillers that are strong enough to do the job leave me woozy and non-functional, and in some cases (Percocet, for example) have a tendency to make me nauseous. So I avoid taking them unless the pain's bad enough that I'm non-functional due to the pain anyway, because if I'm going to be non-functional, I may as well at least be non-functional and not hurting; but if I'm going to be in pain anyway, I may as well be in pain and still functional.

Re: Er..... Take <s>2</s> <b>3, DAMMIT</b>

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And WTF, we can't use even BOLD tags in comment titles now?!?

What's next, all-flat-ASCII LiveJournal?!? This is getting bloody ridiculous. Snap the hell out of it, Livejournal!!!!!