PTSD – post-traumatic stress disorder – is one of the most common mental health issues in modern society. Well-known as a problem faced by former soldiers and those who have been through extremely traumatic scenarios like war, natural disasters, and assault, the condition can also happen for a wide range of other reasons. Regardless of [...]
One symptom of diabetes that people don’t know as much about – and often don’t discuss – is neuropathic pain. This discomfort is incredibly common, but few patients truly know what is happening in their bodies that is causing this pain or what they can do to alleviate it. Likewise, their loved ones often have [...]
Major depressive disorder affects more than 16.1 million Americans. Those numbers represent about 6.7% of the U.S. population. Loving yourself when you have depression can feel impossible. It takes time, discipline, and practice. Here’s how you can learn to slowly love yourself again, even with depression. Nurture Yourself Depression tells you to not take care [...]
Living with constant pain can wear you down and it can affect the way you live and your perception of life. When you’re in pain, that could lead to depression. In some cases, though, it happens the other way around. When you’re depressed, that can lead to pain. Either way, as the pain worsens, it [...]
It’s not always clear what causes chronic pain. Some patients who suffer from the condition find that the cause of the problem may remain unknown. Sadly, that’s not a unique case. About 25.3 million American adults experience chronic pain. Finding the cause can be a frustrating process for the patient, their family, and doctors. Is [...]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a form of chronic pain that develops after an injury, stroke, heart attack, or surgery. The condition usually affects hands, arms, legs, or feet and often lasts for more than six months. CRPS is more common in women, but it can happen to anyone at any age. It is [...]
Have you ever wondered why antidepressants are so slow to work? When receiving a new prescription for a drug designed to treat depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, patients are often told that they can expect to wait several weeks or even a few months before their new medications begin working properly. Even hospital settings [...]
For people suffering from both chronic and acute pain, finding treatment and management options can feel like discovering treasure. There are few options that do not carry serious side effects and risks, and opiate pain relief has often been found to be more dangerous to users than suffering through the pain untreated. How can today’s [...]
Chronic pain care is a science that is always changing. Because of modern science’s understanding of the effects of traditional opiate drugs – and the epidemic of addiction and abuse of these medications all over the western world – the way doctors approach the treatment of chronic pain has seen some major changes over the [...]
Dealing with neuropathic pain can feel like a continuous, uphill battle. Because of the epidemic of opiate drug abuse in the United States and other countries, many doctors no longer prescribe these medications, even for serious, long-term pain. While this prevents the side effects and risks associated with the use of these drugs, it leaves [...]
