I
believe that depression and anxiety are on the two sides of the same coin. Depression can cause anxiety. Anxiety can cause depression. My very rare medical condition, short bowel syndrome, causes
fatigue and pain. The opiate pain-relief meds that I had been taking had caused even more fatigue. My new internist doc has cut me back on the seizure med Gabapentin 300mg (the med also retrains the nerve system to do pain better)
because it too causes fatigue. I did feel less fatigue for a few days. Now I am
back to feeling lethargic as ever. The pain I know now seems to tire and depress me excessively. My special diet is necessary for me. Only thing is it is already hard to do my diet and
the pain I feel in my pelvis deters me from standing at the counter to make my meals. My meals are simple meals but
when in bed, I think about the steps I have to go through in making even these simple meals hinders me from getting up.
It was a struggle to get up this morning. I went to bed about 8:00 p.m. yesterday and started getting up at 5:30 a.m.
this morning. I maybe got 5 hours sleep last night because of my medical condition.
I finally got up at about 7:30 a.m. I have to eat a piece of toast and
take two anti-acids in order to drink my so delicious coffee. The coffee is a incentive to get up and allows me to come
here and share my tale. Sharing seems to be a very strong need by which I can continue to live. I much thank you for reading all of this. Now, I feel kinda full and so want to go back to
bed. If anyone has any ideas on how to cut back on the fatigue and the pain without resorting to opiates again, please let me know.
In addition, my med pyschitrist is working treating my depression so the anxiety will lessen and thus I will be able to get off of Ativan, which is a big
fatigue thing. I so wish I had some helpful information to share with others but I am stump by all of this.
RICHARD
USA
