have dealt with disability/severe pain for 20+ years and after getting mentally stable (restarting meds) - struggling to cope with the pain
long story short - i have had 18 major surgeries, 8 of which have been spinal. one botched fusion left me unable to work/permanently disabled.
recently restarted psych meds because i decided to rejoin the world, and got remarried.
since restarting the psych meds, i’ve become emotionally stable, actually generating real joy and happiness internally.
however, i’m now really struggling to cope with pain i had learned to deal with…some of which has definitely increased due to wanting to be more active, but i’m still in roughy the same amount of pain, it just has become so much more mentally exhaustive, and only since becoming more emotionally stable…
anyone had similar experiences?
u/tapethat — 12 days ago