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Hi Phoenix. I believe you're right. Pain is very depressing. Chronic pain is such an interesting subject because doctors can do so little to help. In your case, hopefully the pain will be relatively short-lived. I would agree that seeing your doctor and trying to get something non-addictive is a great idea. I think you'll find that easing your pain will improve your mood considerably. I have a problem with neck pain that I allowed to worsen without seeing a doctor. I made myself physically tense in an attempt to deal with the pain - I would try not to move my shoulders and upper back. The tension caused the pain to increase significantly. Bottom line, I found relaxation was the key and I needed two weeks on muscle relaxants because I ended up with muscle spasms in my back. After the two weeks, I could get a grip on the situation and I rarely have a problem that bad anymore. Probably, if I had gone to the dr earlier, I could have stopped the problem from getting worse. I also have dealt with migraines since I was a teenager and for awhile many years ago used tylenol with codeine. I had tried every otc item there was and nothing helped at all. Then someone suggested Advil (I sound like a commercial), but I never would have believed an otc product could help at all with my migraines, but Advil does the trick, if I catch it early enough. By the way, my daughter is in medical school and she told me they spent all of one week studying pain and its treatment, that's it - I for one wish they spent a lot more time than that. Good luck!
Hugs and love,
Anna
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