I just like saying my screws are loose.
I prefer the metaphor “fighting with the inner demons” than “struggle with crippling depression”
The main reason for this is that many people have a wrong imagination what depression is and give you wrong advices. When you say you are fighting with inner demons no one dare to say something stupid. Also it sounds a bit more badass. 😎
I am a warrior and my build is dogshit
Not mental, but physical. Way, way, WAAAAY back in the day “Spinal Stenosis” was called “Creeping Paralysis”.
Way cooler to call in sick to work with Creeping Paralysis.
https://www.ortho-spine.com/services/spinal-stenosis/spinal-stenosis-overview
You tried Diclofenac? Apparently, everyone avoided prescribing it because I complained about stomach issues with opioids. Diclofenac is the most effective thing I have tried in nearly 12 years. Apparently it can get past the blood brain barrier and accumulates in the spine from what I read of a study on it from 2017. It is only supposed to last for 8 hours but I’m getting way longer than that and am far more functional than anything I have ever tried before.
I don’t know how long it will last, but I just went from barely able to function with 1-3 days a week of riding a 16 mile physical therapy routine before sleep fell off drastically, to missing 2 days of the last 3 weeks and have started doubling up to do morning and evening daily and still sleeping. I can feel a little bit of latent fatigue building, but I think that is mostly the sudden drastic change. I’m building overall strength like a racer and no random injuries are pushing me back or wrecking me in some detrimental way. Just saying because we likely share a similar kind of pain.
Hadn’t heard of that one. They put me on microdoses of Nortriptyline which is normally an anti-depressant but has an off label use for pain managrment…
At least, it was off label when I was doing it, that’s years ago now. I’ll have to ask about Diclofenac. I just have to be careful because of the literal RAFT of other meds I’m on.
I guess it’s better than thinking your neighbors are the imaginary monsters in your brain.
That’s schizophrenia
Until you remember that you’re a hermit.
