Vellybean
Active member
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2015
- Messages
- 48
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 09/1993
- Country
- US
- State
- WI
To word of advice:
I have been seeing a therapist for many years and also on antidepressants. I have seriously tried to kill myself five times. All because of the pain from FMS. I don't joke about it. My doctor needed to know I was damn serious about how bad the pain was. I am surprised the police did not come to your house if you said you were going to kill yourself. Where I live, they have to follow up on those reports. I happen to have a doctor who understands that a person can only take so much and understood where I was coming from. She called my husband before I got home so he would know the state I was in. He made some calls and was able to get some "medicine" to help me from some friends. I have been to the pain management clinic for over a year and a half and it did nothing for me. I am also a mandatory reporter so I know what saying "I am going to kill myself" means on that end. I have been to the top doctors in the country for this and they are clueless. I use to get opiates but now doctors are so worried about addiction they do not give them to people. I believe in total honesty with my doctors and because I said the word IF she did not have to call the police. Had she called, I would not have been upset at all either because I was damn serious about how I felt. I would never advise someone not to tell their doctors or anyone they feel like killing themselves. Talking about how you feel is important. I am not ashamed how my pain makes me feel from time to time. I like my doctor and I have seen plenty of specialists. No one knows what causes FMS or how to help it for the majority of people. I was simply trying to let the poster know that I can understand her frustration.
I have been seeing a therapist for many years and also on antidepressants. I have seriously tried to kill myself five times. All because of the pain from FMS. I don't joke about it. My doctor needed to know I was damn serious about how bad the pain was. I am surprised the police did not come to your house if you said you were going to kill yourself. Where I live, they have to follow up on those reports. I happen to have a doctor who understands that a person can only take so much and understood where I was coming from. She called my husband before I got home so he would know the state I was in. He made some calls and was able to get some "medicine" to help me from some friends. I have been to the pain management clinic for over a year and a half and it did nothing for me. I am also a mandatory reporter so I know what saying "I am going to kill myself" means on that end. I have been to the top doctors in the country for this and they are clueless. I use to get opiates but now doctors are so worried about addiction they do not give them to people. I believe in total honesty with my doctors and because I said the word IF she did not have to call the police. Had she called, I would not have been upset at all either because I was damn serious about how I felt. I would never advise someone not to tell their doctors or anyone they feel like killing themselves. Talking about how you feel is important. I am not ashamed how my pain makes me feel from time to time. I like my doctor and I have seen plenty of specialists. No one knows what causes FMS or how to help it for the majority of people. I was simply trying to let the poster know that I can understand her frustration.