[ConservativeMind]

It seems one’s risk for depression maps to C-reactive protein being higher, along with the number of pain locations one has.

Use this to help yourself or others.

[ConservativeMind]

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[antidemoncrat]

“Inflammation may be the link between chronic pain and depression (C-reactive protein is a marker)”

Geez, did we need a study (taxpayer funded?) to come up with that conclusion?

[metmom]

Honestly, there doesn’t need to be some kind of physical connection like that. Being in pain is a burden enough and the thought of facing it day after day is enough to push anyone into a depressed state.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

After 3 whiplash accidents, none my fault, and decades of medications, physical therapy, etc, I eliminated sugar/candy. Enteric coated ibuprofen and something called Relief Factor are great ways to go.

Above all else,

GET UP AND MOVE!**

If all you can do is get up and walk to the next room,

GET UP AND WALK TO THE NEXT ROOM!

Do that enough, and eventually walk to more rooms. Walk around outside.

During one of my rehabs, I could only walk one half of a block. Then, a block. It was the 1980s, and there were video game parlors that were a godsend. It was 3 blocks away. It took a while. When I could eventually walk to the parlor and back, I would spend just a little time, with a roll of quarters. Later, I could spend more time there. I became so efficient at a few of the games, just one quarter could last half an hour, sometimes.

There will be days when you do not, should not, get up and move. Everyone is different. Every injury/condition can manifest itself differently, so talk to others about what is right for you and your situation. However, if a medical professional tells you not to move for too long a time, find a better medical professional. If you can get to a pool, just walk in the pool.

** - It can hurt like hell at first. The only people who do not feel pain, no longer feel anything at all. You will be a long time dead.

[logi_cal869]

This finding suggests that the mechanisms underlying chronic pain and depression may be driven by systemic inflammation, the researchers say.

Wow. Really? /s

[Faith65]

Thanks
BFL

[arthurus]

Here is an experiment. Start a dozen clinically depressed individuals on Vitamin D3 supplements- 125 mcg a day. The results should be visible within a very short time. two people I know, one of whom read about D3 and one of whom I pressed the D3 on were over the depression within two days
and have stayed that way. They have spread their good news and others they know have repeated that. There are authorities that say that Depression from Manic Depression to Winter Blues are due to Vitamin D deficiency. Sunshine on the skin in the summer and supplements in the winter. If the Pharmaceutical companies could figure out how to make “suitable” profit from those supplements it would become the reatment of choice in Medicine. It doesn’t manage the problem. It fixes it.