Antidepressants in low doses help pain.
Many people with pain suffer from anxiety and depression. Pain can be the effect or the cause of anxiety and depression.
The concept of a chemical imbalance is now being questioned, especially as there are so many people placed on antidepressants. I do believe that a whole body approach is the way to manage pain, including mental pain, and this includes a routine of caring for the mind and body. Community helps. Reading spiritual guidance books, which could for you be the Bible, The Koran, or books by people like Eckhart Tolle and Robin William’s Psych-K.
How do antidepressants work?
Antidepressants do not cause a physical addiction, and they can help if you are too overwhelmed to manage the long process of healing. They do have side effects. Speak to your health care provider.
Medication can’t heal depression alone. Counselling is very valuable and using the Body to Lower Inflammation in the brain caused by anxiety also helps. Chronic anxiety and feelings of not being safe, lead to depression.