Control the pain - improve the mood
However you want to think about pain, there are several truths you can never escape. When it comes hot and fast, you want it to go away. Once you’ve experienced acute pain, you fear its return. If it seems like it’s always there and always going to be there, it affects your mood. The medley of fear and tiredness wears you down. The cause is irrelevant. It can be a problem in the joints or it can be non-unique.
It’s at this time that some doctors suggest you take an antidepressant. This is not a judgement on you as a person. Some people may be weak, others strong. In the end, pain gets to them all. So, you’ve been taking a steady dose of Ultram to keep the pain within manageable limits. Now is the time to add one of the tricyclics. They also act like sedatives which helps you to sleep. When you are better rested, you have a more balanced view of your condition. Painkillers like Ultram can only treat the physical symptoms you feel as pain. Cheap painkillers are not a cure. The same way, antidepressants are only intended to help you understand that you can regain mobility and control over your situation. It just takes the strength of will to make it happen.