Guest guest Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Dear Gwen, > I didn't mean at all that people stop taking medicine at all and this is not what I meant at all. > > All I meant is part of our depression is pyschological as I had RA and didn't know for 4 years and I didn't suffer from any sort of depression. But after I knew, I started to have depression. > > I hope it is clear. > Sorry for misunderstanding, > mostafa I didn't think you were talking about stopping or not taking medication. I too think I had RA for many years before it finally manifested in my fingers so that it could be identified. I had extreme fatigue, infections, pain, etc, for ten years, then about a year and a half ago I got very clinically depressed. Before that my depression/moods were " normal. " But the depression hit hard - I kept saying " my life sucks " , but I didn't really understand why I was feeling that way - and then the actual RA symptoms hit hard a little bit later. Personally I think the depression is part circumstantial/psychological and partly part of the disease itself. My 2 cents... > > Gwen Orel <gwenorel@...> wrote: > Mostafa, > that may well be true for you but does not refute the scientific > studies I posted and to suggest to others that they not seek treatment > based on your result is irresponsible. > > Rats don't know they have arthritis, yet when injected with > inflammation causing cells they clearly exhibit signs of clinical > depression. > > Just as everyone will have different reactions to the disease, > everyone will not develop arthritis. > > Most people here could not have had the disease for five years and not > know it. > > I got the disease at 14 and by 19 my hands were severely deformed. I > had to give up the violin, which I played seriously, and could not > progress on piano. And this was while knowing I had the illness and > being treated for it. > > I wish you nothing but well, but please do not encourage people not to > seek treatment when they can be helped. > > > > > >>Hello, >> I had RA since I was 20 years old and I knew only 2 months ago > > that I have this disease.I am now 25 years old. This is due to wrong > diagnosis. Let me tell you that before I knew I have RA, during the 5 > years of wrong diagnosis, my mood was normal and I had a very normal > life except when RA is high and I have problems in some joints. > Doctors used to say here it is just inflammation. I used to use hot > water and that is it. > >> >> After I knew I have RA, my mood not is most of the times down. I > > think the depression is just a psychological reaction to knowing the > disease itself or the medications but not the disease as I had it for > 5 years without knowing it and I didn't have depression. > >> >> I think if we just deal with our life normally and forget we have > > RA, this will boost our mood. I am trying to do this. > >> >> Thank you, >> mostafa. >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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