tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post1443301361923934250..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: I Feel Your PainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-7164736690426414962009-05-27T09:52:08.312-04:002009-05-27T09:52:08.312-04:00I have chronic severe depression managed by meds h...I have chronic severe depression managed by meds however because of the depression it seems to take forever to be diagnosed. The following were all in my head for several years - allergy to soap, hiatal hernia, non-functioning gallbladder that had to be removed.<br /><br />I just love being treated like I'm crazy - the only one who doesn't is my psychiatrist.<br /><br />It would be nice to find a PCP who realizes that.R. Maynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-6857383916422363582009-05-24T11:33:42.774-04:002009-05-24T11:33:42.774-04:00This is a great post, and should be required readi...This is a great post, and should be required reading for all docs, based on the medical blogs I read (esp. ER docs).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-4537431025254618712009-05-23T20:43:49.254-04:002009-05-23T20:43:49.254-04:00I'm sorry this is so tangential, but I couldn't le...I'm sorry this is so tangential, but I couldn't let it go. One of the options for frequency for ordering finger stick blood sugar checks in our computer order entry system is "q void". I'm still lookng for a reason to order blood sugars q void. ;)Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-68766121567493746302009-05-23T19:45:28.411-04:002009-05-23T19:45:28.411-04:00A good, common sense approach. The British Pain S...A good, common sense approach. The <A HREF="http://www.britishpainsociety.org/patient_def_glossary.htm" REL="nofollow">British Pain Society</A> define pain as : "Pain is an emotion experienced in the brain"<br />It can arise as an appropriate percept or (through central wind up) as allodynia but critically it's defined as a mixed both physical and psychological experience.<br /><br />"<I>e.g., tricyclic antidepressants reduce sensitivity to visceral pain</I>"<br /><br />Pedantic, I know, but don't TCAs reduce neuropathic, not nociceptive, pain?The Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.com