Unsure about where to go next.

[Lostflutterby]

Whilst this doesn't specifically relate to mental health issues it is an issue that's affecting our mental health overall. My partner has chronic back pain. we have seen about 10 doctors in the last 2 years, all of which just say it's arthritis and tell him to walk or swim to fix it. His most recent doctor has given him a heap of pills that mostly just make him drowsy but also unable to sleep. He is irritable and it's not helping either of us with our depression. we have requested scans and his gp said no as the radiation is too harmful. this is what our local medical services are like. we will be trying an osteopath this week but it's becoming out of desperation. we don't know what to do. we have a 3.5 year old and one on the way. would really like to be able to do normal things like run around with our daughter at the park or have jobs so that we can have enough money to live. but this pain is getting in the way. or maybe one day, have an income to buy a house or a new car. I don't know what sort of specialists we can see or where to go from here. I'm sorry to post such a long thing. it's impacting us quite badly.

[white knight]

Hi lost, welcome

It took 8 years for my back injury to fix enough to lead a normal life.

One thing I didn't realise was to let my back heal by no chiro manipulation for some time. But all back injuries differ.

I don't know if you live in the city but if so a move to the country will see cheaper housing and a calm environment.

Also google the following

Topic:be radical- beyondblue

Topic: depression, a ship on the high seas- beyondblue

Topic: who cares for the carer?- beyondblue

Post often if you like.

Tony WK

[Lostflutterby]

Yeah he let it go for a number of years before seeing someone about it. sort of hit him when our daughter asked him to play and he couldn't... he's been struggling for 5 years and getting treatment for around a year but there's been zero improvement. as far as country living goes, we are living in our home town around 2 hours from Melbourne 🙂 thanks