Hi all,
I went to see a psychologist last week. He would like me to go for some therapy and if I do this I wont be allowed any codein based pain killers. We talked about this for some time and he made comments such as. 'lots of people use pain killers to deal with emotional pain' and 'your immune system is effected by your emotions.' I agreed but I do still have Lupus so I do have an immune system that acts like a xenophobic dictator particulaly hating my heart and lungs and seems to be broadening its agressive action to my liver and possibly my kidneys (yay!) and as such I have regular bouts of plueresy and costcondritus.
I want to be open minded and give this a try but how do I make sure he understands how Lupus effects my body. I had thought about getting him in touch with my Rheumy but I dont really want my Rheumy knowing about my past.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do?
Thanks
K
I went to see a psychologist last week. He would like me to go for some therapy and if I do this I wont be allowed any codein based pain killers. We talked about this for some time and he made comments such as. 'lots of people use pain killers to deal with emotional pain' and 'your immune system is effected by your emotions.' I agreed but I do still have Lupus so I do have an immune system that acts like a xenophobic dictator particulaly hating my heart and lungs and seems to be broadening its agressive action to my liver and possibly my kidneys (yay!) and as such I have regular bouts of plueresy and costcondritus.
I want to be open minded and give this a try but how do I make sure he understands how Lupus effects my body. I had thought about getting him in touch with my Rheumy but I dont really want my Rheumy knowing about my past.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do?
Thanks
K