Welcome to the series Why You Should See a Pain Management Psychiatrist. Let’s look at behavior changes that can help you live better and get better. Do positive activities It’s important that you keep up activities when you have chronic pain. A pain management psychiatrist will help you with pacing, which is not doing too much nor too little. A […]

Welcome to the series Why You Should See a Pain Management Psychiatrist. What psychological skills you can learn to decrease and cope with pain? There are many types of relaxation exercises you can learn. Breathing, basic relaxation and visualization all help in several ways. They: help you relax and decrease anxiety decrease the stress response associated with pain help […]

Welcome to the series Why You Should See a Pain Management Psychiatrist. Let’s look at using psychiatric medication for pain. Antidepressants are, obviously, best know for treating depression. But there’s more! Antidepressants can be used for chronic pain itself, separately from treating depression. This means they are sometimes prescribed even if someone has no depression – just to […]