The power of positive thinking can reportedly work wonders for your career and social life. According to a new study, your attitude may also affect how well your pain medication works.
Any time I hear the words "the power of positive thinking" I flash back to my college years (or has it been longer than that,,,lol). Norman Vincent Peale published a book of the same name. Altho this book is very Christian based, the core message holds true regardless of your belief system--faith in yourself makes good things happen to you. So how does this translate to pain management?
"This tells me that when we're talking to patients and presenting therapy, the more positive we are about how the therapy is going to impact them, the better outcomes we're going to have," says Rubingh, who was not involved in the study. "And from the patients' point of view, this says the more positive and open-minded they are to different types of treatment, the better they're going to do."
IMHO "faith" in your treatment protocol, "faith" in your medical providers, equals a positive result in your overall well-being. Dealing with chronic pain on a daily basis has taught me this one point. I have to believe that my treatment protocol is going to work; that I will get relief by properly taking my meds. A very simple matter if you think about it.
Pessimistic? Pain meds may not work - CNN.com
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