Help Me With My Asshead Pain Doc PLEASE

is there really something wrong with your back though?
or does it just get soar from time to time?

real painkillers are usually only givin to people with chronic pain,
or after a surgery temporarely.

 

hey dilly,maybe u should do a background check on this doctor.....i wonder if hes been in trouble for the prescriptions hes written before and now is being overly cautious

 

Know what Lori, I actually thought of that this afternoon. I've spent the whole rainy shitty day lying around trying be be comfortable while my first born celebrates her 13th birthday. But I am NOT going to the ER on a Saturday night on a holiday weekend - that's just crazy talk.

 

Most doctors who are shady pill mill doctors don't learn...so I doubt he has been caught for anything before...because those doctors continue to do what they do, because that is how he makes money and why his practice is so popular.

It sounds like he has always been against pain meds....I didn't even know Pain Management clinics GIVE epidurals..

It's supposed to be a practice that manages your pain. If the Doc is not properly doing so, you need to tell him that nothing he is trying is working...and if he can't start actually helping you, you will have to see another doctor.

 

Both my PM's gave shots. in fact I'm getting one next week..

 

Yeah, I have a protruding diisc in my thoracic spine, as well as damaged and torn ligaments. This is according to an MRI and the doctor who gave me the herbal supplements.

If the pain's bad enough to jolt me awake, it isn't just soreness.

I did go to canada today and get some codeine for a CWE, which didn't do shit as far as a high is concerned, but has slightly releived my pain. Also, the large amounts of canadian caffeinated codeine has made me a bit more stimulated than I would have liked (i'll blame the length of this message on the caffeine, ghetto speedball style)

I think opes may make it worse overall, because since I've started using them more, the pain has increased, especially in times without them.

I am waiting for the man, as lou reed would say, so hopefully that will do a bit more than just slip the pain away.

 

This is what I never could understand. If somebody is in pain and the current medication that they are prescribed is not working - then why not up the dosage? Why do some doctors have such a hard time doing this???

I get really bad anxiety sometimes so the doctor gave me 0.5 mg Xanax. I went home with 30 of them. They did absolutely nothing for me. So I go back to the doctor and tell them and they will not up my dosage. WTF!? How come its always the people that really don't need the pills that get the HIGHEST DOSE pill? It makes me sooo mad!

 

lol yeah, i remember reading an erowid report of some kid who got prescribed 100mgs of seroquel to help them sleep. apparently that was a bit too much for them. (no shit)

 

Because if they gave you more meds everytime your pain goes up, your tolerance will go through the roof..

Meds aren't there to kill your pain anyway.There given to help the pain more managable..
People always think that because there pain pills there suppose to kill the pain.That just isn't true.
I feel sorry for you younger folks, cause what are you going to do when you get older and end up really injuring yourself. and I'm not talking about minor shit like buldge disks and strained muscles. That shit can be taken care of with exercise and advil. Sure pain pills make it feel better but you don't need them.
I have been on the same dosege for almost 8yrs now. and never had increases in my medication.. Even after back 2 back surgeries. Had med increases but only for about 8 weeks. then brought them back down again..
Anyway like I said what are you guys going to do when you really need them. Doc is going to look at you and say I'm not giving you 2 80's for your conditon. Here is 40mgs and be happy. And you'll be bitching that the doctor won't take care of you.HAHA
Then your fucked.Thats why I keep my at a pretty low dose. And use and abuse whats given to me..
I will be 60 and still getting pills and you guys will be suffering..LOL HEHE:cheers2:[/quote]

look, to be honest, the bulging disc and shit arent that bad. yeah, sometimes it's a bitch but truthfully I can manage. I know it's probably wrong to do, but i'm a yungun', so i'm attempting to exploit my legitimate pain for some pills I want, instead of the bullshit pills I get from shrinks.

I hope that they heal the back problems now though, so when I AM old, there isn't anything really painful from years of simply putting up with it.

 

^^^ I hear ya. I've had 3 buldged disks and severe degenerated disk in l4,l5,s1. for ten years,I was a heavy structure mechanic for Boeing. Then finally when I was 32 I ruptured L4,L5, Thats when I started on the meds daily.
All I can say is If ya hurt try and get some Opiates, but try and only get scripted low amounts and use them when you need them. That way when you get older you'll be able to get meds and they will still work for ya..I know better said then done. I'm just glad I wasn't into Opiates when I was younger, Otherwise I would have been screwed by now

 

Oxycodone barely touches my pain anymore, to be honest. Even at 300mg++ doses.

The best drug that I have found that really honestly worked to help manage my pain was Fentanyl.

 

Morphine has been doing wonders for me lately, ever since I changed

 

I'm trying to be realistic about shit. I don't shoot up or anything nor do I ever plan on it. I don't intend on doing opiates all the time, and my income won't be able to fund enough to get me into trouble.

Most pain pills that I can get ahold of on the street are ridiculously overpriced, so I've ended up using h. it might not be as safe, but it's what I can do. I can pay $10 less than I would for one 80 and have multiple doses, whereas an 80 for me is like 1.5 doses.

This is one of the reason's I'd rather be prescribed shit. Even though I'm young i'm not a dumb kid. I know what I'm messing with and i'm not out to throw my life away for almost anything, especially a drug.

 

I'm 35 years old, I've had two kids, one of whom I had an epidural with and the other they gave me a shot of fentanyl which kicked in AFTER she was born, so I know what pain is and I can handle a LOT of it. But this is just craziness. I have an appointment to see him Friday evening, and if I make it through the week without going to the ER then I'm just going to tell him flat out that if he doesn't help me MANAGE THIS PAIN that I'll find someone who will. End of.

 

aww, see, I feel bad for people in actual pain. Now, I've never had severe pain lasting more than a few hours. But, nerve pain is basically the most excruciating pain ever, constantly, right? I couldn't handle that. I'm so sorry your doctor is such a piece of shit.

My friend's dad is a pain specialist and he's been saying that there's been so much pressure put on doctors to NOT prescribe any type of opiate because it will "automatically make you an addict". I just don't understand that logic. If I was in severe excruciating pain, I would rather be addicted to something that releives it, than be in pain to no end.

 

This guy does the epidurals in his office so he doesn't have to wait on insurance authorization; the whole practice is a PI/WC/NF mill - they have the orthopedist, the chiropractor, the MRI, the pain management all in the same building, but like I said, I have to go where my insurance sends me. It's a fucking drag and makes me wish I hadn't blown through all my money in my 20's, spending it on stupid shit, because now I'm totally fucked. I could go to my mom for money but she puts me through so much grief because of my past dope habit that I'd really just rather not.

 

Damn I don't know what to say other than I'm sorry and I hope your situation can be resolved. I would definitely work with your insurance company on trying to find another pain doc even if you have to drive a distance to have one in your network it would be well worth it. Well good luck on your situation it's gotta suck to be in pain knowing theres plenty of meds out there to relieve them but the doctors are just to scared to prescribe them.

 

He's got one more shot. Friday. After that, I go out of network. There IS no one else in my network.