i have been working with my D.O. trying to find some relief for my chronic pain. what i do is take all the research i have found on medications and write down what meds people on other forums with similar pain issues have found helpful....i just ask her about them and she has most always said that she will not script addictive meds.
funny thing is, she is all too willing to give me a boat load of tramadol (which is addictive) and cymbalta. the cymbalta cannot be stopped without withdrawal affects. i do not understand the reasoning here. what she has given me is technically addictive...i need to stop the cymbalta because i am having some pretty serious side affects, but her nurse is taking her sweet time on getting back to me. so frustrating
i hope i do not come across as a drug seeker. i am truely a pain relief seeker....i do have a lot of tattoos and i worry that this may affect my ability to get appropriate pain relief.
she recently referred me to a pain clinic but i cannot get an appt till january...i am worried that i will have to jump through all the same hoops over again....
funny thing is, she is all too willing to give me a boat load of tramadol (which is addictive) and cymbalta. the cymbalta cannot be stopped without withdrawal affects. i do not understand the reasoning here. what she has given me is technically addictive...i need to stop the cymbalta because i am having some pretty serious side affects, but her nurse is taking her sweet time on getting back to me. so frustrating

i hope i do not come across as a drug seeker. i am truely a pain relief seeker....i do have a lot of tattoos and i worry that this may affect my ability to get appropriate pain relief.
she recently referred me to a pain clinic but i cannot get an appt till january...i am worried that i will have to jump through all the same hoops over again....