Sounds exactly like my life . I want different meds because my system has just gotten used to them but pain management says he can't switch me ... Why? Too much paperwork for him ? I have Occipital Neuralgia( shoots into my head) and also so much arthritis in my neck. Dr did give me C7-T1 RFA's for my Facet Syndrome that is killing me. In Dec I had that. Now my Thoracic is bothering me and want to see if he'll give me a RFA into that area as I had one done 2023. Drugs ..wish Marijuana would help but just doesn't .. had a really bad whiplash when I was 17 and now at 69 ..holy. Also had 3 neck fusions which helped .. I'm stuck at home too .... something has to changed ..

@szeszko1940 I hear you and completely understand what you’re saying. I have lived in chronic pain all day, every day for the past seven years. I feel so fortunate and grateful that I have a pain medicine doctor where I live who will listen to me and prescribe opioid medication to help me have some relief. I get facet joint injections and epidurals every few months to help with my pain. However, I do still struggle with chronic pain in areas outside of the injection sites that opioid meds help control somewhat. If I didn’t have my medication then honestly I wouldn’t want to continue living this way. I don’t leave my home, can’t stand or walk for very long, lying down causes pain and extreme leg numbness so most of the time I end up sleeping sitting up in my office chair. I can’t sit on any other furniture because of the pain it causes in my back and hips. I feel fortunate to have my loving husband still even though intimacy is nonexistent. I wish my medical providers would live a period of time in my life so they could truly understand how chronic pain destroys everything around sufferers. I would give away years of my life just to have some semblance of relief and normalcy.