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Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself
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My name is Amy, I’ve been living with fibromyalgia for 15yrs and I also have CRPS in both of my feet. I have tried 11 different kinds of treatments and have yet to find relief. My PM Dr is a jerk who has horrible bedside manners and has had me on the same dose of norco(7.5/325) for 5yrs now. I’m completely tolerant to it and have to take all my daily pain meds at once just to barely take the edge off my pain. He refuses to increase my dosage or change my pain medication. So here I sit just existing😔I can no longer do anything I enjoy or plans. All my family and friends have abandoned me💔. So I thought I’d try this support group in hopes of meeting people in similar situations to give me some hope
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@daxel79 A lot of us here, myself included, sometimes feel like all we're doing is existing, nothing more. My chronic pain prevents me from doing much if anything physical anymore, which is maddening at times because I worked a very physical job for over 35 years. Now, my wife does the majority of the yard work while I have to sit and watch her do my job.
It's no wonder so many chronic pain suffers are depressed and even suicidal at times. Hang in there.
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I completely understand. Same treatment, no different. Just existing. I have spinal stenosis, 5 ruptured discs and I need my neck operated on because my spinal cord is being pinched and cutting off the flow of fluid. It takes me 3 hours on the morning, just to get moving. I have to get up at 4. I watch my grandson who will be 3, my daughter and her fiance can’t afford daycare, I’m disabled, but I don’t have a choice. Life is hard. I get it.
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@daxel79 in my experience it’s hard to find a compassionate pain med doctor. I would go “doctor shopping until you found one. They are out there, just few and far between.