Hello. I feel awful for you and understand completely your frustration of not receiving adequate pain relief. I suffer from Small Fiber Polyneuropathy and back when it all started, my pain was unmanageable. My PCP is who agreed to 5mg of hydrocodone. For me, it took alot of game playing between Gaba and Lyrica. I finally landed on Lyrica which I now tolerate well. The thing is...one medication does not always do enough. Do you have a PCP? Can you pull them into your pain management plan? It sounds as if you really need additional help. Opiods are a huge challenge as you may know and Drs do not want to push them now a days. Maybe there is another course if action that can help you. Medical marijuana perhaps, off label medications. Don't back down. If your pain is that severe, go to Urgent Care. All my best wishes for you to find the relief you need soon.
Rachel

@vklittle61 - My heart goes out to you! Chronic pain is such a burden 🙁 I'm wondering if you have an advocate or supportive other that you can take to your medical appointments with you. I would want to know WHY my doctor is urging me to stay on a specific medication that is not beneficial - while my pain is negatively impacting the quality of my life.

My own experience is that when I am really sick and unable to process information very well, I benefit from having my husband with me at medical appointments so he can ask questions, respond to explanations, etc. on my behalf - as necessary. And to be honest, once or twice over the years I have taken him with me because I did not feel like my doctor was listening to me or taking me seriously, and it can really make a big difference to have a second party in the room at times like that.