@irishlady1974 Honestly, I feel that you are a prime candidate for the PRC. After a while, the rotation and merry go round of docs, specialists, meds and therapies wears on you physically, emotionally and behaviorally. It's called the cycle of pain and you're not alone in it. Living with daily chronic pain and symptoms exacerbates anxiety and depression, how can it not? Especially if you or doctors don't know how to treat the whole package as a team.

Dr. Sletten gives 3 key points about determining who is ready for the PRC or who may be a candidate:

1. Duration and effectiveness of treatments
2. Potential for push/crash
3. Emotional distress

These are questions to ask yourself and are further elaborated on in the videos.

Here is Family Day - Week 2:

I can tell you that the PRC is a comprehensive rehabilitation program that does treat mind and body, like you are hoping to learn more about. It's mind blowing in how they successfully pay attention to every little detail of how to teach, motivate and provide a plan for their participants. The fact that you are not doing it alone and have a group of peers going through it with you is empowering because they understand, and everyone lifts each other up. It was awe-inspiring, really, and well exceeded my expectations. I could go on and on about the program because it was life changing for me.

In case you haven't seen this yet, here is a Mayo Clinic link to the PRC:

Also, here's a direct link if you should decide to apply to Mayo Clinic and get the ball rolling:

Whether you think it's feasible for you to actually get to the Mayo Clinic PRC or not, I commend you for trying to learn and think outside of the box by watching the videos. Knowledge is definitely power! What is your main goal? To reduce medication use? To reduce the number of doctors or specialists? To have a self-managing plan?