I am not a pain sufferer but I sympathize with all who are. I am a sufferer nevertheless. I suffer from incessant tinnitus mostly so loud that I struggle to hear everything through a veil of hissing, buzzing, screeching, rumbling. The term « ringing in the ears is a misnomer. It’s not ringing it’s Noise with a capital N. It only disappears if I can manage to fall asleep. Many people who have tinnitus are dismissed under the misunderstanding that it’s not serious. In fact it originates in the brain and there is no cure or even a temporary reprieve. Honestly, if an opioid prescription could in any way help, I would jump at the chance and take it. For those who can be helped with pain killers, they are in some ways more fortunate than those who are having to live without any help at all.