My opioid pain medication removes the pain so I can sleep or sit. If I try walking around I will feel pain in my feet. If I keep walking the pain eventually will be more than the pain medication handle. I started out using no pain medication. When I could not longer sleep I took Hydrocodone. The pain got worse and I had to take more pain medication. So, did the pain increase on its own, did my body get used to the pain medication and I needed more or did the opioids make my pain worse? (rhetorical question) My neurologist said at the very beginning that my neuropathy would only get worse over time. Either way I have needed stronger pain medication over the last 4 years.