I'm sorry to hear that. I hate pain meds too.

I've been trying for over a year to slowly titrate off Pregabalin (Lyrica) because it increases my feelings of numbness, which are already bad enough after the spinal damage. But every time I get it down (gradually reducing over a month or two), it seems ok for a week or so and then pain roars back like an express train.

I've decided to give up the struggle for 2023, but might try again in 2024.