I would like to echo what you said about taking pain meds when you need them. I don’t like taking them either so I tried to cut back just a little on the opioids I take. When I did take less, my pain was AWFUL! I would begin having very dark thoughts. When I take just 10 mg more I feel so much better for hours. I pray to God that someday I won’t need pain meds, but for now I have no choice about taking them.