My doctor and the physiatrist I have seen believe I have neuropathic pain. Nothing yet has helped the pain. I have severe, excruciating pain in my buttock on the right and going down my right leg and into my foot. The pain is unbearable when I have it. I also have a feeling of horrible tingling down my entire leg and into my foot. I am on morphine and oxycodone for the other painful conditions I have, i.e. polymyalgia rheumatica and fibromyalgia. They do help with this new neuropathic pain to some degree. I have also just been put on Gabapentin and am slowly titrating it up, right now at 900 mg per day. I am quite miserable and am worried that this will never go away. I have to use a cane to ambulate and I don't like that. I do not know what the next step will be with this. Published: October 13 ::

I am a 44 yr old female. I've suffered with pain for 25 yrs. Severe TMJ, neck and shoulder pain. Herniated disks, back pain, sciatica, and fibromyalgia. I'm sure if I think about it there are probably more. I have taken various narcotic's, (not OxyContin), methadone, NSAIDS, muscle relaxers, anti-depressants, anti-seizures, hypnotics, and all OTC products. I have been a human pin cushion with Botox, lidocaine, and steroids. I live in Texas and I can remember when the doctor's would make you feel bad for even asking for pain medicine. A lot of them still do. And insurance...I use to spend my whole paycheck on doctors and meds. I am still suffering. I wonder if there is any real help for someone who is (low income) in agonizing pain every day. I hope that help will come soon. Published: October 13 ::

I had a car accident 20 years ago, and I am still living with the back pain. I've been taking medication for many, many years. I started to work again, but the pain just got worst. I was seeing a pain management doctor for a couple of years. What was helping was a combination of tramadol and oxycodone. I would take the tramadol six to seven times a day, and the oxycodone two to three times, depending on the pain. At night together with this medication I would take a muscle relaxer Flexeril to be able to sleep at night. In the mornings I would always have to wake up about 5 a.m. to take two tramadol and an oxycodone to be able to get up at 7 a.m. without pain. The mornings are always the worst. Published: September 24 ::

I have peripheral neuropathy. I'm not diabetic. My pain is a burning in both feet. The only treatment that has been effective is hydrocodone. Published: October 28 ::

I have osteoarthritis including spinal stenosis. My pain is constant and chronic. When the weather becomes humid, or a day or two before it rains, my pain increases greatly. I combat the pain by taking maximum doses of arthritis-strength Tylenol (fortunately, my liver is OK). With the Tylenol, I take one Ultram ER in the morning and one 50 mg Tramadol every three to four hours. Together they make the pain quite a bit more bearable. I must also add that I have a low tolerance for medication (a little goes a long way), and I do not have an addictive personality, therefore these drugs are not habit-forming for me. I take all these meds 24/7. Published: October 28 ::

My name is Ron. I am 31 years old and live with excruciating pain every day of my life for over three years now. I suffer from what my doctor has stated is the worst case of diabetic onset peripheral neuropathy pain he has ever experienced in a patient under 60-years-old. I was a very successful realtor here in San Diego and have not been able to work for three years! I am currently on Cymbalta, Gabapentin (1800 mg daily), Methadone (120 mg daily), Amytryptaline/Elavil (100 mg daily) and I still have unbearable stabbing, stinging, electrical and jolting pain in my feet and legs and burning throughout both feet! My medications do help somewhat. I'm afraid of what the pain would be without them. Published: October 23 ::

I have suffered lower back pain for going on 11yrs. The pain varies from severe to tolerable but is never gone. It varies from a snapping, ache pinch when i move, to a pulsing ache when sitting still. It builds in pulsing stages at times as well. Ive had an MRI. The results of which are hypertrophy, a dehydrated bulging disc at L5 which is pushing on the nerve route caused by a fall from a horse in canter. The way I describe my pain at its worst is like having an ever tightening clamp on my spine that has nails inside. The nails are being twisted. Inside the center of the clamp is a red hot poker. Published: October 23 ::