Legit chronic pain people

Miller lite
Ibuprofen
Weed
Little whiskey

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I mean people with true 24/7, debilitating, and life altering chronic pain.

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There is no real evidence showing that opiates improve their function and are associated with a lot of potential harms.

There are a number of other therapies. Pain is a symptom, the cause should be treated. Opiates should be reserved for cancer and acute pain (sparingly).


That said, I continue to prescribe and wean a lot of people's pain meds, but the goal is not to continue a therapy that has harms and no benefit.

Just ignore it. Works most of the time.

It can suck

But I never needed prescriptions

If it got too bad I always found some extra mobility work to do for my hips and work on muscle imbalances in lower back and such

I started having arthritis in college. Literally have hurt my entire adult life. Diet has helped as much as meds have. Still sucks, and I know I will probably be disabled about the time I retire.

It's not that damn hard to ween yourself off painkillers over time. Some people just don't have self control.

They aren't for chronic pain and the doctors need to quit prescribing them for such.

One of these days our government will wake up and do what's right for the people. We need more research on cannibis for medicinal purposes.

There are many treatment options outside of opioids-non narcotic meds, therapies, injections, several different procedure options, etc. I worked at a pain clinic several years ago, and from my experience, the cancer and acute pain patients were FAR more likely to NOT want narcotic paid meds than the minimal pain pts.

Needless to say, it didn't take very long to tell the druggies apart from the true pain patients.

Do not rely on the medication itself. It is not healing your problem, only helping you manage activities of your daily life.

Get a co-management team of specialists together and "fix" the "problem" causing you to have pain. A nutritionist/dietitian (board licensed), therapeutic massage (board licensed), a podiatrist, a psychologist (not psychiatrist bc they don't talk just write more Rx and tell you to see a psychologist), a chiropractor, a physical therapist, an athletic trainer (licensed), if you do not have any contraindications then use a home TENS unit, cold and hot packs, correct your postural ergonomics against gravity (the way you sit, stand, bend, lift, reach, stand, and laying down), take beginners yoga classes. And there is much more however what I've listed is a healthy and safe start.

I would imagine some will commit suicide to escape the pain. I considered that years ago when no one believed I was really in pain and final test diagnosed a cervical nerve root compression. Surgery cured it, thank God.

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what do legitimate chronic pain sufferers do to deal with their conditions?

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Well for one I never go to the ER looking for narcotics. I politely request totadol/keterolac because I cant stand the pain and don't have time for the dr to play the "is she drug seeking" game. I'm not! Please give me my toradol or do me a favor and shoot me, the pain is that bad.

Even at that, some ahole DRs get indignant and tell me not to tell them what to do. Geez i am not telling them what to do, I am telling them what work well for me that isn't a narcotic. hell if they could give me a shot to numb the entire area, I'd be so thankful for that. I just want the pain to stop.

I never have a problem at the small rural hospital I go to because they know in all my years there that I have never requested narcotics for my kidney stone, migraines, broken foot,severe chest pains etc. They happily give me toradol and know I am not drug-seeking.

So I "live" my life in pain. i can no longer work because when the pain gets too bad I pass out. I should not be driving because of this. I get no disability check or help, i pay cash for my dr and meds and only have one doctor.

Thanks to my "Ginger Gene" not all pain-meds work for me anyway and i need double or triple the amount to get the slightest relief. I even woke up when i was under anesthesia having kidney surgery. There are no words t describe the pain of being cut open like that. i still have nightmares

I live a life in severe pain but luckily it won't last forever. The way things are going, I have about 5 years of life left.

So thanks junkies and paranoid docs who make my life a daily living hell.