diaoblique wrote: In my opinion it depends on the person. The reason I say that is many people these days have an addictive personality. Which means drugs are easy for them to get hooked on. Not hard to do when you have a reason to need the relief. I used many things for many years. Woke up one day and decided I was done. No help no new med to help. Just put it all down and walked away. For me it wasnt hard. Been 18 yrs. For some it is very hard. And ofcourse I stop. Lose contact with old dealers and mess up my back. Not found a doc yet that will give me relief. I understand their position not a problem. You get up you d9 what you gotta do until you cant anymore. And then you try again!
Don't know why I didn't think about this earlier, too damn busy I guess.
How far are you from OSU Brother? If you're within reasonable distance. Have your family Doc refer you to the Spine Center there. Amazing people! They have a pain management clinic that is the best. They're not one of those " here's your meds, see you in a month" clinics. They have some great Docs who have a whole bag of tricks that help.
Went there for a while in 2010, then they opened a satellite office here and I transferred over. Still take meds, but they have helped tremendously with other things.
Now I just gotta find a way around this MCL issue.