HI, I suffer from chronic pain in lower back. I have had surgery that is called an A.L.I.F & suffered from chronic pain ever since, I also have foot drop that started prior to surgery. I have seen pain specialist & had a ketamine infusion that has not worked & also done pain management program that didn t help. I suffer from chronic-PTSD,mojor depression,panic diorder,agoraphobia,short term memory loss+ other things aswell. I am on numerous medications like Gabapentine, endone,Targine,valium,zipiclone,catapres,baclofen+more. I would like some advice on what pain meds would work best in my case? even though i am on pain meds they only just take the edge off the pain. do you have any ideas?
Hello, Welcome to the magical world of health care, I went through your query, and you have written about yourself quite well. let's come to some hard facts. Pain is not always in the body a lot of it happens in the mind, and due to your depressed state your pain cannot be resolved by surgery or medications. YOU need to change things and take control, otherwise all interventions are bound to fail. Learn to be active with pain, reduce your Chat Doctor. Last but not the least MEDITATE. I hope my advice would have been useful, in decision-making regarding your treatment, still if you have any clarifications or doubts feel free to contact back. Thanks.