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dottie said:
Thanks Larry for your reply! I so appreciate it. I just 'feel' overmedicated. My mind is not as sharp as it once was either. This dizziness come as goes. It's like for a nanosecond..I blank out.

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Hmmm. Vaso-vagal syncope. That's where my brain leaps. Why don't you read about it, at this link, and see if it doesn't fit your experiences....

http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/arr...Syncope2_2.htm

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I don't think my Pain mangement Doc in attentive enough. I'm in and out of his office in nothing flat. He does not look over my chart..and this really concerns me. He is treating me for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome. Plus I have 2 bulging discs, one disc is herniated. Plus a pinched nerve. Besides the meds..he has been giving me steroid shots into my knee, arm..and back joints. Phew.

Again thanks. You've given me a lot of good info. I appreciate it!!~Dottie

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You're very welcome, Dot.

Your pain specialist's behaviour is reprehensible. <sigh>

Have you ever tried using Neurontin (gabapentin) or Lyrica (pregabalin)? What they do is reduce the tendency of acute pain to turn into chronic pain. As you move around every day, you can injure the nerve a wee bit, over and over again. If you interupt one of the feedback loops that leads to localized tenderness, you can inhibit the total pain sensed. You'll still need the opiates, but you may, over time, keep the pain to as low a level as possible.

Can you get "switched sideways" to a different pain specialist at the same clinic? Something like? Get somebody who looks at your chart?

Lar