I am sorry to hear the pain you have to deal with. I am in my early 30's and PAIN IS PAIN! Sorry this is disturbing since I just went threw a similar case. If you look at my thread:How Do You Rate Pain?

That MD does not have to live in your body. If I were you I would try a few new MDs if you want to take medication for pain management. Do you have any specialty MDs for your diagnosis? I would ask them as well. If you start on a new MD they will start low like Tylenol 3 which you would have to go back monthly to get new prescriptions from MD which than you could work your way up if needed. Just out of curiosity is this a male or female MD?

Google community acupuncture in your city and try acupuncture for $10-$30 pay what you can basically.