I know how you feel recluse. IM in unrelenting pain also. Every step i take feels like im walking on broken bones. Sometimes its bad and sometimes it worse..haha.....my social world has shrunk and im no longer working also. I have pretty much what you have except i dont have panic attacks. Its good that you are starting to take pain medication and antidepressants so that you can reduce the pain to allow you to have the best life you can. Antidepressants are actually used for pain also. I dont really have any answers for you but can point you in a few directions. There is a forum Neuro Talk that has a spine b oard and a chronic pain board. Have you applied for SSDI? If youhavent the sooner the better to protect the amount you would be entitled too. There is also a post about explaining pain to people around you that is floating around over there that i could track down for you if you wanted......hope you are feeling better soon.