Sorry for what you are going through. Degenerative disc problems can ruin your quality of life. Find out exactly which of the psych meds are in conflict with the pain meds. I found out that different doctors have different opinions.

My PCP was prescribing Vicodin (hydrocodone/Tylenol,) which helped my neck and lower back tremendously. Then, one day out of the blue, my PCP said he would not order any more Vicodin, until I got completely off Restoril (a benzodiazepine sleeping pill.) I had to make a sudden decision. I thought the pain control was the more important thing. It took me a while to wean off the Restoril, but I did. He also told me to get off Ritalin, which I did. I was taking a antidepressant, which he seemed to have no problem with.

I haven't heard of doctors seeing a conflict between antidepressants and narcotic pain killers. I'ld be very interested to hear if others have found doctors that don't want to mix the two.

Here's another tip. If you have never taken Indocin (indomethacin,) then you might want to see if someone will order it for you. It is an NSAID, so it is in the same family of meds as Motrin and Aleve. However you need to have a prescription to get Indocin, and it is a way, way, way beyond Motrin or Aleve in what it can do. This drug is not a controlled substance, but I am absolutely blown away at what it did for me. It was prescribed for me by an orthopedic surgeon. One problem is that it can be bad for your kidneys, so doctors don't like to keep you on it for long. It can be very effective at interrupting a pain pattern, so that you still feel better, even after you stop taking it. It's used for major flare-ups.