Well wise I have tried Neurontin and found it did nothing but make me sleep, and not a restful sleep either. I am pretty sensitive to meds so need to take care. Anyhow I have tried a 30 mile radius of my area for doctor that would take me ( I receive medicaid because I was always a stay at home mom and all so no work history) anyhow these docs just assume medicaid is welfare and won't take and just recently I found out that it is against the law for doctors to take a cash payment from a medicaid patient ? never heard that one before Lol Your friends are very lucky. My treatment had been slightly under control until we moved 2000 miles and new docs will not prescribe methadone for pain here ( too much drug abuse this close to CA) so I am told. Even though they read my records and can see I was taking it for two years DUH!!! Very few doctors are licensced to prescribe and that makes it even harder. Clinics for the methadone do not handle chronic pain. Stuck between two rocks here. It is so frustrating and I am down to my last week of weaning self off of methadone and the pain is building. It was bad enough before the meds and I dont know how to handle this anymore on my own and these docs are ridiculous here. They think it is alright that I suffer, then I get severely depressed and they just say here try this try this try this. Heck I have been trying this and trying that for over 13 years. I thought doctors took an oath to do all they could for their patients. This is so hard and probably harder on my hubby. When I cant move to go to the bathroom because of the pain and he sees it well it drives him crazy and I feel so bad then. I cant go into that feeling here because of rules. I am ruining his life is how I feel. So much to do and I feel grateful that I can make a simple meal and wash the dishes at a later time because I am exhausted. Oh gosh here I go rambling and rambling So Very Sorry But I guess there is so much bottled up inside of me that when I start I can't stop. Again Sorry but if you got this far thank you for listening (reading) Linda <font color="black"> </font>