yea i recently diagnosed with neuropathy from my family doctor. He said it was from a surgery i had from my club feet. I also recently was discharged from the hospital from overdosing on methadone which i was buying off the street "illegally" i was just wondering if i can get a referral from the local neurologist for pain management and if they can get me anything good to deal with the pain because i am only 19 yrs old i cannot deal with this everyday, severe, chronic pain anymore. I already tried amitryptiline, tegretol, and topamax.
this is a real problem. pain is such an insidious thing. i have experienced pain, not as bad as yours i am sure and not as long mine is only a few weeks at a time but i can sort of relate to the desperate measures you are taking.
methadone, when it is illegal, is not really an option however if you can get it for medical reasons then that might be the best option open to you at the moment.
all this will take time and a lot more than you would wish for however here are some options for you to think about.
see your doctor, hopefully a sensitive one that you can relate to and explain how this is getting you down and please please can they give you some options. where i come from there are pain management clinics etc as it is now recognized how serious this is. you may have to see a psychiatrist or psychologist to assess your needs and to get some skills and methods on how to cope with this. relaxation and deep breathing as someone else said is extremely valuable but can take some learning. apart from the pain relief drugs there is a device that can be implanted which gives regular doses of morphine to the system i have a friend who has one of these who is now married and has a successful full time responsible job and life after being disabled and unemployable for many many years and unable to work.
you need to tell your doctor that you turned to the illegal purchase and use of methadone in desperation.
hang in there, the time spent to get an answer will be well worth it to be virtually pain free. don't give up and if your doctor is not sensitive or will not give you a referral try and find one that will.
sorry this is so long and i hope i helped in some small way.
good luck my friend.
you should find a pain clinic in your area. See your regular doctor about this.
There's a lot more to try. I'm on neurontin and it's working very well. You could try that. I'm sorry things are going badly. However, you WILL be labeled a drug seeker if you don't stop buying things off the street. You've got two choices here.
You can ask for pain managment and do exactly as directed by your doctor.
Or…you can keep buying stuff off the street. You'll end up labeled a drug seeker and no doctor or hospital will give you narcotics ever again. My best friend has migraines. She does ONLY as her doctor's say and she's treated like DIRT by every hospital we go to because they've decided she's a drug seeker. You'll be screwed if this happens to you.