I have been in pain for the past 25yrs. and need help?

Question

I have been getting steroid shot and medications.The shots worked for a while and then I started blowing up from the steroids.Now I just use the methadone 40mg 3 timew a day.I'm in a clinic now that is like the 3rd world.I don't go to the pain clinic anymore because all they can do is keep me comfotable with pills.I need a doctor that can handle all of my conditions.I have diabetes,high blood pressure,high cholesterol,arthiritis,severe chronic pain,nerve damage,phantom limb pain when my leg got ripped off in a motorcycle accident,and PTSD. I'm 50 yrs. old and I don't think I can live much longer with this pain.I take about 10 minutes to get out of bed in the morning.I live in constant pain and take enough medicine to consider it a meal.I hate to ask doctors for more painmeds or differant ones.They look at you like a drug addiict.I wish that the US had a program that if you can prove that your quality of life just isn't worth living.I get up in the morning and watch tv,take pills.

Answer 1

There is a relatively new program that involves the use of a mirror to eliminate phantom limb pain. If you do a goolge search, perhaps you will find it. Short of that, I would check with your doctor to see if he knows of this program. Othern than that - for the rest of it - I would try accupressure/puncture and biofeedback. You will also need to be detoxed off the methadone, otherwise you will face withdrawal.