Information and opinions on Chronic Pain from LIFER at ChronicPainConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/203716 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/203716/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/203716 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/203716/85671/listening Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:58:27 -0400 LIFER My pain specialist is not listening. At first he/they were open and willing. Now, for some reason, they seem to be suspicious and uncaring..... almost scared, sometimes. They have insisted- and I MEAN inSISted!!- that I reduce my pain meds. I have been forced to reduce my oral meds by more than 70% over the past two months. Complaints that this is just too much have been met with deaf indifference. The catch is that they required that... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/203716/85671/listening