why would a pain management doctor be SO MEAN to someone....????

I feel for you as I have been in the same situation AFTER an auto accident where I was hit by a truck from the rear - smashing me into the steering wheel - entire back seat and back end of my auto coming up against my body -  Some of the physicians acted the same as you stated - I just wish THEY would have to live with it every day - (whatever the cause - and whatever the MRI shows - the PAIN is  definitely there enough to cause your normal life to totally be changed.  They can't possibly know what you feel or maybe even why - if they have never had it !!!!  Makes me want to slap some of the Dr's.

I can't believe you were treated that way. I hope he didn't take you off the Fentanyl, you'll go into withdrawl. I suggest you find another Pain Dr. in another practice. I'm sure there is at least 1 more where you live. Here in Syracuse, NY. we have 2. Ask PCP for a referral to someone else. Do it immediately, as you know, it takes time to get a appt. I hope you the best. Keep fighting for your healthcare, you are the only one who can do it!...DonnaH

i was diagnoses with rsds in 1993, i suffered for 2 years at the hand of my doc telling me it was in my head and i was not in that much pain, there was nothing wrong..needless to say as soon i saw an ortho doc, he sent me to a neurologist then on to a pain specialist whom i loved, the point being, you understand your pain, if this doc doesnt, ask to be referred to some one else, alot of docs become desenitized- they deal with pain all day..but they are not dealing with your pain, sure there may be worse off, better off, but they are not you, and you want someone who listens and understands you, explain your concerns to this doc, and if you dont get results, take your business elsewhere.

I have had neuropathic pain for 20 years, which is unremitting and debilitating. I am unable to work or do much else. I have seen umpteen doctors, tried their umpteen drugs. I constantly research. So far nothing except one diagnosis of mental. They seem to know nothing, to not care. An internist told me that if a doctor doesn't immediately know what is wrong, he decides it is emotional and then changes his opinion of the patient for the worse. My opinion is that every aspect of our medical system is run by the drug companies, which control the doctors, who blame everything on their patients. Of course, the middlemen of insurance also snarl up things. I believe this sends patients running to alternative care, which the doctors pooh pooh and insurance companies seldom pay for.

So now patients have their angry feelings to deal with, which contributes to their pain. No use going to someone in the field of psychiatry. They are no better at helping.

I also think the majority of drugs do more harm than good but that doctors seldom acknowledge side effects and take offense when asked about them. During my time of pain I have been treated to what I can only label cruel or sadistic. It is a known fact that doctors' first item is to control the patient.

Acute care in the U.S. is outstanding. It is chronic problems that go begging. I once asked my primary care physician why the drug companies know nothing about the brain but will put on the market yet another sleeping pill that is more expensive and less effective than ones already out there. He had no answer. What I wish is that doctors get together and stand up to the drug companies so that they have some workable tools. I also wish the falsehood of a lawsuit always lurking would be refuted, as statistics prove most lawsuits that should be filed never are. Doctors and hospitals hide the evidence, and often the patient and family never know.

I posted under Anonymous and should have included this. It can be difficult or even impossible to change doctors if you, like me, are on Medicare, have chronic pain, or use a controlled substance. I have been refused over and over when I called about becoming a new patient because I was grilled by the voice on the phone about insurance and about what drugs I use and where I get them. Younger doctors are terrified the DEA will come unannounced into their office if they prescribe legal narcotics, which are the preferred treatment for pain these days. They also hate Medicare because they say it doesn't pay them enough. Some doctors have even discharged patients on Medicare for this reason.

I feel for you, and I am angry for myself. Still, as I understand it, we must get over it because we are harming only ourselves.

Doctor should treatment should always be fair and professional. I know the pain that you are refering to as I to have a simular problem. Many dr. are scarred of the DEA as stated... if you MRI doe not justify that level of meds.. the dr is concerned about getting into trouble.

If you feel that this is wrong, as someone else stated, look for another dr. You may find one that "has a better understanding" of your pain.

Get copies of all MRI's, X-rays and any other documations that is in your records. This will help when you go to the new doc for a opoinion, you'll be able to hand over the major of your reocrds to the new doc and explain the problem. It's rough starting over again but sometimes you got more to gain.. 

I had to do that recently, so it's a "pain" to get the same PT place and get the same therapy you had prior.

Good luck

Welcome to the police state of medicine. The cowards and sociopaths of the DEA have somehow inserted themselves into the doctor patient relationship causing thousands to suffer unecessarily. It is my fondest wish that each and every DEA agent suffers intractable pain and cannot find a doctor who will treat their pain bacause of the policies they have established. That would be TRUE justice!

HI,

i hope your r doin good, i belive you are in medication of pain relivers....

if you are looking for refill on your medication you can mail me at medseasysupprot@aol.com

thanks

daniel

looking forward to your mail

Hi my name is chris i feel the same way u do i had a spinal fusion front and back and a torn labrum surgery and a bunch of bone spurs removed.. the back surgery hurt bad and things seem worse i tell my pain doc that i only get about six hours of pain relief on the oxycotin he tells me there is not much we can do about that.... What an idiot he is there are plenty of things he could do up the dose or change the meds/ I read that that is what some docs do so u can get better relif because when ur on a high dose of opiates u become tolerant that is what happens keep trying the doc should traet the patient not the chronic pain