I had to go off my long acting pain meds because of health heart issues and my short acting isnt killing pain. Not sure what to say but if you know you need, get referred to another pain.. Not all doctors are dea scared.

Ive never been able to get any pain meds really, i have cymbalta which helps a little. When the pain is at the worst i dont sleep, like i havnt slept for 2 days bc my pain is so bad and i took trazadone. Heat and cold, baths are good for it and rest alot bc it makes you so tierd.

What is the cause of your pain? Has your pain changed for the better? I don't understand the doctor just cutting you back or cutting you off. Saying that you reached your limit is vague. Have you reached a dose that they don't want to go over? We need some more information to better understand the situation to help you.
As far as dealing with chronic pain with no narcotic pain meds! I've become a hermit, laying around the house. I take over the counter naproxen and Tylenol. I alternate between the two every week or so! I used to use ibuprofen but found out that it was causing heartburn! No meds has caused me to be in a rather bad depression. In the last couple years, I've had two kids in college and my wife had colon cancer! There's been a lot of reasons for me to not get back into pain management. I think the worst fear that keeps me from going is the fear of rejection and being treated like a drug seeker! My life has been on hold for almost 5 years and something has to change. I've been through the wringer for 20 years trying everything for my pain. All I want is to get on a dose of pain meds that helps me get around and live. I don't want to go through dozens of spinal injections that have almost never helped. I don't want another electrical stimulator put in my back and I don't want any more surgery at the moment. I just want to maintain for as long as I can until things get so bad that I have to get surgery! After 20 years of being a pin cushion and cyborg, I just want to live and not just exist! My family deserves better. There are many of us in chronic pain that only get relief with opiates! We don't care about being dependent! We only care about pain relief and trying to live. If anyone out there wonders why people in chronic pain end up committing suicide, please read all of the stories from the people on this site and the answer is very clear?? I hope everyone is having a few minutes of pain free living. Good luck to all.

I really don't have any pain meds that work. I have been taking gabapentin for about 3 months, but it doesn't work for me. I have been taking Atavan since the end of September 2019. They used to take the edge of, but not any more. I pray , listen to music, practice gratitude, bicycle, and try to eat clean to cope with pain.

He will possibly wean you off of them, to cut you off all at once is not a smart way to do things. My Pain Doctor says two weeks between steps. I just stop using Fentanyl patches tomorrow. Been many years. Have been at half patches for a month.