and this situation causes more pain. It's a vicious circle, because it adds stress to the patient, stress exacerbates rsd and pain levels go up causing a stronger need for pain meds. In Kentucky a new law has caused many chronic pain patients to be dropped by doctors because they say it prevents them from writing pain med scripts. It actuality the law makes doctors accountable if a patient is caught selling pills. The law requires that the doctor do drug tests on their pain med patients and search a statewide database to show if they are doctor shopping. I went thru the same ordeal as RSD31. But I was lucky my pcp is a wonderful doctor and understands the pain rsd causes, and we are working together to make sure we were abiding the law. Even though I hadn't broken any laws often anyone who takes pain meds in Ky is treated as a junkie. Our attorney general is boasting about how he is preventing prescription pain drug overdoses by talking about and enforcing the new laws. On his website he has stories of the success of the law, but he refuses to allow pain patients to speak of the ordeal they are facing, and deletes and bans anyone who tries to talk about how chronic pain sufferers have be injured by this law. He put out a press release that stated prescription pain med overdoses were down in Ky and at the bottom of the article he says heroin overdoses are up 525 percent, I don't see that as a victory. He is also going to run for Governor btw. End of soapbox.
RSD31 I would not stop, keep trying to find a doctor to work with you. There still doctors out there who care. I wish I could do more but all I can do is send gentle hugs and well wishes that you find the help you need. You do not deserve to suffer.