Whether you need therapy or actual pain medication or both at the same time what you are doing is allowing yourself time to get better. I was afraid to take the very pills that bought me time to improve. I felt like I was trapped like a rat in the corner until I took Hydrocodone 10-325 by order of my PCP!!! He said, "Don't worry you can get off it later". Sure enough I haven't had any for six or eight months now. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.