Dahlek,
I wonder if the level was just set way too high. Logically, if the level was set at 0, you wouldn't have had that extreme reaction. What about if were set at 0.1 on a 1.0 to 10.0 scale?
We do have to be gentle and kind with ourselves. You might have had a technician or practitioner who was not sensitive to your needs or skilled enough to be doing what they did.
From the American Chronic Pain Association web site:
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Breakthrough pain is an intense increase in pain that occurs suddenly even when pain control medication is being used. Breakthrough pain can happen spontaneously or in relation to a specific activity. BTP can start and become severe in as little as three to five minutes and last an average of 30 to 60 minutes. Most people with BTP report that it happens three to four times a day. Sixty four percent of people treated for chronic pain associated with cancer and seventy four percent of people treated for other chronic pain conditions will experience BTP.
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I think it applies to most of us, myself included. I don't think I slept through one night for about 4 years. That did wonders for my career as a computer programmer as you can imagine.