Hi ((Kori)). Welcome to NeuroTalk. You'll find these forums very caring and supportive.

I'm so sorry for all of your problems. Boy, I hear you about the pain clinic routine. When all else fails...send 'em to the pain clinic! However at the pain clinic I go to, the doctors don't even consider any kind of opioid or narcotic pain relief. Drives me nuts.

I take vicodin, only after I get home from work. It takes the edge off. Sometimes I have to take one during the day. I take so little because if I take more, my doctor gets leary of prescribing it.

If you haven't already found it, we do have a place here for people with Tarlov cysts. You can find it at this link. http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=73

It's great that you have been doing your own searching on the internet. I remember being told by a doctor I shouldn't look stuff up on the internet because I might be misinformed. Well....you can't beat a forum like this for personal testaments. Who knows better than the people who suffer the same thing as you? Well, at least we can share what works and doesn't work for whatever ails us personally.

I hope you find comfort and help here. If you need any kind of assistance, just let us know!