I have a BIG problem. I have been seeing this one DR (I will call him DR Z). I have been with him for 4 years on the county insurance program. He was ok to use for normal check up stuff.
I have Fibromyalgia and Arthritis and he has been giving me 5mg of Percocet 3x a day for this for the last 2 years.
Well, I started having some really severe pain in my hands and feet and the tingling and loss of control standing and walking sometimes. He told me that I had PN. He started giving me Gabapentin. The thing is...I asked him if he could adjust my medication because I had been taking the same dosage for 2 years and the pain is so severe that it's not working anymore. Well, he flipped out and started telling me that I am a drug addict and all I want is more drugs. He really freaked me out. Being unfamiliar with this BIG pain medication thing going on, I started doing a lot of research on the internet and I am floored at the amount of controversy about narcotics.
Well, he had me believing that I was a drug addict. I was scared to death so I stopped taking the Percocet and then I found out from some friends and family that what I was getting was nothing. That 5mg 3x a day was no where what I needed.
So, I went back to Dr Z and asked him to please refer me to a neuropathy specialist or a pain specialist. He flipped out again and said that He was my specialist and he was not going to refer me.
He kept saying that all I wanted was more drugs. So I told him to forget about the meds and just refer me so I can take care of this pain somehow and get a second opinion. He is refusing.
I contacted my insurance and filed a complaint and they were really about the same way he was about the whole thing. I understand that there is a big thing going on about the narcotics but what the heck am I suppose to do?
Because it is county insurance, I am sure that they are used to seeing many people that are misusing the narcotics so they are thinking that it is the way everyone is. I feel like I am being discriminated against.
I have changed my diet, I am taking vitamins, I try to exercise. I hurt so bad that I have been thinking about suicide and I told him this.
I called Dr Z's office to make an appt and was told he no longer wanted to see me. I am sooo devastated and I have no idea what Dr to go to. I am not familiar with the Dr's here.
Can some of you that suffer from PN like I do tell me what you are being prescribed? Maybe when I find a new Dr I will have a better understanding to what I should be taking.
Sorry so long winded but I am really desperate. I hurt so bad that my quality of life has went drastically downhill. I have been thinking about suicide alot.
Any help out there?