Hello everyone!

I'm new to this site and I am ecstatic to have found you guys!
I have been having problems with my back for 15 years now and I'm sick and tired of not getting the help I need. Almost every doctor I had seen in the beginning would blow my concerns off and tell me its a pulled muscle. Not one would order any tests or anything because I was "too young" for back problems, so I dealt with it.
My lower back pain first started in 1996, with off and on pain. Now 15 years later, it is in constant pain. If I stand too long, it hurts like hell and it feels like it is breaking when I bend over. If I sit too long it hurts too. I have this "electric shock" that shoots across the top of my hip and into my butt and left groin area then shoots down the inside of my thigh. I get an "electrical shock" in the groin and thigh when I walk or lift my left leg. It's very painful. Sometimes the whole left leg and foot go numb and tingly. If I lay flat on my back, the whole bottom half of my body goes numb.

Now, I have been getting headaches for years along with neck pain. I have had a constant headache for 5 weeks now. Neck is stiff and painful at the base of my skull. My headaches start there and engulfs the back and sides of my head. I also have been told I have cervical ridiculopathy. Sharp shooting pains down my neck, shoulder, arm, and hand. With numbness and weakness. I have had one xray done of my neck. Since I have asthma, chronic bronchitis, pancreatitis, and high blood pressure, my Dr. Refuses to refer me to a specialist until all my "normal" issues are under control.

I know I shouldnt be treated like that, but I honestly don't know how to go about getting the tests I need. I am on Medicaid and I need referrals for everything. I'm depressed and stressed out from being sick and in pain all the time. I just feel like giving up cause I can't get anything done! Ps. Only meds I'm prescribed are blood pressure pills, inhaler, protonix for stomach, and prednisone. I take tylenol for pain cause I'm not allowed to have NSAIDS cause of my pancreas. I'm in agony all the time so I usually get vicodin from my dad when my pain is unbearable...I know I shouldn't be doing that, but my Dr says no..I can take the tylenol. I live in a poorer area and there are lots of drug seekers out there, so I understand, but I'm in actual horrific pain...any suggestions on what I should do to get the real tests and help I need before something else goes wrong in my body!