Oh, I have no stigma or fear of taking pain meds. I've been in chronic pain for a decade already due to issues with pregnancy. It's all about knowing what my body can and can't deal with. I also have taken Wellbutrin for years because of the pain induced depression, and upped my dosage when this all happened. I'm just not good with meds in my stomach, my body will revolt on me at times. And I don't want to take oxycodone again unless it's a one off (like I slammed my hand in the door, something super temp) because I got addicted FAST. My doc didn't believe me when I told him about it. Acted like that much wouldn't cause an addiction, but it sure as hell did.

Yeah, Gabapentin was what was recommended. I looked it up and it didn't look good to me at all, but again, I have had so much stuff pushed on me that I'm resistant to take more. I HATE pills.

I guess I want to be able to go to the doc next week and say "well I know you want me to do x, but there are options y and z too".