I am returing to pain management on Monday. I may ask for a reboot of medicine as my meds are becoming less and less effective. I am taking 5mg methadone 3xday, 7.5mg hydrocodone 0 - 2 times a day, and 5mg baclofen about 2 - 3 x day. At night I take a cyclobenzaprine muscle relaxer for sleep. I also take 150 mg Wellbutrin to combat the depression.

I hate the narcotics and I really do not want to go up in dosage. I have tried Neurotin and Lyrica but they did not help very much. I really beleive the muscle relaxers help more than anything but they feed depression and they seem to not work as well after taking them several months. Perhaps I should switch to another form of muscle relaxers? I am trying Calcium and Magnesium as well but just started.

I am likely to have the surgery before the end of the year but need to survive until then. Any advice is greatly appreciated.