I hope you can get a refferal to Vanderbelt. Your doctors if they care at all, should do this with no problem. Also for a pain doctor, not to prescribe pain killers is weird. This seems to be happening more and more in this country. I know the FDA is on doctors backs, but this type of doctor behavior is stupid. Maybe he got in trouble before???You can check his records to see if there have been complaints against him. I would do the same thing you are contemplating doing, kick him to the curb. You deserve good care, don't settle for less. I interviewed four pain specialists, and selected a new kind of doctor. (Here they thought they were interviewing me....)
Have you tried a physiatrist? This type of doctor is a pain specialist first, but then go a bit further, to try and treat on a cellular level. My doctor has never denied me pain medication. She allows me what I need to have some normal times in my life. It may be worth it to check out this type of physician. Don't give up. I hope you get into Vanderbelt, and can see a doctor who does ketamine infusions. Let me know how it goes.