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Please do not give up. You need some more help with pain, and your depression will lesson. Pain removes quality of life. Please seek another pain specialist, who can give a bit more help with the PN. Have you tried compounded agents? Or lidoderm patches?. Both these things work a bit for me to make it at least a bit more tolerable. I also do use a narcotic called narco, when I really have to. I do feel your sorrow over what has happened to you. Know there is more help available with the right team of doctors. It may take some effort to find someone more familiar with PN.
I do take some suppliments which seem to help over the last year. My doctor is a physiatrist, who does specialize in pain management. I was told not all physiatrists specialize in this field. You may want to ask over the phone if you should see a doctor like this. A physiatrist treats the whole person, right down to the depression.... Don't give up. fight for your quality of life. I couldn't walk last year very well and had to use a wheelchair. this year I am in the garden, on my butt, but still being active. I am 62 this year. I wish you all the best, and hope you get some more help. ginnie