My mom found relief from neuro pain with a combo of trileptal and lyrica. Have you checked out Snoopy's thread? She's had pain relief from trileptal as well when nothing else worked.

Ironic, I had a dr at a pain clinic with the same name as you.

He treated me very well, btw.

Anyhoo, I feel for you, I have chronic pain too and it stinks.

Tried all the ad's, andti seizures, anti inflamatories, even arthitis meds (before the FDA pulled them off the market).

Elavil helped some of the pain, lyrica worked for a while, some meds didn't touch it, some threw me for a loop.

Nobody wants to do narcotics for me.

Mt current pain doc has me on flector patches and Arthotech pills, plus zanaflex at night and methocarbamol for day (muscle relaxers) and the neuro RXs topamax for the migraines.

I still have a lot of pain, but that controls the head and neck pretty well.

I take a some vitamins/supplements that ease nerve pain, and a good stiff drink helps with the back spasms.

Sounds like your PCP is trying, glad to hear that. But do consider a pain clinic. A good one is worth it's weight in gold.

I am glad my name sake treated you well..

I did The Arnold Pain Clinic in Boston...It was just that for me...PAIN....They did all those injections with fancy names....Did not help....

In the beginning the Pain Doc said he did not want to turn me into a pincushion....It was turning out that way, minus the relief....So I pulled the plug.....

Maybe I'm off base but I DO not like to ration medication that may help me...Lets says 60 perks should last a month.....Well I still fall often trying to live....So I fall and my pain becomes greater...I take 3 pills that day...I am already behind......I have not had a good day in..a year or so....So me taking less to balance that scale is rare...

Its really not fair.....
One time I told the Dr.....get rid of my pain.....If you can't I lived long enough without meds...I now want meds because I can not take it...Simple...

@ work I sweet talked the nurses to give me the Motrin 800's..I ate them like candy....It did little but wreck my stomach....

Nuero in Beth Israel said my pain was killing me slowly and should be dealt with...

I lost my point..Sorry...

My pain is from...A work related injury.....I was hurt severely in the line of duty...And it is also? No one really knows....This gulf has each Dr wanting the other Dr to handle me...My pain