Hi Heather,
Have you searched around for another pain clinic? I was lucky enough to have one about 30 minutes from where I live. The dr there is great and he told me on my first visit that he will go to any length possible to keep his patients pain free. The first day he started me on sustained release morphine with percocet for breakthru pain. Since then I have had to stop the percocet and go up to a stronger med called actiq which is a sucker with fentanyl in it. Also my new primary md (been seeing him for about 7 months) finally decided to try me on some thyroid meds since my levels went up and down and I have thyroid nodules. I take about 6 meds in the morning and 3 at night. Here is a rundown of my meds:
Kadian 100mg 2x day
Effexor 150mg 3x day
Levothryoid 50mg day
Lyrica 225mg 2x day
Abilify 5mg day
Multivitamin day

at nite I take Kadian, Effexor,Lyrica, and Xanax for sleep.

I have FMS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic lower back pain due to Deg. changes, Facet Joint Syndrome. As well as depression, gee wonder why!

I am 34, have 3 kids 19, 13, and 7. and a husband who isn't being very cooperative (not really he just cant comprehend what's going on with me)

Feel free to ask me any questions!