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suffering with chronic pain

This discussion was created from comments split from: Welcome to our new group on dealing with chronic pain.
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TK
That seems to be the done thing now anyway. GP's complaints are supposed to be handled by NHS England but 3 times I tried to make a complaint about a GP and 3 times they ignored me and had a quiet word with the doctor instead. They are all too busy protecting each other now.
TK
it has gradually come back, from my knee up and in my hip at the present tiem it iis at its worse Iam waiting for anothe MRI because the last was for my back . pain in the day is easier to cope with than at night , but now i cant cope day or night tonight is my third night with NO sleep i cry most of the time i am not coping.
my husband goes to work around 3 am i see no one all day. hes home about 3 hours before he need to get sleep. the nest day i repeat the same pattern my probelms mainly are pain and lonleyness ( i have algerys to morphine codine tramadol)
Just to correct something you wrote, Tramadol is based on Morphine Sulphate so, if you have problems with Morphine, you are almost certain to have problems with Tramadol. It is unusual to have issues with both Codeine and Morphine though. Unfortunately those two substances comprise the majority of higher level pain killers. Do talk to your doctor about trying other options though as sometimes different chemical formulas affect people differently and something called Buprenorphine is very stable and cause much less problems with those that struggle with most Morphine products.
Sciatica is more nerve pain so maybe the mid-nerve pain killers might be useful and these are Amitryptylene, Nortryptylene, Pregabalin, Gebapentin and Duloxetine plus they all help with depression often caused by constant nagging pain.
I would also suggest that you ask your GP to refer you to the Pain Clinic as they can teach you a number of ways to cope better. I wouldn't have lasted long myself without the things they taught me.
TK