I have been getting steroid injections at a pain center.It may take some time for the doctor to inject steroid into the correct spot that will provide relief. I finally am getting pain relief from spinal injections.

After a 20 year journey of visiting doctors and specialists in most every field, including working with a neurologist for 12 of those years - even going as far as having 2 vials of botox shots to my trigger points in an effort to treat the agonizing muscle spasms in my back and neck (each vial was $1000), I am now under the care of a pain specialist who works with my neurologist. I now take 100 mg of morphine twice per day - it's all that keeps me sane as I barely can tolerate the clothes on my body, or the stinging sensation of a shower pouring over me, or even the sheets both over and under me (I feel every wrinkle in the sheets as if they are wounding me).

I wish that I didn't have to rely on pain medication of this magnitude, but it has been over the course of 20 years that led me to this point. Sadly, I still suffer a lot of break-through pain, but I refuse to increase my medication. My pain specialist has been supportive, perhaps in part, because I had solid medical records of all that I had tried throughout the years, so he knows I'm truly in agony and not just addicted to pain meds. So, if you can forge a relationship with a pain specialist they may be able to offer you some relief, but you have to be willing to jump through any hoops placed in front of you so you can build credibility as a patient. You may have to go to several pain specialists until you find one willing to prescribe adequate and effective medication but it is worth it. Also, my pain specialist, along with my psychiatrist, was the doctor who helped me the most in gaining social security disability. Keep detailed records of everything, every treatment, every therapy you've tried and a good pain specialist can be your strongest ally in gaining disability.

I found it helpful! It was a 4 hour process for me which included seeing a physiotherapist, Counsellor and a Doctor, each person I spent an hour with! Then they chatted together and came back to me. I ended up getting connected with a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist. Also have to go back for a follow up with the Dr. It was nice to be talking to people who understood pain and actually took me seriously!

Pain center wouldn't see me, They told me and my doctor, Fibromyalgia is too difficult of an illness for pain service to treat, They said it would b too many injections

I went to one in NY.. After aking all kinds of questions and taking x Rays, they gave me pain meds, a referral to physical therapy and a cortisone shot for my back. Unfortunately, I had to move away.. It was a worthwhile experience.