At work, we can not put patients out with pain meds because we need to be able to talk to them about their status in case they are taking a turn for the worst.

Go back to your doc. and tell him in great detail of what happens and WHEN it happens during the day plus what you are doing during that episode. If you plot out what is going on, doc’s can get a better handle of how to react, like give you pain meds that WON’T be addictive!

Keep a copy for yourself as well. This will show the doc. that you want to treat the problem NOT the pain.