Pain, (I'm going to vent today)

Thats me. I just want to dance, LOL

It seems the past couple of years my life has revolved around pain. Trying to avoid pain, live with it & most of all get rid of it. For those of you who don't know, I've been suffering from lower back pain for about 7 years now. So far the doctors haven't been able to tell me exactly whats wrong with me or how I can fix it. All I want is for someone tell me what I can do to get rid of it. I'm so tired of living with pain. It controls my entire life. The only thing that makes a dent in my suffering is lortab but I hate to take it. That and my doctors seem to think I'm a pill popper and are relucktent to prescribe it for me. For me to get real relief I have to take a lortab, flexeril (muscle relaxer) and a ibrophen 800. All that AND a pain patch. Thats not right, I should be able to go through my day without relying in pills.

I've tried physical therapy but that doesn't really help. The exercises leave me in more pain than when I started. I understand it will take time but how long do I need to keep pushing myself doing stretches and such before the pain goes away? I really can't take much more of this. I can't sleep at night because I can't get comfortable and that leaves me dragging the next day. Right now I'm running on about 3 hours of sleep and I have a full day ahead of me.

I think I'm going to try & find a new doctor and maybe this time I can get some real help instead of just a quick fix.