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Help for severe pain!

I was in car accident 5 yrs ago. Broke multiple vertebrae which has resulted in horrific ongoing pain, spinal stenosis, several bulging discs, 1 lg fracture at T5 that hadn't healed. I've had steroid injections, RFA - little relief. PT was useless. I have periods of severe (10/10+) pain where I get cold, shiver violently, sob for hours. Like last night. Taking MSO4 15 mg TID, Dilaudid 2mg 1 ad PRN. I cannot take this much more. I cannot live like this but my pain specialist doesn't seem to want to increase my mess or do anything else. I don't know what to do. Please help me. Suggestions?
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TYPING ERROR WOULD NOT
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MY PRAYS ARE WITH YOU THAT YOU WILL RECOVER I WOULD WISH THIS PAIN ON A ENEMIE OR ANY HUMAN BEIN ITS 3 AM I HAVE TAKEN ALL MY MEDICATIONS AND I CANT SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE PAIN
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HI , I have posted my medical issues some while ago, im sure theyre on still here, I went along with the epidural cauterzone it has been 9 days today. I am in SERIOUSLY much worse pain then I WAS ever in before, once was done before i even got off the cti matchine where they do the procedure I got a serious midgrane where If i stood up i was in serious pain. this lasted for 7 hours, I had a ice pack on my head for that time, the epidural lasted till next day as I was given maximum amount as i wiegh 218 pounds, IS THIS NORMAL TO HAVE  MORE PAIN AFTER THE CAUTERZONE, IT HAS BEEN A REAL ROUGH 9 DAYS CANT SLEEP FROM THE PAIN, when i do finally sleep it is only for 2 to 3 hours, I am still taking oxycotin 20 mg and panideine forte 3 times a day, and at night before i sleep panediene forte with 2 xzanaxes 2 mmg, i have read post on here pain killers and muscle relaxents cant save you, IS THERE STILL HOPE THAT THIS PROCEDURE WILL WORK I AM REALLY SICK OF LIVING LIKE THIS I AM ONLY 30 YEARS OLD A MOTOR BIKE ACCIDENT HAS RUINED MY LIFE, my gp has offered to up the pain killers stronger MG, I REFUSED my whole point of this procedure was normal life no more meds, second opinion doctor is saying surgery i have 2 disk bulging with pinched nerve, i have  beeen told only 35 percent of cauterzone is succeful, i AM seriously starting to doubt it going to work but holding hope it hasnt been 14 days i just dont see in 4 days everything going to be better, i have bruising where the injection was done but that is not the pain i am worried about the pain i originaly had wasnot as bad as this , can i get any one opinion that has gone thru similar procedure, i am really starting to go into depression that i never been im only 30 years old with 2 young kids, im also a serious astmatic so astma attack and anxiety attack are really close symtons

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Is it possible for you to gather all of your records and find a new pain specialist?  I don't know much about your problems except the bulging disc part and with just one, I can have some major pain so I can only imagine what you are going through.  I think if it were me and I wasn't getting any relief from what I was trying, I would seek out a second opinion.  We are our own best advocates.  
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