Idk if there’s a better comm for this, but.
Let’s say, purely for the sake of argument 
that I am currently on a super-cool prescription painkiller that works great. Let’s also say for the sake of argument that the bone/sinew structure that’s supposed to hold my ribs together is trying to kill me constantly by conspiring with the base of my skull to cause me unbearable chronic pain. If I skip more than like one day of the cool prescription painkillers, then even just walking around becomes challenging. But also, if I just keep taking the cool prescription painkillers, I’ll build up a tolerance. I’m on like 75mg a day right now and even that could be playing with fire.
I need something cool that’s gonna dummy out my pain receptors long term. What’s a good painkilling solution? I’ve tried cymbalta, taking way too much paracetamol and ibuprofen, and this cool highly addictive prescription thing. I’m game for any suggestions.
Have you tried using a TENS unit? I don’t know how that would interact with your specific chronic pain but I know that helped my dad a lot with all the accumulated injuries he had.
I’ve never even heard of those. How to obtain? Surprisingly my bs isn’t the result of an injury (that I know of) but that sounds cool.
Ask your doctor, esp since they aren’t necessarily a good option for all types of chronic pain. There’s OTC units but they aren’t as good as what you can get with a prescription. Also, with a scrip they’re covered by insurance and might be able to do a try-before-you-buy thing with doctor supervision.
Nice, thank you!
I have an OTC unit for nerve pain and it goes WAYYYYY too strong if I turn it up at half or more, just a heads up!
It’s fascinating though, it’s the size of an… iPod nano? 2004 Motorola Razr. The battery lasts forever and it’s so small and light!
Oh cool, you could overvolt yourself! Sounds pretty cool.