Hi my name is Jim. I ve suffered for over 3 years with lower back pain that is not disc related, at least according to two different neuros who looked at my MRI. Both say it s a combination of osteoarthritis and bone spurs, but that there s not a surgery that would significantly help. The last neuro suggested a spinal cord stimulator, but when I talked to my pain mgmt doc about it he didn t think it would help much. I ve had 4 rounds of differing injections including a nerve burn and an epidural last Monday. It hasn t done much in alleviating the pain, so I m stuck with pain meds that are increasingly ineffective. The pain doc said that s due to a combination of my body tolerating the pain meds and the condition worsening slightly. I know this is complicated, but I m really getting depressed with this; no surgery to help, scs won t do much says the pain doc... and now the pain meds aren t doing much. I ve gone through PT, spinal decompression to try to reduce my need for pain meds. I m trying EVERYTHING to stop taking so much pain med, but it s the only way, for now, I can work and carry on with my life, even though the quality of it has become greatly diminished. I joined here looking for anything; help, direction, advice.