Thanks for the info op.

I am terrified of getting shingles. They say it's one of the most painful conditions, I have a couple relatives who had it and they said it was the worst pain they ever experienced.

Doctors won't prescribe pain meds anymore. I had an accident last year where I lost a finger tip and the er gave me a shot of something that is formulated to not make you high which did nothing, and the doctor sent me home with 2 pain pills. When I saw a couple doctors for it afterwards they didn't ask about pain and I didn't bring it up either.

A good friend recently had kidney stones which was very painful but again no one wanted to bring up the pain topic, and did she ever suffer.

Doctors see any complaints of pain as drug seeking behavior, even if you just had a fingertip amputated.

Shingles is excruciatingly painful, so any tips on how to possibly treat it so it is not quite as bad as it could otherwise be is very helpful.