Hi, I have it too. There are pills that will reduce the symptoms, like Neurontin, but they do have side effects (weight gain, spacy feeling mentally, water retention, etc). Acupunture also helps without any side effects, but it may take 5 or 6 treatments to feel any improvement - it's not really pain management, like the pills - it actually directs your body to repair the damage, so you feel better as a result of the healing, not because of pain intervention. Find someone good though - inquire about reputation and background and such. I only use acupuncture now, no more pills at all and the pain is greatly reduced from what it used to be. Extra B vitamins and Omega 3s help your body heal from this too as the fight inflamation and provide resources your body needs to repair itself with. I don't go to this site - I just came across it in a news alert because you wrote about TM. So no use writing back to me here. Good luck.