I can tell you what to do, call your state dept of manage health...plus call medicaid and say exactly what he said. Try to compose yourself and write down exactly what he said and what happen in the visit. Document it as well as you can right now while it is fresh in your memory.
Now, thing to find out did he mean that fibro is not a real disease or that he felt you need some counseling and that pain medication will not help what he thinks is wrong with you? Try to be objective. Often when we are turned down from what we think we need we feel not heard or believed where if you had been able to ask him exactly what does he mean? That you are not sick, faking the pain or fibro is not a real disease( which would be really stupid on his part but i know there are still doctors who had such huge ego's they think they are smarter than everyone else). Which would explain that is why he is just handing out drugs instead of doing any real diagnosing and medical work.
I am not sure what you mean about 'I am 240 percs a month'? That you take percocet or not sure? If you were taking that many percocet, i be more worried about being in withdrawal which you would be in or will as soon as you run out of your pills. IF you cannot find a doctor to write this script....you should ask what should a you do since you will be in withdrawal which is extremely serious. I am not trying to scare you just prepare you, as something similar happen to me and i could not get my pain med script for 10 days, i immediately saved all i had to wean them out and i still became so sick that i lost over 20 lbs...not water as it never came back on. It was so bad, i am now slowly weaning down my narcotics and trying other pain killers or treatments though it is going very slow mainly because finding alternative pain relievers is hard if all doctors say i am in severe pain and they think only thing i should be using is narcotics..so i have to push them to use alternative methods plus do all research myself. They want you hooked as it is easy money.
SO in a way this might be a blessing.....you might ask about going on suboxone if you do go in complete withdrawal. It is drug they give addicts to keep them from using opioids etc....but it does relieve pain. Medicaid most likely covers either it or one of the drugs like suboxone.
So if you are using percocet, i start using least amount possible so you have it last as long as possible. I start using NSAIDs plus other pain relievers and get someone to help you wean off percocet. Plus long use of narcotics has extremely negative affects on your brain.
But i do not wish on anyone to just go in withdrawal....ER will only give you drugs to help stop things like vomiting or severe diarrhea and hopefully they can keep eye on heart and other important organs which going in withdrawal can have serious effects.
Most PCP doctors are not writing out pain scripts due to abuse and so many people die randomly or use other drugs such as xanax , sleeping or muscle relaxants which combined with narcotic pain is deadly. .
A great book and documentary called American Addict that explains about how DEA and FDA have been trying to get in place a federal program that shows all who are using narcotics by prescription so any doctor can enter their script and check to make sure patient is not seeing other doctors to get more or using any of the drugs they say they cannot mix. Sadly not all states are complying..Florida being one of the worse.
I will say this...since you are in Co, i used marijuana for fibro pain and it did work great ...plus helps you sleep. You just need to go to clinic that knows their product and can sincerely help you find the correct type of marijuana for you. Start out using less as it is very strong compared to years ago. So you might get off percocet and move using marijuana instead.
Plus you do not have the worry of mixing it with other drugs..well some of course.
I am really sorry that the doctor was not respectful, i hope you do call medicaid and say exactly what he said....With SSDI accepting fibro as reason for disability they cannot really agree with him that it is not a real illness.
Also doctors hate for dept of manage health ..it is in your state of colorado ...to get involved with their practices. So i call them as well and they can educate this idiot about the fact fibro is a very real disease with real pain.
But document and plan ahead in case you cannot fill your pain medication in time. i wish you luck ...you should be able to find a doctor who will help it is very open and caring state.