Hello. I work as a PCA for the elderly, a month ago I went to lift a client and she didn t follow standard precautions by pushuing up as I used a gait belt, I pulled something in my lower back, the pain was severe, went away for a few weeks and now the simplest of tasks as in (scooping my cats litter box) or vacuuming, anything bending down gives my lower back AGONIZING pain, even laying on my back gives me severe pain where I get maybe 3 hours of sleep per night. I ve seen my primary before for pain, all they ve been giving me is hydrocodone10s, which don t relieve the pain, how can I ask my doctor for something stronger without looking like people who search for drugs to abuse. Clearly not my case