More Pain, But GP WON'T Budge With Meds

Even as I type this my fingers are sore, by back hurts and my knees are in complete agony.

HOWEVER, my doctor will not change my pain killers. I have painstakenly said that what I am taking isn't helping but due to my age they will not change them.

Yes I am 26, but any 26 year old shouldn't be experiencing the pain I am with arthritis and HMS. It's getting to the point where I want to go private but being a Student I cannot afford it. So I am stuck on what I am taking until I cannot walk it seems.

I just don't know where to look nowadays. I feel like I am talking to a brick wall when talking about the pain I am experiencing, Over past few days at College I have has to write nearly 1000 words in an essay, and because the LSP folk haven't mentioned about me using a laptop, I HAD to write.

I will tell you, I am on a low dosage of Co-Codamol, both me and my mum feel this isn't helping so are pushing for new pain killers, but the GP I see doesn't want to budge, I ask what happened to the patient rights here, I am on pain killers I feel are NOT helping, shouldn't they see about trying to help me, travelling 90 miles to College in Aberdeen doesn't help much but the fact I am in pain means I can hardly get up there to look for a flat in the area, so its a losing situation I am being put in by my GP and the pain.

I can however understand the problems with pain killers, they can become addictive, but to be fair, I need them all the time anyways to deal with my pain don't I so it is a catch 2 situation but really, the pain needs to be dealt with more than addiction right now (considering I have no addictions). Is my doctor RIGHT to refuse me or should they look at the future to possibly stop any other interactions with the arthritis, scoliosis and HMS from harming me?